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Judge Name:

Ake Cronander

Location:

Tystberga, Sweden

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As a child, I was very much for dogs. Early it was the neighbor's German Shepherd who was my big favorite, but then I was cheating on a dog and it became a short-haired Dachshund. In a short period of the early 60's, there was also a Bernese Mountain Dog in the home for some time.

My first really own dog, a Dalmatian, bought in the early 70's and began to exhibit and then it became another one that became a champion quite fast and so I was stuck. For almost 50 years I have been engaged in the breed but have not had any at home for some years. Have bred several good dogs exported to Hungary and Ukraine.

In 1989 I bought my first Whippet. With this breed, I have had quite a great success with dog of the year 2 years in a row, and breed for almost 30 years. International exchange of dogs lent to Australia, resulting in offspring in several countries.

In the mid 90's, the Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen was a new breed that I exhibited, resulting in all breed dog-2 in Sweden 1995. Has been a part-owner of a dwarf poodle that I received from Australia many years ago and part-owner in a standard Poodle, all breed dog-2 in Sweden 2006 and also BOB at Crufts.

I have always had a very wide dog interest and have been to a very large number of dog shows for many years. I have looked at many breeds a little here and a little bit there and have a pretty good picture of many breeds. I have also always tried to see group competitions and, I can say that in most breeds I have seen several 100s BOB winners who together gave me my picture of each race.

The Sighthound group is probably the breed group that I feel a bit extra for and followed for many years and has previously judged the Whippet at the Euro Sighthound show two times.

During some years I was also Chairman and responsible for the famous "Skokloster Exhibition" for all the Sighthounds with about 1000 entries yearly.

Sighthounds is always the breeds close to my heart and I have judged the breeds during many years in more or less all European countries, Australia and Japan. I have also judged Euro Sighthound Show 2 times.

Judging dogs is usually a very nice job. I always try to get my picture of how a breed looks and try to judge for it and of course standard. For me all over quality is more important than no minor faults. Watching dogs of different breeds in many countries is very useful and hopefully provides an even better opportunity to judge in a good way. I judge about 30 exhibits a year.

I'm judging FCI groups 1,2,4,9, and 10, qualified for group 3.5.and 6 waiting for confirmation, and also some breeds in group 8.

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Past Assignments

2019

Pacific Saluki Club Of BC
on Sunday, July 14, 2019 (Event Details)
on Sunday, July 14, 2019

National Whippet Club Of Canada [National]
on Saturday, July 13, 2019 (Event Details)
on Saturday, July 13, 2019

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