{"id":48,"date":"2022-11-28T19:29:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:30:04","slug":"judges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/?page_id=48","title":{"rendered":"Our Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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All of our judges for our FCRSC specialty events have now been formally approved by CKC!<\/div><\/div>
In order of the events, here is our wonderful judging panel:<\/div><\/div>
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WC\/I\/X<\/strong> \u2013 Lisa Williams (Calgary) and Laura Danforth (Irricana)<\/div><\/div>
Scent Trial<\/strong> \u2013 Kelly Morris (Spruce Grove)<\/div><\/div>
Obedience Trial<\/strong> \u2013 Lionel Whittaker (Edmonton)<\/div><\/div>
Rally Trial<\/strong> \u2013 Lionel Whittaker (Edmonton)<\/div><\/div>
Puppy, Veterans and Gun Dog Sweepstakes<\/strong> \u2013 Neal Goodwin (Altair Flat-Coated Retrievers, Danbury, Connecticut, USA)<\/div><\/div>
Junior Handling<\/strong> – Neal Goodwin\u00a0<\/div><\/div>
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Kelly Morris<\/strong><\/p>

I am a third-generation conformation dog person.<\/p>

I showed Shelties occasionally as a kid and learned obedience with my dog Sir Morris – BIS Ch Jo-Ro’s To Sir With Love and managed to earn a CD a him between shows.<\/p>

Later I became involved in the worlds of Agility, and then Rally-O, and had much\u00a0fun\u00a0in both sports.<\/p>

Enter Scent Detection. WOW!\u00a0 Nosework became my sport, and my passion. I started learning in 2014, and trialing and training in 2016. I have introduced it to all of my Shelties,\u00a0and they all love to ‘FIND IT’. I trial in CWAGS, SDDA, K9 ABC Games, CDSA, K9SDD and CKC.<\/p>

Currently I am an all levels judge in CWAGS, CKC and most recently I became a judge for CDSA. I am also working to achieve CNWI status with NACSW.<\/p>

Scent Detection is most definitely\u00a0my sport!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lionel Whittaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been involved in the sport of competitive obedience for the past 30 years, training and trialing my Labrador Retrievers in both Obedience and Rally Obedience.<\/p>\n

I actively campaigned two dogs for three years, putting MOTCHs on both. For each of those years the two held the ranking of #1 and #2 Obedience Labradors in Canada; in one of the three years the older of the two earned the ranking of #6 all-breed Obedience dog in Canada.<\/p>\n

My most recent forays into the ring have been with a Chesapeake Bay Retriever in Obedience and my young Labrador in Rally.<\/p>\n

While the majority of my ring experience has been in the regular classes, I have trained and handled my dogs in brace and team classes.<\/p>\n

In addition to Obedience and Rally Obedience I am also licensed to judge all levels of Hunt Tests and Working Certificate Tests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Neil Goodwin<\/strong><\/p>

First, I would like to thank the Flat-Coated Retriever Society of Canada for the opportunity to judge at your National Specialty. I always look forward to the opportunity to evaluate the accomplishments of the valued breeders of our magnificent breed.<\/p>

I have had purpose-bred Flat-Coats in my life for over 40 years. My first breeds were Flat-Coated Retrievers and Belgian Tervuren. I am an AKC Breeder of Merit for Flat-Coated Retrievers and Curly Coated Retrievers. Breeding only occasionally, I have bred and\/or owned 13 American Champions, five of which I subsequently showed to their American Grand Championship.<\/p>

I have always enjoyed attending Canadian Specialties, and have exhibited in at least a half dozen of them from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, finishing four Canadian Champions and seven Canadian Working Certificates.<\/p>

I have participated in and earned titles with my Flat-Coats in Conformation, Field Events, Obedience, Rally, Agility, and Fast CAT. I am a past President and the current AKC Delegate for the Flat-Coat parent club, the Flat-Coated Retriever Society of America.<\/p>

I am an AKC Conformation judge, approved to judge the Sporting Group, and also eight Herding breeds.<\/p>

I am a former 4-H Dog Project Leader, and have always taken an interest in helping young dog owners learn how to care for, train, and show their dogs.<\/p>

I am excited to be a part of your show, and looking forward to seeing you in Edmonton!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All of our judges for our FCRSC specialty events have now been formally approved by CKC!In order of the events, here is our wonderful judging panel:\u00a0WC\/I\/X \u2013 Lisa Williams (Calgary) and Laura Danforth (Irricana)Scent Trial \u2013 Kelly Morris (Spruce Grove)Obedience Trial \u2013 Lionel Whittaker (Edmonton)Rally Trial \u2013 Lionel Whittaker (Edmonton)Puppy, Veterans and Gun Dog Sweepstakes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":129,"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21122,"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/21122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcrscspecialty2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}