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BMDCC 2003 Specialty Judges
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Lisbet Ramsing (Denmark)
~ BMDCC Sieger Show Judge ~
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Lisbet Ramsing has been breeding
Bernese Mountain Dogs with her husband, Jens Ramsing, under the kennel
name Sennetta since 1985.
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Over the years, Sennetta has produced
several International Champions, Europa Winners etc. The kennel
has also owned or produced 12 World Winners, with their most recent
world winner “Sennetta’s Sixten” being awarded the title twice--first
in Helsinki, Finland in 1998, and then again in Milano, Italy in 2000.
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The Sennetta Kennel has been
recognized as the Top Breeder of Bernese in Demark for the following
years: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1992 - 1993 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998
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Lisbet has been the Chairman of the
Danish Bernese Mountain Dog Club since 1990. In addition to judging, she
is an active exhibitor and handles the Sennetta dogs in the show ring
herself, including multiple title holder Sennetta’s Sixten.
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Lisbet is certified to judge Bernese
Mountain Dog, Newfoundland, St. Bernhard, Great Pyrenees, and
Leonbergers.
 Michelle Armitage (CA)
~ BMDCC Specialty
Obedience Judge ~
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Ms. Armitage started training dogs when she was 12 years old.
Michelle
trained the neighbours' dogs while helping them out with dog walking. One
owner was kind enough to take her to weekly dog obedience classes.
Michelle was
bitten by the obedience bug and has been ever since.
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She has trained a Viszla, Labrador and Dalmatian to their CD,
each of these dogs before she was 18 years old and each dog was owned by a
different person. She learned a lot training different breeds. After a
short break, she returned to the dog world and trained her own dogs, a
Beagle “Baxter” to one leg shy of his Canadian OTCH (which was awarded
at the spry age of 13) and an English Springer Spaniel “Kelly” to her
Canadian OTCH. Kelly achieved High in Trial awards and first class
placements during her obedience career. Baxter kept Michelle in the ring
for many years and taught her patience and also joy and pride in all his
efforts. Her new dog "Bob", another English Springer Spaniel,
earned his CD in the Spring of 2002 and passed the Water Test for
English Springer Spaniels this past Summer. They are working on CDX and
hope to be back in the obedience ring in the Spring of 2003.
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Michelle has taught obedience for many years with Bytown Dog
Obedience Club (BDOC) in Ottawa. She has instructed all levels in obedience and
enjoys problem solving. She has given a seminar with Jack McKissock
on obedience handling and being scored in the ring. She is an active
member of BDOC and enjoys stewarding and helping out at trials when she
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not judging.
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 Dr. Mary Dawson (USA)
~ BMDCC Specialty
Sweepstakes Judge ~
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In 1957, Dr. Dawson first saw a Bernese Mountain Dog in a park in
Basel, Switzerland and was smitten. By 1966, she finally managed to add
one to her life, Olaf v Oberscheidegg, and in 1968, she added two more Berners, and the rest followed.
Mary currently has three Bernese.
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When the BMDCA was founded in 1968, and Dr. Dawson became one of the
charter members. Over time she has managed to hold most elected positions
in the organization, and is currently chair of the Publications
Committee. She is also a long time member of the KBS (Schweizerischer Klub
für Berner Sennenhunde). In 1991 and 2002, Mary
was event chair for the ‘91 BMDCA National Specialty in Pittsburgh and
the 2002 National Specialty at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, WV--proving
that some people never learn.
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Dr Dawson has judged sweeps at the 1993 BMDCC Specialty in
Belleville, Ontario; in 1999 and 2000 evaluated dogs a for the Sieger
events of the BMDCC specialties in Ontario and BC. In 1994, she judged
sweeps at the BMDCA National Specialty in Carlisle, PA.
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All along, she has been deeply committed to this breed, and loves
each of them for their qualities of moderation in all things. She
believes that the
versatility of a correct Bernese Mountain Dog, that combination of
beauty, temperament, and working ability, is to be treasured by all of
us.
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Professionally, Dr. Dawson is a vertebrate paleontologist at
Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. I specialize in fossil mammals, which
leads to the history and development of our dogs! |
Jens Ramsing
(Denmark)
~ BMDCC Specialty Conformation Judge ~
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Jens Ramsing has been breeding Bernese Mountain Dogs for
more than 30 years, first under the kennel name Danette (1970 – 1984),
and later under the name Sennetta.
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Over the years, Sennetta has produced several
International Champions, Europa Winners etc. The kennel has also owned
or produced 12 World Winners, with their latest “Sennetta’s Sixten”
being a 2 times World Winner, first in 1998 in Helsinki, Finland and
again in 2000 in Milano, Italy.
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The Sennetta Kennel has been recognized as the Top
Breeder of Bernese in Demark for the following years: 1988 - 1989 - 1990
- 1992 - 1993 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998
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In addition to Bernese, Jens is certified to judge
Newfoundland, Pyrenees, Leonberger, Great Swiss, Entlebucher Sennen Dog,
Appenzeller Sennen Dog, Old English Sheepdog, Alaskan Malamute, Bajendi,
Karelian Beardog, Norsk Buhund, and Iceland Sheepdogs. He has been asked
to judge in many countries in Europe and was selected by the Bernese
Mountain Dog Club of America to judge their National Specialty in
San Francisco, California in 1996. |
Sennetta Kennel Website |
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