About me:
FCI- Judge
Vice-President of the FCI
President FCI Euro Sight Hound Show committee
President Noorder Kynologen Club
President Martini Dog Show, Groningen
Judging license (January 2023)
F.C.I.- Group 1
All Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs
F.C.I.-Group 2
Anatolian Shepherd Dog (331), Caucasian Shepherd Dog (328), Central Asia Shepherd Dog (335), Ciobanesc Romanesc De Bucovina (357), Karst Shepherd Dog (278), Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog-Sarplanina (41), Giant Schnauzer (181), Miniature Schnauzer (183), Schnauzer (182), Tornjak (355)
F.C.I.-Group 3
Australian Silky Terrier (236), English Toy Terrier (13) and Yorkshire Terrier (86),
F.C.I. - Group 5:
All Spitz and Primitive types
F.C.I. - Group 8:
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje (14)
F.C.I. - Group 9:
Bichon Frise (215), Bolognese (196), Boston Terrier (140), Chihuahua (218), Chinese Crested Dog (288), Coton de Tulear (283), French Bulldog (101), Havanese (250), Kromfohrländer (192), Lhasa Apso (227), Little Lion Dog (233), Maltese (65), Poodle (172), Prague Ratter (363), Pug (253), Shih Tzu (208), Tibetan Spaniel (231) and Tibetan Terrier (209).
F.C.I. - Group 10:
All Sighthounds
Judging license since 01.08.1996
Owner from Afghan Hounds / French Bulldogs / Dachshund Miniature Smooth
Languages spoken Dutch, German and English
Judging experience in countries: Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Columbia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Macedonia, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, and USA
Short CV:
Dogs have always been part of Gerard’s life and as from 1976 especially Afghan Hounds. Around 1985 he started to show dogs and had many (International & national) championships mostly in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Becoming more and more interested in dogs, Gerard started to his cynological study in 1990 and in 1995 he did his first exam for the Afghan Hound. Ten years later, 2006, he is judge of all -FCI group 10- breeds, the Sight hounds. At this moment he is also group judge of -FCI group 5- all breeds of the Spitz and primitive types, -FCI group 1- all breeds of the Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs and some breeds of FCI group 2, 3, 8 and 9. Gerard judged in many European countries, Africa, Asia, Australia and North & South America at national and international Dog shows (including FCI European and FCI World Dog Show’s) Champion of Champion shows, many breed specialties and title shows.
Since 1994 he showed successfully his Afghans Hounds with the kennel name “El Harakat”. Afghan Hounds from “El Harakat” are all over the world like France, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Israel and Denmark etc.
A few other experiences from Gerard his cynological past:
- Secretary of the national Sight Hound show committee Hochdahl/Duisburg (Germany)
- President of the International CACIB Dog Show committee KC. DOIJ (Netherlands)
- Member of the dispute committee of the Dutch Kennel Club “Raad van Beheer”
- President from the Dutch Sight Hound Club “N.V.O.W.”
- President of the FCI European Dog Show 2011 & FCI World Dog Show 2018
- Formal President of the Dutch Kennel Club “Raad van Beheer” (2004-2017)
