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114 HOTdog                                                                 1-2 / 2018
                                    best known for, Akitas.     Pastoral  Groups  and  has  also
                                                               judged  on  numerous  occasions
                                    He has  currently  bred  and/  or   abroad, including the USA, Russia,
                                   owned over 40 UK Akita Champi-  all the Scandinavian countries and
                                   ons, won many Groups and BIS’s   widely across Europe.
                                   in the UK, including Reserve Best
                                   in Show at  Crufts  1999,  and  has
                                   bred No. 1 Akitas in the USA, Aus-
                                   tralia, New Zealand, China, Japan,
                                   South  Korea,  Norway,  Sweden  &
                                   Denmark and have Top Winners in
                                   many other countries.
                                    His  dogs have won Groups at
                                   Crufts,  the  World Show,  the  Eu-
                                   ropean  Show  and  Westminster.
                                   As  well as  making  Champions
                                   up in the  above breeds,  Dave
                                   has  also owned the  No.  1  Sibe-
                                   rian Husky 1999 & 2000, handled
                                   Alaskan Malamutes, Bouviers Des
                                   Flandres,  Giant Schnauzers  and
                                   Bernese  Mountain  Dogs  to their
        Judge(s): Mr Dave Killilea  titles  and  won many Groups and
         Working Group             Best in Shows with these breeds.
        DAVE HAS  been  involved  in the   He is passed  to judge both the
       showing and breeding of pedigree   Working  Group and  the  Utility
       dogs  for  over  40  years,  starting   Group in the UK and will be judg-
       with Bulldogs, progressing to Rot-  ing the  Utility  Group  at  Crufts
       tweilers and then  for  the  last 35   2021. He awards CCs in 11 breeds
       years,  the  breed  he  is probably   across  the  Working,  Utility  and


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