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Mr.
Robert L T Dawson has worked in the Asia and
the Pacific region for nearly 30 years. He is
currently a senior executive with the Asian Development
Bank, a multilateral finance institution, of which
Australia is a member.
In dogs he has concentrated on Pugs, Boston Terriers,
Miniature Dachshund, Basenji, and Bulldogs, breeding
and campaigning many to their Philippine Grand
Champions and Champions. He has also made-up AKC
Champions in pugs and poodles. He is active in
the show ring and has won a number of Best in
Shows with his dogs. His kennel prefix is "Kawana".
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Mr.
Dawson is a Director on the Board of the Philippine
Canine Club, the parent canine body in the Philippines.
For many years he was the Chair of the Affiliated
Clubs Committee and the Judges' Committee, and
was actively involved in the creation of breed
and group clubs. He was a founding member of the
Pug Club of the Philippines, and the Boston Terrier
Club of the Philippines, and is now the Advisor
to both clubs; and the Hound Group Club of the
Philippines, of which he was a former President.
Mr. Dawson judges all-breeds under the Philippine
Canine Club Inc., list of breeds. He has judged
extensively in Australia and New Zealand; South
Africa, several countries in Europe including
Finland, Switzerland, Latvia, Ireland, Russia,
Germany, England, and Sweden; in the United States
and Canada, and in most of the countries in Asia
including India, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore,
Malaysia, Republic of China, and Japan as well
as in all of the major centers in the Philippines.
He has judged Best in Show in most of these countries.
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