JUDGE PROFILES


GOLDEN CITY POODLE CLUB

Meet the Judge...

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".

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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