• KENNEL:

  Whisborne

Has been actively showing and breeding for 35 years. Started in with Rough and Smooth Collies through her husband - for herself it has been American Cockers and English Cockers. Started with Americans with 5 USA Champions and was winning many BIS and Groups - had group winning Cockers, and some Best in Show winning Shih Tzus. For 25 years they have bred English Springers and Lhasa Apso, and been top breeders for a number of years. Was first authorized as a judge for all Spaniel breeds in 1984, and was authorized All breeds in 2001. An international FCI All-breed judge, who has been judging for more than 20 years. Her assignments have included many prestigious dogshows in the world, such as FCI World Dog Show, FCI European Dog Show, Sydney Royal, the Asian International, and in over 30 contries worldwide. And judge all groups and Best in Show. She has served on several club committees, and continues to be involved in judge's examinations for several breeds. She has bred different breeds together with her husband, Harald, under the prefix, Whisborne, made up over 120 Champions, many with Group and Best in Show wins through the years. Whisborne Champions have been made up in USA, Canada, Mexico, Luxembourg, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland, Norway and Sweden.Today she breeds English Springer Spaniels and Lhasa Apsos with a great amount of success, including the no 2 Top Dog All Breeds in Sweden 2004. Annika was first authorized as a judge for all spaniel breeds in 1984, and since then she has extended with more breeds, and groups, until she was authorized as an allround judge in 2001. She has judged in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cypros, Switzerland, Russia, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Argentina and Peru.