2021 USCA NW Regional IGP Championship **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Judges
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TRIAL AND PERFORMANCE JUDGE - USCA/SV JUDGE NATHANIEL ROQUE During his years of involvement in Schutzhund / Working Dog Sport, Nathaniel has earned titles on several dogs. Including Handler Owner Trained (HOT) from Bh to SchH / IPO3, FH, FH2. To date he has entered and competed in hundreds of United Schutzhund Clubs of America Trials with his dogs at the club, regional and national level. Nathaniel and his dogs have earned numerous Schutzhund and IPO, FH/FH2 titles including: 2002 & 2007 Southwest Regional SchH 3 Champion, 2002 USCA Universal Sieger, 100 pt “V” FH and awarded the first 100 pt “V”FH2 title in USCA. He has qualified and over the past 20 years competed in the following championships: USCA GSD National, Regional (SW,NM,NE), North American, Working Dog, German Shepherd Dog Qualifier and FH . As a member he has earned: member Schutzhund 3 Club, awarded the USCA Bronze, Silver, Gold and Master Sports Medals within his first 5 years of membership. He has been active in the United Schutzhund Clubs of America at all levels, having served as Vice President, Regional Director, Executive Board Member at Large, Helper Program Director, Teaching Helper, Trial Judge and currently as Director of Judges since 2009. At the club level he has been the Training Director / Helper for Southwest Working Dog Association for the past 14 years and has participated in the training and titling of many HOT titles and SchH 3 Club members totaling more than 175 Schutzhund Titles for members of his club. Quote from Nathaniel: “I believe that the United Schutzhund Clubs of America is the Premier German Shepherd Dog and Working Dog Sport Organization in the United States. I’m dedicated to working to maintain the USCA status and leadership in the world of dog sport and I am passionate about preserving the working heritage of the GSD and all breeds of working dogs by using working dog trials / breed surveys / conformation as ways to evaluate our dogs. I am grateful to be involved with our organization and I value the trust placed in me by the membership for my decisions both as an Executive Board Member as well as a Judge on the trial field. I will always do my best to be correct and fair based on the trial rules while judging working dog teams in competition.” TRIAL AND PERFORMANCE JUDGE - USCA JUDGE HEIDI THEIS Heidi Theis has been breeding German Shepherd Dogs under the kennel name vom Theishof for 31 years. Heidi is a breeder that places heavy emphasis on correctly balanced temperament, strong nerve, obedience talent, and natural working drives. Most females that Heidi has used or uses for mothers are shown, handled, Breed Surveyed, and titled by Heidi to SchH/IPO/IGP 3 level. Heidi’s breeding philosophy is to breed a German Shepherd Dog of normal temperament and of middle ground, as the breed was intended. As the National Breed Warden and PNW Regional Breed Warden, Heidi serves USCA as the Chair of the Breed Advisory Committee. Heidi has also handled dogs for several of USCA’s current and past performance and conformation judges. The judges she has handled for are Karen MacIntyre, at the National Level, Johannes Grewe and Ricardo Carbajal, at the National, Regional, & Local levels, and Craig Groh, at the Regional & Local levels. Heidi is more than happy to help share her handling knowledge and has even been known to take a pause while judging, just to help show a handler how to alter something to help teach the handler who may appear to be struggling. Please enjoy some of Heidi’s most notable accomplishments in USCA.
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