SHCA's Judges' Mentor Program
In response to AKC's request to provide them with a list of Parent Club-approved mentors for aspiring Siberian Husky judges, the Judges' Education Committee polled twelve breeder-judges for suggested mentor requirements. Following is a list compiled from the suggestions submitted, and agreed upon by the group.
Attention all current and future SHCA mentors: There will be a Mentor Workshop following the SHCA Annual Meeting held in conjunction with the 2008 SHCA National Specialty this October in Gettysburg, PA. If you did not attend the Mentor Workshop held after last year's Annual Meeting in California, this mentor workshop will meet that particular requirement to maintain your status as a mentor for 2009. Please contact SHCA Education Chairman Phyllis Brayton for further information.
To become an SHCA-approved mentor, an individual must:
Please note that these requirements are more stringent than those proposed by AKC. As the mentors are SHCA-approved, it was felt that mentors should be SHCA members. The mentor workshop will include such topics and miscellaneous requirements such as an individual may not mentor a class in which he or she has a Siberian in competition; how to stimulate and answer all questions by adhereing to the Standard for Siberian Huskies; never offering a coment contrary to what appears in the Standard; not offering opinions about people, specific dogs, and kennels; how to answer questions; things to consider and discuss; etc.
RINGSIDE OBSERVATION MENTORING UPDATE
Approved Siberian Husky mentors will want to be aware of the recent revision to the Ringside Observation parameters established by the American Kennel Club. To quote the notice as published in the Judges' Newsletter:
"Effective immediately, qualified mentors will be allowed to participate in Ringside Observation on days they have entries in the breed they are teaching until the class at which they have an entry assembles. From that time on they are to refrain from further interaction."
This, of course, allows approved mentors to be more easily available since many mentors are also Siberian Husky exhibitors. But, exhibitors as mentors must clearly understand that as their class assembles, they MUST remove themselves from any area of mentoring. As a requirement set forth by AKC, it automatically becomes a requirement of the Siberian Husky Club of America, Inc.
How to Become a Mentor
If you feel you meet the requirements listed above, and wish to join the list of SHCA-approved mentors, please complete the SHCA Mentor Application Form, and return it to SHCA's Education Chairman at the address listed below. We would like our list of mentors to be as complete as possible by the first of the year! Click here to download the application form in "PDF" format: SHCA Mentor Application Form. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read, view, and print these forms. Reader is available free of charge from the Adobe website.
How to Find a Mentor
Here is a current list of SHCA-approved mentors. Please note: We are in the continual process of updating this list. Please check back frequently for approved mentor names and contact information.
To arrange for ringside mentoring, please contact one of the following individuals:
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John Linnehan |
Carol Nash |
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Terry Campbell |
Jeanette Levine |
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Carol Deeks |
Janis Church Stadler |
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Ken Gentry |
David K.Qualls |
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Sheila Qualls |
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Sandy Carman |
Jean Fournier |
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Andrea Erickson |
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Stephanie Hamblin-Barnhill |
Jan Sigler |
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Debbie Fitzgerald |
Thomas Hartel |
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Marie Ann Falconer |
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Sheri Wright |
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Olivia Harvey |
Vern Harvey |
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Ann Mariah Cook |
George Cook |
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Angela Porpora |
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Daniel W. Fleitas |
Cindy Stansell |
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Barbara G. "Bobbie" Palmer |
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Danny Brand |
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Jeanette DiBalsi |
Charles Schaefer |
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Dixie Page |
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Betty Charlton |
Sandra Jessop |
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Bruce G. Barnes |
Joanne Barnes |
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Sally E. Redin |
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Maryl Foster |
Julia Rylander |
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Delbert Thacker |
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Phyllis Brayton, Education Chairman
1508 Brayton Avenue
Escalon, CA 95320
E-Mail: dichoda@aol.com
Last update of this page: 08/2008
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