My name is Margit van Dorssen and I live in Cologne, Germany. It is an honor for me to judge here in Chicago this year and I would like to express my gratitude to the United Schutzhund Club for their kind invitation to be one of judge’s for the 2009 USA Sieger Show
I started judging in 1996. My kennel name von Arlett was 30 years old in October, 2008. My most successful dogs were Ulk von Arlett and Ghandi von Arlett.
My basic philosophy is to try to breed dogs with an excellent conformation that still can be used as working dogs in the true sense of the word. In Germany, we call this the “Universal Conception”, the dog that has an excellent anatomy combined with good working abilities.
In my breeding program, I make intensive use of sable dogs. I have made the experience that the sable color improves the pigmentation.
I would like to submit my greetings to all Shepherd dog lovers in Illinois and other parts of USA and Canada I hope that everybody participating in this show will have the expected success.
Ms. van Dorssen has been active as a breeder since 1978 with over 250 litters to her credit. Since her SV Judge appointment in 1996, she has judge over 190 shows. She became a Koermeister in 2001 and has performed approximately 25 breed surveys since then.
She has judged Sieger Shows in France, Peru, Sweden, Austria, Latin America (COAPA), Hungary, Mexico, Cyprus, Taiwan, New Zealand, Netherlands, Indonesia, Belgium, Russia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan.
In German Sieger Shows, her dogs Ulk, Huppy and Ghandi have been ranked VA. She has had 27 progeny groups with "Arlett" fathers. In kennel groups, of 13 starts she had two second places, three third places. With all sable groups, she has had one second place and one third place.