Judge Profile

My love of dogs goes back to early childhood, with my family owning a purebred Miniature Smooth Dachshund, German Shepherd, Australian Cattle Dog and three Toy Poodles. My mother also bred Purebred Arabian Horses where, from an early age, she taught me form, function, type, balance, soundness and movement.

My personal involvement with purebred dogs spans the past 50 years, having joined the ANKC/Dogs Queensland, in 1973, when I was involved in Obedience trialing and Obedience displays at the Brisbane Royal. In 1975, I bred my first purebred litter of German Shepherds under my Mother’s Prefix “Millavale” and from this litter came one of Australia’s Top German Shepherds at the time. I continued to breed, show and trial German Shepherds for the next 15 years under my own Zeigen Prefix. During this time, I also bred, exhibited and trialed Rottweilers for 11 years.

In 1984, I became a founder for the Bernese Mountain Dog in Australia, and I have continued to breed and Exhibit Bernese Mountain dogs for the past 33 years, importing and exporting to many Countries throughout the World. As the founder and President of the Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Queensland (Australia), I attended the World’s first Bernese Mountain Dog Health Symposium held in Langenthal, Switzerland in 2000, discussing breeding and health issues affecting the Bernese Mountain Dog worldwide. I pride myself on the strict standards of soundness to which I breed and was named as breeding #1 and #2 Top Soundness Producing BMD Sires in Australasia, in a book written by English Author and statistician, Malcolm Willis (UK).

In 2006, I fell in love with Pomeranians and have imported Pomeranians from several different Countries for my breeding program, to help improve the breed here in Australia. My ambitions were quickly realized by breeding the #4 Pomeranian in America in 2014 and invited to compete at Westminster in 2015. I have also bred and shown Jack Russell Terriers. Zeigen Kennels, have bred well over 100 Champions in my chosen breeds.

I commenced Judging in 1997 and have judged extensively throughout Australia, New Zealand and across the globe.

I am currently President of The Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Queensland and on the Inaugural National Drafting Committee.

I have had the honour of judging Specialty Conformation Shows for Australian Cattle Dogs and Kelpies, Australian Terriers, Bernese Mountain Dogs, Border Collies, Borzois, Boxers, British Bulldogs, Bull Mastiffs, Cocker Spaniels, Collies-Rough and Smooth, Fox Terriers, Jack Russell Terriers, Old English Sheepdogs, Rottweilers, Saint Bernards, Tenterfield Terriers, West Highland White Terriers, Utility Dog Club of NSW, Tasmania and Victoria Specialties, the Toy Dog Club Specialty of New Zealand. I have also had the privilege of Judging at Dog of The Year and Puppy Of the Year events and Australia’s prestigious Sydney Royal Show.
I commenced Judging in 1997 and have judged extensively throughout Australia, New Zealand and across the globe. In 2015, I judged at Lahti International Dog Show in Finland, in 2016, Khonkaen City in Thailand. 2017 at Changchun, China and Bangkok Thailand. In 2018 I judged at Kunming China and was very honoured to judge at the American Pomeranian Specialty in Kentucky. 2022 I judged at Calgary, Canada, at the Canadian Pomeranian National Specialty and the four day Alberta Summer Classic. I value the opportunity to judge in different countries throughout the world now and in the future.

Becoming an “All Breeds Judge” is a dream fulfilled and I will continue to honour this title, by always giving my honest and earnest opinion.
Kim Haddon
(AUSTRALIA)

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