Judge Information
Judge Name: Robert Vandiver
Location: South Carolina, USA
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Types of Shows: Conformation
Type of Breeds
   
Biography
Bob Vandiver has bred and owner-handled Dobermans since the early seventies and has had 25 Doberman champions. He was an AKC licensed Doberman handler starting in the late seventies. He handled until the early eighties when he was offered an job assignment in Europe. He applied to judge Dobermans in 1995 and is now approved by the American Kennel Club to judge all Working, Sporting, Non-Sporting, and Herding breeds as well as Best-in-Show, and Misc. group.

Bob has judged many prestigious specialty and all-breed shows in the United States. He has judged Westminster 3 times including the working group in 2013. He has judged internationally in China, Japan, India, Australia, England, Philippines, New Zealand, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada.

He has been active in several dog clubs, including 6 years on the Board of Directors of the Doberman Pinscher Club of America. He has been the DPCA Chairman of Judges Education, and is a member/officer of the Carolina Working Group Association, Carolina Dog Judges Study Group, and Greenville Kennel Club. Bob was the Cluster Chair/Show Chair for 12 years for the Carolina Foothills Cluster in Greenville, SC (among the largest shows in the eastern US).

He is an engineering graduate of Texas A&M University, and retired as a Project Manager from a very large Engineering and Construction firm, where he managed major projects, typically in the $100 million range. Bob and his wife, Nancy, are Doberman breeders using the Mistel prefix. They live with four Dobermans: rCh. Mistel's Anything You Can Do, CD, (Top Twenty and National Award of Merit), Sch BH, Ch. Mistel's Moxie Merrimac, , GCH. Mistel's Can Can, and Ch. Mistel's Indelible, Sch. BH, OB-1, and TR-1.
   
Future Assignments
   
Past Assignments

2023


Alaskan Malamute Club of Canada [National]
on Saturday, April 01, 2023 (Event Details)
on Saturday, April 01, 2023

Red Deer & District Kennel Club
on Friday, March 31, 2023 (Event Details)
on Friday, March 31, 2023
on Saturday, April 01, 2023
on Sunday, April 02, 2023

2020


Alberta Boxer Club [Cancelled]
on Saturday, April 04, 2020 (Event Details)

Red Deer & District Kennel Club [Cancelled]
on Friday, April 03, 2020 (Event Details)

2015


Doberman Pinscher Club of Canada
on Saturday, August 29, 2015 (Event Details)
National Specialty on Saturday, August 29, 2015

Irish Setter Club Of Canada
on Saturday, August 29, 2015 (Event Details)
National Specialty on Saturday, August 29, 2015

Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Dog Association
on Friday, August 28, 2015 (Event Details)
on Sunday, August 30, 2015

Number of Dogs Judged By Breed
Breed Dogs Judge (2011 - current)
Akita 2
Alaskan Malamute 20
Australian Cattle Dog 15
Australian Shepherd 13
Bearded Collie 3
Beauceron 2
Belgian Shepherd Dog 3
Berger Picard 3
Bernese Mountain Dog 15
Bichon Frise 2
Black Russian Terrier 3
Boston Terrier 4
Bouvier des Flandres 4
Briard 1
Bulldog 1
Bullmastiff 5
Cane Corso 4
Chinese Shar-Pei 1
Chow Chow 5
Collie (Rough) 9
Collie (Smooth) 6
Dalmatian 11
Doberman Pinscher 49
Finnish Lapphund 7
French Bulldog 3
German Shepherd Dog 9
Great Dane 17
Griffon (Wire-Haired Pointing) 4
Karelian Bear Dog 2
Keeshond 9
Lhasa Apso 4
Mastiff 6
Miniature American Shepherd 4
Mudi 1
Newfoundland 9
Old English Sheepdog 3
Pointer 1
Pointer (German Short-Haired) 9
Poodle (Miniature) 10
Poodle (Standard) 5
Portuguese Water Dog 7
Retriever (Curly-Coated) 1
Retriever (Flat-Coated) 1
Retriever (Golden) 17
Retriever (Labrador) 10
Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling) 1
Rottweiler 8
Saint Bernard 2
Samoyed 13
Schapendoes 1
Schipperke 2
Schnauzer (Giant) 11
Setter (English) 3
Setter (Irish) 24
Shetland Sheepdog 36
Shiba Inu 7
Shih Tzu 8
Siberian Husky 10
Spaniel (American Cocker) 3
Spaniel (English Cocker) 1
Spaniel (English Springer) 6
Spaniel (Irish Water) 4
Tibetan Terrier 2
Weimaraner 2
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan) 7
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) 7
Xoloitzcuintli (Standard) 5
Total Dogs Judged: 483
               

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