Judge Information

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David R. Miller
8763 Marjory Dr.
Mentor, OH 44060
(440) 257-1006
FAX: (440) 257-1006
Email: jlaplan488@aol.com

Mr. Miller has been a dog enthusiast all his life. From an early age, his parents raised various terriers. In the early seventies while residing in France, he fixed his sights upon the dogs that he has raised for over thirty years, Salukis. Under the prefix of Shandell, and coupled with the French Saluki kennel, Arab Bahari, he still occasionally breeds and shows. In addition, he has owned Afghans, Dalmatians and Italian Greyhounds.

In the mid-seventies and throughout the eighties, Mr. Miller showed not only is Salukis, but dogs in several breeds for clients, In 1988, he applied and was approved to judge Salukis. Since then, he is approved for the Hound Group, Non-Sporting Group, German Shorthaired Pointers, Gordon Setters, Norfolk and Norwich Terriers. He has held many offices in the Grand River Kennel Club and is the show chairperson for their cluster weekend.

Mr. Miller has officiated in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Romania, Russia and Australia. He is published in both English and French in professional periodicals as well as dog publications. Moreover, he has given seminars on the Saluki. He travels frequently to North Africa due to his association with sighthounds and conducts tours of Marrakech, Morocco and its surroundings. As an avid traveler, he has visited many kennels in India.

Professionally, Mr. Miller is the department chairman of foreign languages for the South Euclid/Lyndhurst schools. He has also instructed on the undergraduate and graduate levels. He holds a Master's Degree in Education with specialization in French as well as a diploma from the University of Strasbourg, France. He is a translator and has conferred on projects for officials at the United Nations as well as the French government. In his spare time, he is an amateur photographer whose work has been published internationally. Mr. Miller speaks French, German, Italian and English.