Judge Information

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John D. Landis
2451 Wassergrass Rd.
Hellertown, PA 18055
(610) 838-9983
Email: a026@enter.net

John Landis has been involved in the sport of dogs since 1971 when he purchased his first purebred dog, an Old English Sheepdog. Although he purchased the OES as a conformation dog it never received any championship points but did go on to receive a Utility obedience degree as well as a High in Trail. In 1976 he purchased his first Komondor and since then has bred more than 30 champions under the Springwater and Gillian Kennel names. About a third of the Komondors he has bred have become Champions and eight have Obedience titles. He bred the 1997, 1998 and 1999 KCA National Specialty winners as well as the number one Komondor in both breed and group points for those same years. He handled one of the Komondors he bred to a Best in Show. Another Komondor that he owned and handled, earned an all-breed High Trial and a Dog World Award in both the US and Canada. He has also shown Golden Retrievers and recently retired one with a UDX and a CAN UD.

He is approved by the AKC to judge all classes of obedience (judge # 6430) and to judge Komondorok in conformation (judge # 16781). He is active as an exhibitor in both conformation and obedience as well as breed and obedience judging. He is also an AKC delegate.

Professionally, until he retired in 1996, as Vice President of Operations for Koh-I-Noor, Inc. Educationally, he attended Lehigh University and has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering.