Lines From Linda: Doug Ljungren Presents AKC Lifetime Achievement Awards
BY LINDA AYERS TURNER KNORR continued
“TO YOU, ALL OF MY FRIENDS MADE ALONG THE WAY, I LOVE YOU AND ALL THE MEMORIES WE HAVE CREATED TOGETHER!”
—LINDA AYERS TURNER KNORR
Training at K-9 Obedience Training Club of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, the Director of Training for the Irish Setter Club of Milwaukee, and a pri- vate trainer at several other clubs in the Milwaukee area. Pat was an Obedience Judge for more than 40 years. She judged for 25 years before becoming the AKC Director of Obedience in 1999. In 2000, she was named AKC AVP of Companion Events. Her five years as AVP saw the growth of AKC agility and the introduction of AKC rally, which is among the most successful programs AKC’s recent his- tory. It was during this tenure that she had the privilege of accompanying the 2004/2005 USA Obedience Teams to the Crufts World Cup Competition. Pat was honored to judge the 2007 Crufts Obedience World Cup Competition.
In the January 2005 AKC Gazette, Pat explained how she and her staff spent four years refining AKC rally before its debut on New Year’s Eve, 2004: “We would have test sessions here in the parking lot in Raleigh. We’d bring our own dogs, set up signs, and run different exercises, trying to decide what would work and what wouldn’t. It took a long time to be satisfied we had a sport agreeable to dogs of all breeds and people of all ages.” In May 2005 Krause retired from AKC and resumed judging Obedience and Rally. In her spare time, she vol- unteered at the Northwoods’ Wildlife Rehabilitation Center as an animal/rap- tor rescuer and rehabilitator. Judy Powers, of Sheboygan, Wiscon- sin, and her husband Jim, have been training and competing with their Lab- rador Retrievers and contributing to AKC member clubs for more than 35 years. Judy is a “life member” of Wis- consin Amateur Field Trial Club for 36 years, serving as Field Trial Secretary for 32 years; “life member” of Manito- woc County Kennel Club for 36 years, serving as field trial secretary for 26 years; Women’s Field Trial Club for 16 years, serving as Board Member and Treasurer for 11 years; and is a member of the Badger Golden Retriever Club. She continues to contribute to retriev- er organizations whenever requested, including marshaling, judging, heading committees and/or working in the field. She aspires to do everything she can to ensure the continuance of this wonder- ful sport of dogs.
Judy has judged 79 major Retriever stakes, 19 minor Retriever stakes, and the 2010 National Amateur Retriever Championship. She has served on mar- shals’ committees for another eight national events. She was board member of the National Retriever Club during the 16-year term. She served as marshal, chief marshal, Vice President and Presi- dent (2002) during her board term. In 2016, Judy was elected by her peers into the Retriever Hall of Fame in Grand Junction, Tennessee, where she joins the Powers’ two-time National Amateur Retriever Champion Candle- woods Ramblin Man, inducted in 2012. She and her husband have owned and titled ten championship dogs including 2XNAF FC Candlewoods Ramblin Man. Judy has titled four Labrador Retrievers and was a finalist with FC AFC Badger State Ram Kicker in 2008 National Ama- teur Retriever Championship in Stowe, Vermont. Judy and Jim are AKC recog- nized as Breeders of Merit of Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers. With 2017 coming to an end, it is a great time of reflection for me. What a blessing that my parents Roy and Hazel Ayers chose American Kennel Club events and the sports of purebred dogs for our family hobby. Seventy years is a long time to be engaged in an activity that brings such joy. I remember each dog from all the years. My father always said, “Friends are the most wonderful part of living”. To you, all of my friends made along the way, I love you and all the memories we have created togeth- er! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Doug Ljungren speaking to the AKC Delegates
S how S ight M agazine , J anuary 2018 • 81
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