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Lisa Ebnet (Ebnet Kennel, USA)
My love of dogs began early and from age 8-18 I participated, competed, served and eventually led the local 4-H dog club. My first purebred dog was a Shetland Sheepdog who introduced me to a wonderful mentor who assisted me throughout 10 years of showing and breeding shelties. In 1992, after college and marriage, Mrs. Pike entrusted me with 4 of her beautiful dogs and I continue to build on this foundation. I have attended multiple dog shows in 9 different countries and continue to further my knowledge by visiting with other Berner breeders throughout the world. I have attended the International Bernese Club Symposium in Lagenthal, Switzerland, attended the 2002 World Winners Show and breeders education and have missed only 1 BMDCA or BMDCC National Specialty in the past 8 years. I will be attending 2003 Crufts and 2003 World Winners Show in Dortmund, Germany. All the while continuing to evaluate as many litters as possible (over 40 structural evaluations to date) as well as steward and judge matches for other breeds. As a perpetual and passionate student of canine anatomy and physiology, I have attended many classes, clinics and seminars conducted by local clubs, universities and respected trainers, veterinarians and breeders. I have earned AKC, CKC and UCI championships on more than twenty of my own Bernese and earned multiple draft and obedience titles, CGC designations and therapy dog titles as well. I am very active in the sport of draft in the Pacific Northwest and have judged, chaired and/or organized multiple draft events and helped over 150 draft teams get started through my carting clinics and seminars. I have also judged local all-breed conformation and obedience matches for 4-H groups and local clubs. I am a member of the CKC, BMDCA, BMDCC, BMDCGS, INWBMDC and am currently President of the PNWBMDF. Continual education and ongoing evaluation of many dogs is essential for becoming a better judge of breed strengths and weaknesses and I try to apply this knowledge to my own breeding program as well I have bred and shown the Best of Opposite at the 2001 BMDCA Nationals, 2000 and 2002 BMDCC Nationals. I have shown several dogs to AOM at both the BMDCA and BMDCC national and regional specialties and recently won the BMDCC nationals with a dog I purchased in Belgium. I also recently judged a Swiss Style match and wrote evaluations for Bernese in Colorado. I am also slated to judge sweeps for the PNWGSMDC Regional specialty in June as well as their draft test.
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