MIRAN MARš

I was born in Celje, Slovenia, 57 years ago and I work at Regional Waste Management Centre in Celje.  

I have been working in cynology for 34 years, as instructor, helper, track layer, exhibitor and a fan of Rottweilers as well as an occasional Rottweiler breeder.

I am active member of our local  club and have been the president of the Slovenian Rottweiler Klub for many years. I am international judge for utility dogs since 1998 and Specialist Breed judge for the rottweilers since 2001.

I am also a member of Slovenian breeding commission for Rottweilers and the president of the Commission for Utility dogs at the Cynological Association of Slovenia.

I have judged some national and international exhibitions and special Rottweiler Club Shows and few world championships FCI IGP all over the world and some important special Rottweiler Club Show in England, Belgium and Norway.

Miran Marš 

YVONNE BEKKERS

Hello everybody,

My name Yvonne Bekkers, born (in 1976) and raised in the city of Den Bosch in the Netherlands.

In high school I studied to be a veterinarian assistant and a classmate of my had two Rottweilers. It was there and then that I fell in love with this beautiful breed.

 In 1996 I bought my first Rottweiler (Nouska) and with her I started to do dog shows. The results were overall “Very Good” but I had fun and I learned a lot about the breed and the “dog-world”……

In 1999 I bought my Grizzly-Beer with him I did dog shows (he became a multi champion) and I started training IPO. We made it to IPO II.

In 1999 I also passed a course “Kynologic Knowledge part 1”. The first of 4 exams to become a judge. I passed the course “Kynoligic Knowledge part 2” in 2003.

In 2004 I also passed the exam to become a test leader for the Dutch behavior test for the Rottweiler (M.A.G.-test).

In 2006 I passed the exam “Exterior and Movement” the last exam before you can enter for a breed exam.

In 2008 I passed my breed exam and I was fortunate to have a been judging in the following countries: Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, South Africa, Ireland, Finland, America, France, Denmark, IFR show, Spain, Australia, Mexico, Norway, England, Germany, China and Malaysia.

In 2008 I bought Enjoy (photo above and below), we did shows and I trained her up to her IPO I. We also passed our ZTP in Germany. Unfortunately she injured herself during a training session and that meant the end of our active career.

In total I owned 5 Rottweilers, that all lived like pets in my house. Yes, they slept in my bed…..

If I went on a holiday the dog(s) went with me.

The photo on the left is me and Enjoy on our holiday in Sweden having a good talk 😊.

When I went away for a judging my mom and dad where dog-sitting for me.

At this moment I’m working together with the board of the Dutch Rottweiler Club to organize the next breed exam for the Rottweiler.  This takes up a lot of my time, but it also means that I’m catching up with all of the notes I made during my judging career, I’m restarted reading all my books and I’m going back into all the little details of my beloved breed.

In my daily life I work at the fire department in my home city. I have been an active firefighter for 10 years and now I work in the technical department and I make sure that all the equipment that people need to “fight fire” are in good shape. (Breathing devices, helmets, cloths and all that kind of stuff).

In my free time I love going into nature to photograph animals, birds are my favorite subjects.

Well I hope this will give you all a bit of an insight in who I am.

I hope to see you all in- our around the show-ring.

Greetings Yvonne