| Judge's Background & History |
Mr. Robert S. Forsyth
Home: Pinehurst, NC
Initial Breed: Alaskan MalamutesWas born into a dog-show family and has been in the sport since 1933. He apprenticed under Henry Stoeker and Charles Hamilton, and spent a three-year hitch in the Marine Corps First War Dog Platoon. Upon his return from the service, Mr. Forsyth managed the famed Seafern and Mardomere kennels before founding his own facility in 1949. He later joined forces with and eventually married Jane Kamp, and the Forsyth's became dogdom’s most famous husband-and-wife team of handlers. Both Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth have handled Best in Show winners at Westminster, the only married couple to do so. Also, they are the only winners of the Ken-L-Biskit Couple of the Year Award. The Forsyth's are the authors of the award-winning A Guide to Successful Dog Showing, long considered an essential text on the subject.
Mr. Forsyth has won the Kennel Review handlers award and is a two-time winner of the Gaines Handler of the Year Award. He has bred Pointers for thirty years, producing approximately twenty-five champions. As a judge, Mr. Forsyth has worked at every important venue in the United States and has also judged in Australia, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, and several South American countries. He has been a Federation Cynologique Internationale "all-rounder" judge since 1981.
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