Judges Information | birminghamdobe

Information for judges.

The Birmingham & District Dobermann Club, The Midland Dobermann Club, The North of England Dobermann Club, The South East of England Dobermann Club,
The South West Dobermann Club & The Scottish Dobermann Club maintain the judging lists A1, A2, A3, B & C.

From 31st December 2025 all judges must be registered on the RKC’s JEP platform. The level at which they are registered determines the number of classes they
may judge with a caveat that a Club or Society may still invite a judge to award CC’s at shows up to 31.12.2028 via the traditional questionnaire route provided that questionnaire is submitted by 31.12.2026.

To support this, as instructed by the RKC, our judges lists will continue to be updated with CC, Non-CC & breed club show appointments and will remain publicly visible until 31.12.2026. We have not annotated JEP levels onto our traditional lists.
The JEP status of a particular judge can be found using this link: https://www.royalkennelclub.com/search/find-a-judge/

Details of each RKC JEP Level & the requirements & eligibility are in this document HERE (Correct as at 10.12.2025)

Details of how to register on the RKC’s JEP platform can be found here:
https://www.royalkennelclub.com/activities/heritage-sports/dog-showing/judging-dog-shows/

The Clubs reserve the right to review and/or amend the lists as is deemed necessary. We are not required to include all Judges who qualify under this criteria, nor are we required to give any reasons for exclusion. Judges will be notified in writing of any changes to their status. Inclusion on a Judges list in one year does not automatically ensure subsequent inclusion. The above Clubs’ will only select judges for their open & championship shows from those who fulfil this criteria

The judges' sub-committee of the six Clubs' have a joint general data protection (GDPR) & retention policy in relation to data held for the judges' lists, please click on the the link below for further information.

Our judges' lists are updated regularly; to view the latest lists, please go to the downloads page.

A1 QUESTIONNAIRE: v 1.13

A3 QUESTIONNAIRE: v 1.13

B QUESTIONNAIRE: v 1.13

Download CRITERIA v 1.14

JSC GDPR Policy v1.1

Overseas QUESTIONNAIRE v 1.8

C QUESTIONNAIRE: v 1.12

JUDGES CRITERIA

Updated 15th July 2024 v 1.14

A1 List

For people who have previously been approved by The Kennel Club to award CC’s in the breed, have completed their first appointment and have the support of the six breed clubs. The persons named on this list must have fulfilled the requirements of A3 list.

A2 LIST

For people who have undertaken the 3 (three) requisite A2 assessments and been approved by The Kennel Club to appear on an A2 list and have the support of the six breed clubs. The persons named on this list will not have completed their first CC appointment and must have fulfilled the requirements of A3 list.

A3 LIST

To have judged a minimum of 120 (one hundred and twenty) dogs of this breed with a good geographical spread.
To have attended a Dobermann breed appreciation day (BAD; formerly known as breed specific educational seminar) run in accordance with the relevant Kennel Club Code of Best Practice.
To have taken and passed a multiple choice question paper on the breed standard.
To have attended a Dobermann breed specific judging competence assessment run in accordance with
the relevant Kennel Club Code of Best Practice and passed the assessment test.
To have attended the Requirements of a Dog Show judge seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the exam.
To have attended the Conformation & Movement seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer.
To have attended a Points of the Dog Assessment conducted by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the assessment.
To have stewarded for a minimum of 12 (twelve) full days.
To have bred and/or owned a minimum of 3 (three) dogs when they obtained their first entry in The Kennel Club Stud Book (Save in exceptional circumstances).
To have 7 (seven) years proven involvement in pedigree dogs.

B LIST

To have judged 14 (fourteen) classes of Dobermanns at all breed Open or Championship Shows without CC’s.
To have judged a minimum of 40 (forty) dogs of this breed.
To have attended at least 1 (one) Dobermann breed appreciation day (BAD; formerly known as breed specific educational seminar) run in accordance with the relevant Kennel Club Code of Best Practice.
To have taken & passed a multiple choice question paper on the breed standard.
To have attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the relevant examination on Kennel Club Regulations and Judging Procedures.
To have attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer on Conformation & Movement.
To have attended a Points of the Dog Assessment conducted by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the assessment.
To have stewarded at 6 (six) Shows.

C LIST

1. To have 5 (five) years experience owning and exhibiting in this breed (breed specialist) or 5 (five) years judging experience in any one breed (non-breed specialist)

2. To have attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the relevant examination on Kennel Club Regulations and Judging Procedures.

3. To have attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer on Conformation & Movement.

4. To have attended a Points of the Dog Assessment conducted by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the assessment.

5. To have stewarded at 6 (six) Shows.

OVERSEAS JUDGES

Must be approved by the governing body of the country in which they are domiciled to award CC’s (or the equivalent) in Dobermanns and complete the overseas questionnaire to the satisfaction of the six breed clubs