Mentors, download pdf form and fill out when you mentor someone and send to Cameron.

GUIDELINES:

• Fill out this form applying to become a Parent Club Approved Mentor.
• Be a member of ACA for at least 2 years.
• Fulfill the AKC’s 12-5-4 rule, showing 12 years’ experience in the Breed, having bred 5 litters which produced at least 4 AKC Champions.

OR

• Have alternative activities such as owning and exhibiting for 12 or more years, worked Affens in Performance activities, showing and grooming Affens for Conformation for others; been involved in dog show activities in other breeds for more than 20 years and worked with Affens during that time.
• Have attended conformation shows and/or the National and observed Affens at major entries in the past 24 months.

Be willing to mentor prospective judges (and possibly exhibitors and puppy buyers) in a POSITIVE and CONSTRUCTIVE atmosphere utilizing the information in our Affenpinscher Illustrated Standard emphasizing the virtues, strengths and breed specific attributes of Affens based on our AKC Breed Standard.

Download the pdf, fill it out and send to Judges’ Education Chair, Cameron Riegel, via email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), USPS at 30 Haciendas Del Valle, Peralta, New Mexico 87042.

All Judges’ Mentors meets the AKC requirements of 12 years experience in Affenpinschers, having bred 5 litters with at least 4 champions. In addition, each of these mentors has been approved by the ACA Board of Directors:

• Jo Acton, AKC Breeder of Merit
  406-670-3148
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• Jude Daley, AKC Breeder of Merit
• Linda Ferris, AKC Breeder of Merit
• Barry Leece, AKC Breeder of Merit
  30 Haciendas del Valle
  Peralta, NM 87042
  505-362-8737 
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• Sandra Lex
• Kevin E. Lind, AKC Breeder of Merit
  13720 Moser Rd
  Thurmont, MD 21788
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• Pam Peat, AKC Breeder of Merit
  
  
• Cameron Riegel, AKC Breeder of Merit
  30 Haciendas del Valle
  Peralta, NM 87042
  505-362-8781
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• Dani Rosenberry, AKC Breeder of Merit
  309 Detrich Drive
  Altoona, PA 16601
  814-943-3511
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• Beth Sweigart
• Kathie Timko, AKC Breeder of Merit
  6484 S Forrest Street
  Centennial CO80121
  720-934-6660
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• Letisha De la Torre