September 20th and 21st, 2003 - Asheville, NC
Jill JonesAKC Tracking Invitational Judge
I am thrilled to be judging the National Tracking Invitational!
I have been involved in the sport of obedience and tracking since the early '70s. My first dog, a Norwegian Elkhound, became the first UDT of the breed in 1975. Since then, I have put obedience titles (including 4 UDs) and tracking titles (13 TDs, 7 TDXs) on a variety of dogs, including Labradors, Pembroke Welsh Corgis and Greyhounds. I have just got involved in agility too, and having great fun doing so.
The current 'doggy' household consists of an ancient Pembroke Welsh Corgi (UDTX) who decided to retire from UDX (truly her decision!); a Finnish Spitz (Ch. CD, TD), who is the only one of his breed in the world to have a tracking title, and who is now learning the ins and outs of agility; then, then, just to complicate things, I have "adopted" the grumpy littermate to the female Corgi...she has a UDTX, he is barely leash broken, although he did earn his TD title in Nov. 2000 at the tender age of 11 ...and finally I have two young male Pembroke Welsh Corgis, one is already a VCD1, TDX and the baby, Timer, passed his TDX at the National Specialty in 2002.the house is in a constant uproar these days!
I have been judging obedience since 1977 and tracking since 1984. In my spare time, and in order to support all of the above, I work full time as an Editorial Assistant in the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon.
