Languages:

Dutch - native language
French - fluently spoken
English - fluently spoken
German - good notion

Studies:

University of Leuven KUL
Dietary, Science of Nutrition and Bromatology

CYNOLOGICAL CAREER

Member of K.M.S.H. (Belgian Kennel Club) since 1978
Breeding Retrievers: Golden since 1978
Flatcoated since 1982
Nova Scotia since 1989
Bred several Belgian and International Champions
4x World Winner with Nova Scotia Duck Tolling (4 generations)

No more breeding since I became a judge

Member of the examination-commission Judges (K.K.U.S.H.) since 1989
Judge since 1999 (started with Flatcoated Retriever)
Training on a regular base judges on Dog-genetics
Nutrition
Microbiology
Anatomy + Physiology

Judged many times in Belgium and abroad (for example: Brussels Dog Show, Colombia, Oporto, St.-Petersburg, Prague, Nitra, Budapest, Dublin, Douai, Anger, Agen, Paris, Vilnius, Imatra, Moscow, Herning, Helsinki, Israel, Luxembourg, Eindhoven, Maastricht, Amsterdam, Cagliari, Echt, Riga, Zagreb, Split, Tartu, China, Mongolia, World Dog Show Stockholm, European Show Budapest, London Champion of Champions, Barcelona, Lisbon, Bejing, Bogota, Italie, European Dog Show Leeuwarden, Hangzou , Gangzou, Leiden, Groningen , European Dog Show Brussels, etc…)

President of the Belgian Flatcoated Retriever Club

President of the Scientific Committee K.K.U.S.H.

President of the BDDC ( Belgische Duitse Doggen Club )

President of Honor in different Clubs

Member of the Belgian Kennel Club Board (K.K.U.S.H.) since 1999

From 2013 Best in Show Judge