Visiting Judges

Linda Harvey Major

United Kingdom

Honorable Judge Linda Harvey Major (from the UK) International Labrador Speciality Judge  Profile Linda Harvey Major first started showing in 1972 with Labrador retrievers when living in Cornwall. After moving to Devon in 1977, She then lived in a home with Golden Retrievers and Labradors:   Whilst in the western country She served on the committee of The West of England Labrador Retriever Club and ran Labrador Rescue (southwest).

 

Since moving to Wales in 1987 She has served on the LRC of Wales and currently hold the position of Vice Chairman. Her involvement with Labrador Rescue has continued with the re-homing of Labradors in Wales. She is also a member of The Golden Retriever Club of Wales, and The South Western Golden Retriever Club.

Her first judging appointment was in 1986 and She has consistently judged every year to date all over the country. Also judged in Canada, America, and Europe, and first gained Kennel Club status to give ccs in 1999.

She shows every week at open shows and campaign at Championship shows throughout the year with continued success. Many of Her dogs have Junior Warrants, Kennel Club Stud book numbers, Reserve Challenge Certificates, Challenge Certificates, Best Puppy in Breed, and Best of Breed awards.

Over the years She have also owned an Irish Setter male sired by CH Wendover Gentleman, a fawn Great Dane male of Dicarl/Algwynne breeding and a fawn female by CH Janriche Superheat. Her interest in goldens came from Her mentor in the show world - Roy Cooper to whom She shall forever be indebted for the knowledge and showmanship he taught Her. The first Golden male breed by herself was named in his memory, Linjor Coopers Gold. The main influences in Her Labrador kennel have been Heatherborne, Sandylands,Poolstead and Rocheby.

Judging
Honourable Judge Linda Harvey Major have been invited by many clubs and countries to judge the dogs shows around the Globe. This has given her  the chance to visit so many country's and make so many friends all over the world.

           
Lab Owners    Canada    1990
Mid Jersey LRC    USA    1992
LRCW    UK    1999
Winnebago    USA    2000
Mid Jersey    USA    2000
Kecskemeten    Hungary    2001
Lab Club Deutchland    Germany    2001
Asociacion Club Canino    Colombia    2002
Des Osterreichischen Ret Club    Austria    2002
Esposizione Internazionale    Italy    2002
WELKS    UK    2002
Weihnachts Stellung Ret Club    Switzerland    2003
LTC Piedmont    USA    2003
Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore    USA    2004
Deutscher Ret Club    Germany    2005
3 Redings LRC    UK    2005
Italiano Ret Club    Italy    2005
Mostra Speciare Int Di Reggio Emilia    Italy    2006
LRC Piedmont    USA    2006
Exposition Canine Internationale    France    2006
Paignton    UK    2007
Dansk Ret Klub    Holland    2008
LRC Boston    USA    2009
LRCC Queens Inc    Australia    2009
LRC Harjavalta    Finland    2009
WELRC    UK    2009
LCD Stuttgart    Germany    2009
LRC Spain    Spain    2009
Labrador Retriever Club of    Croatia    2010
Retriever Club of CZ    Czech Republic    2010
The French Retriever Club    France    2010
St Petersburgh KC ELITA    Russia    2011
Welsh Kennel Club    UK    2011
Yellow Lab Club    UK    2012
South Wales Kennel (Golden Retriever Bitches)    UK    2012
Labrador Club Du Quebec    Quebec, Canada    2012
The Portuguese Retriever Club    Portugal    2012
Labradors    Argentina    2012
The Retriever Club of Italy (Labradors)    Italy    2012
Dutch LRC    Holland    September 2013
Sao Paulo    Brazil    February 2014
RLRC (Labs & Golden Ret)    Russia    May 2014
NORSK KC (Labs & Golden Ret)    Norway    13th September 2014
The Retriever National    India    November 2014
The Labrador Retriever Club of Wales Bitches    UK    2015
Estonia Retriever Society (Labradors)    Estonia    21st August 2015
EAST ANGLIAN LRC (DOGS)    UK    05th March 2016
SPECIALITIES Sunbury Canine Club (Labradors & Golden Retrievers)    New Zealand    November 2016
International Dog Show Reggio Emilia    Italy    18th/19th March 2017
Retriever Club of France    France    22nd April 2017
CWLRC (Lab Bitches)    UK    05th July 2017
The Retriever Club of NW Switzerland (Labradors)    Switzerland    17th December 2017
Piedmont LRC    North Carolina USA    February 2018
National Exposition    Italy    09th September 2018
Euro Dog Show    Belgium    November 2018
Bath Championship Show (Labradors)    UK    25th May 2019
Swedish LRC    Gothenburgh    June 2019
Labrador Retriever Club of Slovakia    Slovakia    09th September 2019
Nordic Show Kiristians