![]() ![]() "We were on the road every weekend for 30 years," he said.Ĭoen retired from handling in 2000, but he and Nioma still keep busy with judging and their own kennel of Shetland sheepdogs ("Shelties"). He and Nioma were soon piling themselves and about a dozen dogs from various clients into a van, heading for shows around the Northeast and beyond. "I was doing this dog business kind of on the side. I wouldn't want to judge other people's breeds and not do a good job in it, not do it well," he said.Īfter graduating from college, Coen accepted a position as an art teacher outside of Woodstock, N.Y. And for me, I think that's plenty to - I stay busy. "I judge all the herding breeds, and I judge dachshunds. The herding group is one of his specialties. judged in Brazil last year," Coen said of him and his wife, Nioma. "We've judged twice in China, three times in Japan, Denmark. Though it will be his first time in this position at the Westminster show (he has shown at the event before), Coen has been judging competitions around the world since 2000, when he received his license from the American Kennel Club. He will also evaluate their temperaments and conditions, including their musculation and coat condition, or hair. " like a blueprint of how the dog should be built, what the expression would be like, what the head type would be like, what the movement ," Coen said. He will first measure dogs against their breed standards. The winners he chooses will move on to the herding group finals at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. and Canada who will oversee Best of Breed or Variety competitions held at Piers 92/94. According to the show's website, Coen is one of 39 judges hailing from around the U.S. Coen will assess berger Picards, border collies, briards, Canaan dogs, collies (both varieties) and Shetland sheepdogs at the 142nd rendition of the annual event. On Monday, however, Coen will be judging the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City for the first time. ![]() So then, I started reading and studying," he said.Ī more than 50-year career in the business that has included breeding, handling (training and showing dogs for other owners) and judging ensued. ![]()
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