Judges

 SV Judge Klaus Gothe
Distinguished Judge, Klaus Gothe had judged many times in the USA. He has also judged in many other countries, including New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Taiwan, Hungary, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland, Austria, and South America. He has been a member of the SV since 1961; Zuchtrichter and Koermeister since 1980. He has bred under his Kennel Name of Zwinger vom Ritterberg since 1962 winning classes in the Nackommengrubben in Germany. Herr Gothe, is married with 3 children. He received his Diploma in Agriculture in 1970. He speaks German as his mother tongue, but also Russian and Latin. We welcome him back to San Diego.


Judge and Koermeister Wilhelm Nordsieck
1973 Got his first GSD puppy without the permission of his parents!
1983 SV membership granted
1989 Bred his first litter under the kennel name vom Externstein
1990 His Working Class Male, Boss vom Externstein placed V22 in the Siegerschau in Frankfurt, Germany
October 2000 October 2000 appointed SV Show Judge
July 2003 Achieved VA 1 with his working female Sharan vom Externstein in Norwegian Siegerschau
July 2005 Achieved Junghundsiegerin in Holland SIegerschau with Callas vom Externstein
October 2003 Judged in many foreign countries Siegerschau including Mexico; Taiwan; Ireland; Sweden; Australia; Norway, Phillipines, Hong Kong and Ecuador.
2006 He was appointed as SV Koermeister. (Wilhelm Nordsieck)


SV Judge and Koermeister Henning Setzer
Herr Setzer was born September 21, 1957. He is married to Petra and has a son, Julian, who is 11 years old. He studied at the "Fachhochsule Hagen" from 1975-1981. For 11 years, he worked as Guardian for the Department of Administration for Children's Welfare. From May, 2000 to June, 2002 he was the head of the Department of Finance. Since June, 2002 he has been head of the Department of Law and Order.

German Shepherd Dogs have been his life companions since his childhood. He received his first GSD in 1978 and became a member of the SV Orstgruppe Eiserfeld in Westpfalia. In 1981, he purchased his first female, Leska vom Haus Gero, and bred his first litter under the kennel name, "von Fidelius" in 1984. Since that time he has bred more than 80 litters and has presented his kennel group 5 times at the German Sieger Show. In 1999 his kennel group placed 13th.

His interest in breeding and handling GSDs in shows gave him the opportunity to enter the judges' education program of the SV in 1989. He received a lot of support from his mentor and friend, Richard Dexel from Hemer. In 1991 he became an SV Conformation Judge and a Kormeister in 1996.

Herr Setzer has judged more than 100 shows in Germany and abroad such as Sieger Shows in Argentina, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Belgium, Ireland, Great Britian, South Africa, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United States, Indonesia, Peru, Finland and Australia. In 2001 he was selected to judge the 12-18 month Female Class at the German Seiger Show in Dusseldorf.

We welcome Herr Setzer to our show and look forward to his evaluation of our GSDs.


SV Judge Norbert Feeser

Norbert Feeser

Born March 2, 1954. in Frankfurt, Germany. Still resides there.

S.V Member since 1978 S.V Judge since 1986. Conducts 30 trials a year, not including club matches and assignments in Foreign Countries. He has judged in the USA twice in the year 2004, and once in Spain.

Activities include: 10 years experience as a Helper. Showed over 100 dogs; Trialed over 100 times for Schutzhund 3 degrees.Trained many dogs; and shown dogs 9 times in Regional Championships.

Hobbies include: Dogs of all breeds.

Occupation is a Branch and Office Manager for a Shipping and Trucking Import and Export company in Frankfurt.