SEMINARS & LECTURE INFORMATION 
ON FRED LANTING

1.   HD and Other Orthopedic Disorders: slide presentation touching on all aspects including genetics, nutrition, diagnosis, treatments, and more.  Includes Question-&-Answer session.  Total: 2 hours & up.

2.  Analytical Approach to Evaluating Dogs: a unique gait-and-structure slide talk, describing how to choose studs, candidates for purchase, pick puppies, and judge dogs in the ring or from ringside.  Also stresses why decisions are made between dogs. Live volunteer dogs, slide illustrations, audience "hands-on" participation. From two hours, depending on number of dogs and participants/learners. Can be expanded if ring conditions and more intensive practice is desired. Can make a one-day package (a.m., lunch, and p.m.) for a money-builder for club treasuries, or a one-lecture-plus-meal event. Fee plus expenses; if lectures are in connection with judging assignments, such costs can be divided.

3. Evolution of the American German Shepherd Dog (spec clubs).

4. Sr. Conformation Judges Assn. Institute (SCJA) key lecturer, anatomy.

5. Others by special arrangement: Grooming, Handling, Basic Genetics, etc.

(No fee beyond expenses charged for lectures in foreign countries).

RELATED  INFORMATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Drawing on experience in the following:

SV:  One of only 2 conformation judges in North & Central America, and of 6 in the Western Hemisphere approved by the Schäferhund Verein.  
AKC:  German Shepherd Dogs, Rottweilers, Boxers, Greyhounds, Whippets, and Junior Handlers.                        
Obedience: SKC, ARBA (all levels).

All-breed status: SKC, ARBA, NCA, UKC (United Kennel Club), Colombia, Trinidad, & other countries and registries; 

Foreign:  Able to award Challenge Certificates etc. to selected breeds in New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, England, Scotland, Japan, and to all breeds in much of South America and the Caribbean.  Approved Japan Kennel Club judge.

National Specialties, Foreign, and "Rare" breeds judged:
          Has judged in more than a dozen countries, including the prestigious FCI Asian Show hosted by Japan Kennel Club, the Scottish Kennel Club, a Greyhound specialty in England, and more.  National Specialties: 1994 GSD Club of America National; 1991 Tibetan Mastiff National; 1990 Shiba National; Fila Brasileiro Nationals (several times), Dogo Argentino National, Pyrenean Shepherd National.  Numerous Chinese Shar Pei and Australian Shepherd specialties; regional Anatolian Shepherd specialty. Numerous GSD, Rottweiler, & Boxer specialties worldwide.

          Familiar with most of the 130 or so breeds that AKC recognizes, plus the FCI breeds not AKC-recognized, including the “rare” breeds through SKC, ARBA, FCI, UKC, and specialty "rare breed" judging, observation, and showing.