Rally and Obedience Judge Kate Darbyshire

I started in obedience in 1990 with my first CKC-registered dog, a bullmastiff, and got hooked. I have put OTCHes on 11 dogs/3 breeds (bullmastiff, Doberman, Whippet), with MOTCHes on 8 of those; RCH on 3; GRCH on 1; lure coursing FCH on 6 whippets; Conformation CH on 1 bully and 4 whippets. My greatest love is obedience; the whippets’, coursing.

Once I retired, I had time to become a Rally and Obedience judge, and find I enjoy both sides of the clipboard.

Pictured is my first whippet, Jimmy, participating in the HIT of HITs in the early 2000s.