Dale Mahoney has been an AKC Agility Judge for almost 12 years, and a USDAA judge for 7 years, and a UKI judge. He has judged all over the country, from Florida to Alaska and from Hawaii and California to the Northeast.
He and his fellow AKC and USDAA Agility Judge Jan Skuryzynski started with two Australian Shepherds, which have passed on. He ran the red-tri-colored Aussie Taylor starting in 2004, managing to get all of five double Qs!
But he then later helped Jan get their first Border Collie Blazer to a MACH and a PACH.
Dale and Jan now have three red Border Collies, three from Rising Sun kennel in Minnesota, and a black and white Border Collie from near Denali in Alaska, ranging in age from 2 years old to 12 years old.
Dale and Jan live in Idaho with their four Border Collies.