My wife Roberta (Bobbi) and I began exhibiting Shih Tzu under the Shen Wah prefix in the early 1970's.  To date, we have owned, bred or finished more than 80 champions.  We have had many Toy Group, and specialty winning dogs as well as three all-breed BIS Shih Tzu.  Our biggest pleasure was breeder, owner handling our home bred Ch. Shen Wah's Turn It Loose to an all breed BIS.  One of our dogs, GCH. Hallmark Jolei Austin Powers, won three ASTC nationals, and won the breed at Westminster twice (placing in the Toy Group).  In 2010, he was the number two toy, and number nine dog all breeds.He won 125 Group Firsts, and 25 Bests in Show in two years.

I am approved to judge the AKC Sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, Toy, and Non-Sporting, and Herding Groups. I began judging in 1987 and have judged many Shih Tzu specialties, here and abroad including the Australian, Canadian, and Dutch Nationals.  I have judged the ASTC National Specialty three times.  I have judged several times in Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, China, and Taiwan.  I have judged a number of local and national specialties in other breeds, including The Tibetan Terrier, Lhasa Apso, Chihuahua, Soft Coated Wheaten, Kerry Blue Terriers, Otterhound and the American Foxhounds National Specialty.

We have been members of the American Shih Tzu Club for more than 40 years.  I am the past President of the American Shih Tzu Club. I am also a member of the ASTC Judge's Education committee and an approved breed mentor.  I have held many offices in the national club and was the first AKC Judges Education Chairman of the ASTC.  I have given seminars in every corner of the US as well as Canada, Australia and Europe. 

I have authored many articles on Shih Tzu, and Non-Sporting breeds. I served on the board of the Chihuahua Club of America, the board of the Dog Judges Association of America and served as their annual seminar chairman.  I was also the Toy and Non-Sporting Group Education Coordinator of the Los Angeles Area Dog Judges Educational Association. For years, I served as Show Chairman of the Santa Ana Valley Kennel Club, and was a board member, and am a past president of the Toy Dog Fanciers of Southern California. 

Professionally, I hold a BA in German, and studied at the University of Heidelberg Germany, and an MA in Educational Administration. I was a high school teacher for 35 years; retiring in 2002.  I taught German, English, and Art and Music History at the high school level, and served for more than 30 years as chairman of the Foreign Language department.  I coached HS football, and basketball, and also coached my HS Academic Decathlon team.

Department.  Away from work and dogs, I am an avid amateur cook, love listening to jazz and classical music.