Ms. Celeste M. Gonzalez
Celeste began showing dogs in 1975, while still in college, with the purchase of her first Basset Hound and began coursing and showing sight hounds with the purchase of her first Saluki the same year. She finished her first champion, a Saluki, in 1976. Participation in lure field coursing during the infancy and development of ASFA garnered her Salukis their ASFA FCh. One of her owner-trained-handled Salukis also earned a C.D. in obedience. Salukis remained a part of her life until 1989 and she continues to be active in Basset Hounds to this day as an owner, breeder, and exhibitor. She recently added a Standard Manchester Terrier to the Jolly Time family.
She continued to show her Bassets through her college career and began to breed in 1980. Her Jolly Time Hounds kennel has produced numerous Basset show champions from a very small breeding program, including National Specialty, Group and Best In Show winners. Celeste has dabbled in tracking and field work with her Bassets and is proud of the accomplishments of her dogs that have gone to field trial and pack hunting homes. She is also very involved in Basset Hound health and her dogs are genetically tested for hereditary familial thrombopathia, MPS1, Lafora Disease, and primary open angle glaucoma.
Celeste has judged Basset Hound specialties across the United States including the BHCA National Specialty, and judged the Basset Hound Club of Spain national specialty in 2009. In addition, she has judged National, Regional, and local Specialties in other hound and terrier breeds.
She is approved to judge the Hound and Terrier Groups. Celeste also writes for a monthly canine publication and has translated canine breed books into Spanish.
She maintains a Canine and Equine Fine Arts and Antiques business, Horses and Hounds Through Time, LLC that caters to dog showing, foxhunting, and horse show enthusiasts. In addition, she is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she majored in Animal Science. She retired from the medical device field in clinical research and development after a long period of service in human pharma and animal health, both in clinic and research. She is a Registered Quality Assurance Professional - Good Clinical Practices, a Certified Clinical Research Professional, and a Certified Veterinary Technician.
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Owner-Handled Best in Show
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Owner-Handled Sporting
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Owner-Handled Hound
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Owner-Handled Working
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Owner-Handled Terrier
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Owner-Handled Toy
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Owner-Handled Non-Sporting
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Owner-Handled Herding
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Hound
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Afghan Hounds
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American English Coonhounds
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American Foxhounds
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Azawakhs
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Basenjis
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Basset Hounds
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Beagles
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Beagles, Not Exceeding 13 In.
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Beagles, Over 13 In. But Not Exceeding 15 In.
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Black and Tan Coonhounds
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Bloodhounds
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Bluetick Coonhounds
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Borzois
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Cirnechi dell'Etna
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Dachshunds
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Dachshunds (Longhaired)
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Dachshunds (Smooth)
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Dachshunds (Wirehaired)
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English Foxhounds
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Grand Basset Griffon Vendeens
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Greyhounds
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Harriers
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Ibizan Hounds
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Irish Wolfhounds
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Norwegian Elkhounds
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Otterhounds
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Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeens
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Pharaoh Hounds
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Plott Hounds
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Portuguese Podengo Pequenos
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Redbone Coonhounds
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Rhodesian Ridgebacks
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Salukis
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Scottish Deerhounds
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Sloughis
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Treeing Walker Coonhounds
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Whippets
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Terrier
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Airedale Terriers
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American Hairless Terriers
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American Staffordshire Terriers
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Australian Terriers
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Bedlington Terriers
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Border Terriers
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Bull Terriers
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Bull Terriers (Colored)
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Bull Terriers (White)
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Cairn Terriers
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Cesky Terriers
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Dandie Dinmont Terriers
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Fox Terriers
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Fox Terriers (Smooth)
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Fox Terriers (Wire)
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Glen of Imaal Terriers
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Irish Terriers
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Kerry Blue Terriers
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Lakeland Terriers
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Manchester Terriers
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Manchester Terriers (Standard)
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Miniature Bull Terriers
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Miniature Schnauzers
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Norfolk Terriers
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Norwich Terriers
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Parson Russell Terriers
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Rat Terriers
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Russell Terriers
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Scottish Terriers
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Sealyham Terriers
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Skye Terriers
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Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers
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Staffordshire Bull Terriers
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Welsh Terriers
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West Highland White Terriers
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Manchester Terriers (Toy)
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Miscellaneous Classes
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(PROVISIONAL)
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Azawakhs
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Basset Fauve de Bretagnes
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Cirnechi dell'Etna
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Grand Basset Griffon Vendeens
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Portuguese Podengo Pequenos
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Teddy Roosevelt Terriers
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Junior Showmanship Competition
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