Judge Information
Richard LeBeau

Richard LeBeau
139 Campmeeting Road Ext.
Sewickley, PA 15143
(412) 952-7425
CELL: (412) 952-7425
beauprix@comcast.net

Originally from Louisville, KY, Richard has lived in Pittsburgh, PA since 1987. Richard attended college on a vocal music scholarship, graduating with a BA in German from Eastern Kentucky University after resident studies in Austria. Richard is a retired bass-baritone, having performed from 1988 to 2008 with the Pittsburgh Opera, and currently serves on the Pittsburgh Opera Board of Directors.
Since 1989, Richard has raised and exhibited English Toy Spaniels with Beauprix as his prefix ("beautiful prize" in French). He has owned or bred 16 champions of record, including three multiple Toy Group winners, Specialty winners, and two Westminster Kennel Club winners, in King Charles & Ruby and also Blenheim & Prince Charles Varieties of English Toy Spaniels. He has owned Boxers and a champion English Setter.
Richard was approved for English Toy Spaniels in 2010 and achieved Regular Status for the Toy Group in September 2022. Richard is also approved to judge English, Irish, and Gordon Setters. He has judged in Wales and England and has attended shows in Japan and Australia. A member of the English Toy Spaniel Club of America since 1990, Richard has served as its member-elected AKC Delegate, Newsletter Editor, and Trophy Chair. Additionally, elected by its membership, Richard judged the ETSCA National in May 2019.
An avid historian, his articles have been featured in Royal Spaniels, AKC Gazette, The Millennium Book of the King Charles SpanielTop Notch Toys, and in overseas publications.   
His 2011 book about a legendary field champion English Setter, Count Noble: The Greatest Dog That Ever Lived, published by the Sewickley Valley Historical Society, is currently in its fifth printing. 

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Breeds Approved by AKC to Judge:

Breed Assignments
Best in Show
Past  
Owner-Handled Best in Show
Past  
Owner-Handled Sporting
Past  
Owner-Handled Hound
Past  
Owner-Handled Working
Past  
Owner-Handled Terrier
Past   Future
Owner-Handled Toy
Past  
Owner-Handled Non-Sporting
Past  
Owner-Handled Herding
Past  
Setters (English)
Past  
Setters (Gordon)
Past  
Setters (Irish)
Past  
Manchester Terriers
 
Manchester Terriers (Standard)
Past   Future
Toy
Past   Future
Affenpinschers
Past   Future
Biewer Terriers
Past   Future
Brussels Griffons
Past   Future
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Past   Future
Chihuahuas
 
Chihuahuas (Long Coat)
Past   Future
Chihuahuas (Smooth Coat)
Past   Future
Chinese Cresteds
Past   Future
English Toy Spaniels
Past  
English Toy Spaniels (Blenheim & Prince Charles)
Past  
English Toy Spaniels (King Charles & Ruby)
Past  
Havanese
Past   Future
Italian Greyhounds
Past   Future
Japanese Chin
Past   Future
Maltese
Past   Future
Manchester Terriers (Toy)
Past   Future
Miniature Pinschers
Past   Future
Papillons
Past   Future
Pekingese
Past   Future
Pomeranians
Past   Future
Poodles (Toy)
Past  
Pugs
Past   Future
Russian Toys
Past   Future
Shih Tzu
Past   Future
Silky Terriers
Past   Future
Toy Fox Terriers
Past   Future
Yorkshire Terriers
Past   Future
American Eskimo Dogs (PROVISIONAL)
Past  
Bichons Frises (PROVISIONAL)
Past  
Boston Terriers
Past  
Bulldogs
Past  
Chow Chows (PROVISIONAL)
Past  
Dalmatians (PROVISIONAL)
Past  
Finnish Spitz
Past  
French Bulldogs
Past  
Keeshonden
Past  
Lhasa Apsos (PROVISIONAL)
Past  
Lowchen (PROVISIONAL)
Past  
Norwegian Lundehunds
Past  
Poodles
Past  
Poodles (Miniature)
Past   Future
Poodles (Standard)
Past   Future
Schipperkes
Past  
Tibetan Terriers
Past  
Miscellaneous Classes
Past  
Biewer Terriers (4-6 MO ONLY)
 
Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonkas
Past  
Russian Toys (4-6 MO ONLY)
 
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