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