Helene Nietsch

United States

I acquired my first Bullmastiff in 1969. I have bred Bullmastiffs using first the prefix with my former partner in Bandog Bullmastiffs, and currently, for more than 35 years, as Banstock Bullmastiffs. ve bred more than 100 champion Bullmastiffs including the top-winning Bullmastiff in the history of AKC. I have garnered more than 30 Registry of Merit awards for top-producing sires and dams, including five Gold Registry of Merit awards. I’ve won the American Bullmastiff National Specialty as breeder, co-breeder, handler or owner nine times, most recently in 2021 as owner, breeder, and handler of my Bullmastiff bitch. I co-bred the top-winning Bullmastiff in the history of the breed, Ch. Bandog’s Crawdaddy Gumbo, who was also #1 All-Breeds in the 1980s. Ch. Huck’s Last Hurrah of Bandog was the first multi-Best in Show Bullmastiff. Currently, Ch. Banstock’s Bruno of the Northeast is the #2 top-producing Bullmastiff. Although he’s been dead for more than 10 years, he has been a top producer almost every year since his death, and also a very popular stud dog internationally.
I have been judging since 1998. I am now approved to judge four Groups: Working, Hound, Sporting, and Non-Sporting. I have judged internationally in England, France, Spain, Japan, Sweden, South Africa, Hungary, Colombia, Australia, and New Zealand, and I was honored to judge the American Bullmastiff Association National Specialty two times.