Joel Lantz

Sweden

I live in a small village north of Stockholm, Sweden, with my husband Andreas a pack of cavaliers, two cats and two horses. We have had cavaliers since the mid 90’s. We have also had two whippets. I grew up with dogs, horses, and cats. The dogs I grew up with were mostly gun dogs and so it was only natural for me to get my hunting license. When I met Andreas over 23 years ago, he had a cavalier and it took me about a minute to completely fall in love with the breed, and I have loved the cavaliers ever since. Though many breeds fascinate me, I can never live without cavaliers.  As we shared the passion of dogs and shows, it was only natural for us to start breeding cavaliers. We have successfully bred them now for over 20 years.  I have always been fascinated by breeds, their history and why they developed into the breeds they are today. That led me into the world of judging, that again, only came natural to me because of my passion for dogs. I was authorized by the FCI to judge dogs in 2016. I am authorized to judge breeds from groups 2, 6, 8 and 9 and the greatest thing of all is that you can always learn more. 
I have judged in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, England, Iceland, Poland, The Czech Republic, Estonia and The United States.  Judging dogs is my absolute passion as it is so much more than just award a dog a price.