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Jacqueline Stacy

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Jacqueline Stacy’s involvement began over 50 years ago with a lifetime commitment to the sport of purebred dogs as an exhibitor and breeder. Her initial breed was Pomeranians. As a professional handler, her accomplishments were affirmed by her peers when voted the top female professional handler in the USA in 1987. She is credited with the management of the successful breeding programs of several of her clients, including the Skye Terriers and Maltese of Carol Frances Andersen’s Sand Island Kennels. She purchased Ch. Keoli’s Small Kraft Warning from Jeff Sunde in Washington as Sand Island’s first Special. “Rickie” is well-known as the winner of the Toy Group at the AKC Centennial in 1984 over 1,000 dogs under the esteemed Melbourne Downey, Jr. She later purchased Ch. Melodylane Lite n’ Lively Luv from Mary and Freeman Purvis from Iowa who became a multiple BIS winner. Just prior to her retirement as a handler, they produced Ch. Sand Island Small Kraft Lite who was piloted to Top Toy Dog in 1991 and Westminster Toy Group winner in 1992, by Vicki Abbott. Mrs. Stacy began her judging career in 1995. She has judged many National Specialties, including the AMA and most of the premier shows in the US, in addition to others in Canada, Europe, Asia, South America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and, most recently, in Russia. She is approved to judge BIS, all Toy, Non-Sporting, Herding, Hounds, and Terrier breeds, and the key Sporting dogs. She judged the Non-Sporting Group at Westminster in 2014. Along with her husband, Terry, she maintains a small but highly respected breeding program of Affenpinschers under the Tamarin prefix.