Mrs. Vicki Seiler-Cushman

Vicki Seiler-Cushman of Beavercreek, Ohio, began showing dogs when she was 12 years old, winning a Group Fourth at Westminster when she was 14 with her Siberian Husky, Ch. Lobo Rey. Vicki became a professional handler, guiding many top-winning dogs in all seven Groups, including winning the Working Group at Westminster in 1990 with Giant Schnauzer, Ch. Skansen’s I Have A Dream. During the span of her career, she has won more than 200 Bests in Show. Vicki began showing Dobermans as an assistant to George Rood in 1971 as her interest had always been Doberman Pinschers. She has shown many Best in Show Dobermans and finished thousands of champions. She also handled the Number One Doberman, Ch. Kamterra’s Legato, and the AKC Centennial Working Group winner, Ch. Briarpatch Christmas Dream. Vicki has judged the DPCA National Futurity three times, the DPCA National (Dogs) in 2018, and the Doberman Top Twenty three times. Vicki is the President and Show Chairman of the Dayton Kennel Club, a member of the Giant Schnauzer Club of America, the Doberman Pinscher Club of America, the Boston Terrier Club of America, Morris and Essex, International Kennel Club of Chicago, and she is the Chairman of the DPCA Judges Education Committee. Vicki is a Procter and Gamble public relations retiree and judges more than 75 breeds over six Groups, with her main interest in Working Dogs. She lives with her husband, Dr. Jeff Cushman, and together they are the parents of five children.