USA Judge Nathanial Roque will be the tracking judge for this year's event
During his forteen years of involvement in Schutzhund, Nathanial has titled eight dogs at all levels of the sport including Handler Owner Trained from Bh to SchH 3 , FH and FH 2, entering and competing in more than eighty trials with various dogs at the Club, Regional and National Championships. He and his dogs have earned more than forty Schutzhund III Titles as well as numerous SchH 1 – 2, IPO 1-3,FH and FH2 titles including:
Nathanial has been active in the United Schutzhund Clubs of America organization at local, regional and national level. He's served in several positions including, Vice President, Regional Director, Assistant to the DOJ, Training Director for the Southwest Working Dog Association, Officer in three additional clubs, United Schutzhund Clubs of America and American Working Malinois Performance Judge, United Schutzhund Clubs of America Helper Program Director and Teaching Helper. Nathanal is currently the Chair of the USA Helper Committee.
Since recieving his judges license in 2002, he has judged more than 500 Dog and Handler Teams in more than 60 Trials including Club, Regional and National Championships. Some of these include:
"I have a passion for the working dog and I am always grateful to be invited and allowed to evaluate working dogs in competition. I promise to do the best that I can, being consistent, fair and correct within the current rules to all dogs and handlers that I evaluate."