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Out of Region Judges

Since our inception, NAVHDA’s goal has always been to have uniform and consistent judging standards. To this end, we have always tried to mix judges from different regions. Judges are also required to train and test their own dogs and attend Judges Workshops.
Please consider bringing in judges from as far away as possible. When getting your judges for your test, please remember that newly appointed, first year judges should not be on the same judging team.  By doing this we avoid “pockets of different standards” scattered around, which would happen in time, if we let it.

As announced at the 2025 NAVHDA International Annual meeting in January, the Out of Region Judging requirements have been changed.
 
An Out of Region Judge is defined as a Judge whose home city is located 500 miles or more from the chapter location, as determined by the NAVHDA Portal.

Out of region Judges are still required at least every fourth test weekend. (This count accumulates from previous test years.)

The out of region judging criteria are subject to annual review and revision by the Judging and Testing and Executive Committees.

Suggested Possible Judging Rotation:
First test weekend: Spring [Year One]
  • 1 out of region judge (Does not have to be a Senior Judge)
  • 2 from chapter
Second test weekend: Fall [Year One]
  • 2 from nearby chapter
  • 1 from chapter
Third test weekend: Spring [Year Two]
  • 3 from nearby chapter
Fourth test weekend: Fall [Year Two]
  • 1 from nearby chapter
  • 2 from chapter

 

By meeting the out of region Judge requirement in the first test weekend in this example, a chapter can omit having one for the second, third, and fourth weekends. This would then mean they must have an out of region Judge for their fifth weekend.