USA Judge Nathaniel Roque
Photo by TBA
Nathaniel Roque heeling with his dog, Jim.
During his forteen years of involvement in Schutzhund, Nathaniel 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:
- 2002 & 2007 Southwest Regional Champion
- 2002 USA Universal Sieger
- Member of the USA SchH III Club
- USA Bronze Sports Medal
- USA Silver Sports Medal
- USA Gold Sports Medal
- USA Master Sports Medal
Nathaniel 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. He was elected to be Interim Director of Judges in September of 2009.
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:
- 2004 South East Regional Championship
- 2005 Rocky Mountain Regional Championship
- 2005 American Working Malinois Association National Championship
- 2006 United Schutzhund Clubs of America North American Championship
- 2006 United Schutzhund Clubs of America Handler Owner Trained Championship
- 2007 American Working Dog Federation National Championship
"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."
Nathaniel Roque
USA Judge