Show Dogs of the Year Awards - May 7, 2023 - 11

Lydia Coleman Hutchinson
Lydia Coleman Hutchinson of Middletown, Maryland, is the breederowner-handler
of Wolfpit Cairn Terriers. She attended her first dog
show with her parents on her 10th birthday and was encouraged
to show their dog. After 15 minutes of instruction from a family
friend, the result was a fourth-place ribbon and the start of a lifelong
passion for showing dogs. Lydia's proudest achievement in Junior
Showmanship was placing second at Westminster.
More than 70 years later, Lydia continues to actively breed and
show her Cairns. She is thrilled that Wolfpit has finished nearly
300 Champions bred and/or owned by her and her parents. She encourages those who have
acquired show-potential puppies from her to handle their dogs themselves, and many have
done so successfully.
As a teenager, Lydia was invited to show-train puppies of the famous Hollycourt Miniature
Poodles. In lieu of monetary payment, Lydia acquired and finished her first Mini. That " job " evolved
into her becoming an employee at Hollycourt Kennels and learning to train, groom and show
Poodles. Along the way, Anne Rogers Clark noticed Lydia and asked for her help preparing and
sometimes handling Poodles at shows. After 15 years in Cairns, Lydia became an AKC judge in 1964.
Rémy L. Smith-Lewis
Rémy L. Smith-Lewis of Menifee, California, fell in love with the sport
of purebred dogs at age 10 when his mother took him to his first
dog show, the Golden Gate Kennel Club show in San Francisco.
He started competing in Junior Showmanship and working as
an assistant for top handlers. This gave him experience in animal
husbandry and learning to groom and train. He attributes his
success in the sport to all the talented handlers, breeders and dog
people who taught him the foundation of dogs and encouraged him
to never stop learning. Most importantly, he learned early on that
dogs always come first. This has been a guiding principle throughout his tenure in the sport.
Rémy is a preservation breeder-owner-handler of Portuguese Water Dogs under the Rémis
Kennels prefix. He has had multiple Group-winning and Best in Show dogs as well as a National
Specialty winner. Rémy is a Junior Showmanship judge. He is a board member of the Del Valle
Dog Fanciers Association and a member of the Santa Barbara Kennel Club, Morris & Essex
Kennel Club and Portuguese Water Dog Club of America.
A graduate of Saint Mary's College of California, Rémy is the senior diversity & inclusion
recruiting strategist & human resources business partner for a personal genomics and
biotechnology company in Silicon Valley.
Janet York
Janet York of Manhattan and Pound Ridge, New York, fell in love
with Cavalier King Charles Spaniels in 1986. Her passion for the toy
spaniel breed has led to her training and showing in several dog
sports with her beloved Cavaliers. Janet has attained Obedience
Trial Championships, Master Agility Championships, breed
championships and multiple Bests in Show with dogs she brought
from Holland and dogs she has bred under the Piccadil prefix.
Janet has successfully shown many of her Cavaliers to No. 1 in
breed and all-breed. Her Cavalier, Mondrian, won 15 Bests in Show,
a breed record that stands today. As an avid exhibitor in the AKC's National Owner-Handled
(NOH) Series, Janet has handled three Cavaliers, Twist, Catcher and now Treasure, to No. 1 in
breed. In 2017, Catcher, MBISS GCHP/CAN GCH Piccadil's Dream A Little Dream Of Me CDX BN
RE SWNE SHDN CGC TKC, was the No. 1 all-breed dog in the country in the NOH Series. This
was a glorious achievement that Janet will cherish forever.
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