Nakajima, Kaoru

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Kaoru is a renowned artist and has won the Nikaten Art Award over ten times. Kaoru is a famous personality in Japan and is swarmed by people wherever she goes in dog related activities, whether pet or show. In the U.S., she has worked with the world famous show handler, Barbara Humphries and now operates the extremely successful KM Dog Salon in Chula Vista, CA, where she trains advanced students from Japan.

Rakhshandeh, Anoosh, Ph.D.

Dr. Rakhshandeh is an expert in monogastric (simple stomach) animals. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in the field of monogastric nutrition at Azad University, and his Ph.D. in nutritional immunology from the University of Guelph, Canada. He is a is a member of various professional societies, including the American Society of Animal Science, the American Society of Nutrition, and the Canadian Society of Animal Science. Before joining academia as a researcher and educator, Dr. Rakhshandeh worked in the animal industry for more than seven years where he oversaw nutritional research, least-cost feed/food formulation, and quality control efforts. As an academic, he has taught animal nutrition to myriad students at the undergraduate and graduate levels at several higher education institutions in Canada and the US. His research focuses on the nutrient utilization and digestive physiology of animals, as influenced by various stressors. Dr. Rakhshandeh has published over 60 scientific abstracts, short papers, book chapters, and peer-reviewed animal nutrition and digestive physiology articles. He is currently a faculty member of Unity Environmental University, where he teaches Animal Nutrition and Nutrition of Dogs and Cats to pre-veterinarian and animal science students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is also the co-owner of Pet Wants Lubbock.

Rosado, Victor

Mr. Víctor Rosado – ICMG / NCMG All Breeds FCPR/ FCI International All-Around Dog Show Judge. All Rounder EGA Judge. International and National Master Groomer Certified. Serves as technical committee member for the FCI Grooming Commission Breeder of merit, exhibitor and professional groomer for about 30 years under the FCI registered kennel Sporting Showstars with champions, grand champions and international champions including multiple Best In Show winners and #1 Ranking dogs in multiple countries. Grooming competitor with multiple “Best In Shows”, “Best All Around” victories with more than 150 top awards in Poodles, Sporting, Handstripping, All Other Purebred Scissored Breeds and Pet Class combined. As one of the world’s top grooming judges Mr. Victor Rosado executes his assignments at shows with a wide range of technical judging in both conformation and grooming tournaments. Actively judging International and National All Breed Dog Shows and All Class Grooming Competitions worldwide. As a licensed and experienced judge one of his multiple tasks includes training and and educating experienced and apprentice conformation and grooming judges in many countries and in multiple National Canine Organizations (NCO’s) across the globe. Barkleigh Honors recipients awards in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022 World Grooming Gold Champion in Belgium 2017, Bronze Winner in 2022 Hall of Fame groomer at Groom Team USA. GT Travel Team member for Belgium 2017 and Belgium 2022 Top #1 Groomer in the ranks of United States Of America for 2017 Recipient of Barkleigh Honors Groomer of the Year award in 2017 & 2018 Recipient of Best International Groomer award in 2018/Madrid Spain World Grooming Champion Judge of the Year 2022 Ambassador, multiple brands media image for many of the top companies in the world. Affiliate for IPG International Professional Groomers in Latin America, owner of Davis Puerto Rico wholesale company and EDUGROOM educational series instructor. Host, speaker and entertainer at most of the main international grooming shows around. He is valued in the industry for being one of the top and most complete groomer, judge, speaker, coach, seminarist and presenter that we have worldwide.