Erica Bakker van de Woestijne since a childhood worked in a boarding shelter. After finishing school, she also worked for a few years in the Collie and Sheltie kennel. She owned Smooth Collie, Rough Fox Terrier, Beauceron and Iceland Sheepdog.
Since 2007, she is allowed to judge all breeds of group one and ten, some breeds in group two, group five – section 7 and Pharaoh hound.
Until now, she was judging in: Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Estonia, Czechia, Australia, and New Zealand.
As for other cynological activites, for fifteen years, she was a board member of the Dutch Bearded Collie Club, and now member of honour. From 1982 – 2017, she was secretary of the local Canine Club, and now member of honour Organiser of two CAC shows. Also, from 2007-2012 board member of the Beauceron club of the Netherlands and now member of honour, and from 2014-2019 board member and secretary of the Dutch Canine Judges Society.
Ms. Bakker van de Woestijne is also a teacher of several canine courses for new judges.
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Erica Bakker van de Woestijne od djetinjstva je radila u skloništu. Nakon završene škole, nekoliko godina radila je u uzgajivačnici Collie and Sheltie. Imala je glatkog škotskog ovčara, oštrodlakog foksterijera, boserona i islandskog ovčara.
Od 2007. godine sudi sve pasmine prve i desete skupine, neke pasmine druge i pete skupine.
Do sada je sudila u: Belgiji, Njemačkoj, Danskoj, Velikoj Britaniji, Norveškoj, Švedskoj, Finskoj, Francuskoj, Švicarskoj, Italiji, Estoniji, Češkoj, Australiji i Novom Zelandu.
Što se ostalih kinoloških aktivnosti tiče, petnaest godina bila je članica uprave nizozemskog kluba bradatih škotskih ovčara, a sada je počasni član. Od 1982. – 2017. bila je tajnica lokalnog Kinološkog kluba, a sada je počasni član dviju CAC izložbi. Također, od 2007. do 2012. član je odbora Nizozemskog boseron kluba i sada već počasni član, a od 2014. do 2019. član je odbora i tajnik Nizozemskog društva kinoloških sudaca.
Gospođa Bakker van de Woestijne također je predavač nekoliko kinoloških tečajeva za nove suce.