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2008 Judges
Amanda VandenBosch
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Amanda VandenBosch is a Senior AOBA Halter and Fleece Judge and an Alpaca Judge Trainer
and Instructor in the USA. Amanda qualified as an International Alpaca Judge trained in
Peru at the International Alpaca Judging School (IAJS) in 2000. She has judged alpaca shows
in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
Amanda VandenBosch travels worldwide judging alpacas and giving presentations and workshops
on alpacas and showing. Her "hands-on" workshops are well sort after. She too travels to the
United Kingdom and teaches for the British Alpaca Society on a regular basis.
Amanda has spent many hours volunteering at AOBA National Conferences and has participated
on numerous committees over the years. She is a past President of Calpaca, a regional
Affiliate and currently serves as the Chair of the AOBA Judges Advisory Committee (JAC).
Amanda has had the opportunity to work with many of the world’s leading experts in the
field of alpacas.
Amanda is a native of the United Kingdom, traveling and working in South Australia with
thoroughbred horses before settling in the USA in 1991. With her husband Vince and their
two sons Cody (6 years) and Hunter (2 year) they operate Flying Dutchman Alpacas, LLC in
California and Oregon, raising both huacaya and suri alpacas.
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Jude Anderson
Jude Anderson, along with her husband Alan Cousill, has been breeding alpacas
since 1991, at Pucara Alpaca Stud on the west coast of Victoria, Australia,
the herd comprising around 75 suris and 70 huacayas. They also co-own Purrumbete
Alpaca Stud, a completely separate herd of approximately 120 cross bred and pure
suri females. They are also building a herd of suris and huacayas in USA at a
beautiful 105 acre farm at McMinnville, Oregon, comprising around 15 huacayas
and 120 suris.
In 1994 Jude left school teaching to concentrate fully on the breeding and
animal care of alpacas at Pucara Alpaca Stud.
Jude qualified as an alpaca judge in Australia in 1998, gained AOBA certification
in 2002 and Senior Judge status in 2005. She is the only Australian alpaca judge
to be certified to judge in both fleece and halter in the USA. She also certified
at the International Alpaca Judging School in the Altiplano in Peru in 2000.
Since 1998 Jude has judged alpacas and fleeces in Australia, USA, Canada and
New Zealand.
Jude has also spoken on various aspects of the alpaca industry in Australia,
New Zealand, Canada and USA on topics including breeding, reproduction and
alpaca husbandry, selection, genetics, and nutrition.
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Cheryl Gehly
Fleece Judge
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