Velez Pico, Roberto
Roberto has been actively involved in world of dogs for over four decades, becoming an FCI all
breed judge in 1985. He holds numerous official positions including Executive Director of the
Federación Canófila de Puerto Rico, and member of the FCI Show and Judges Commission.
He was the nominated FCI official delegate at the World Dog Show in Mexico in 1999 & 2007,
and at the section shows for the Americas and El Caribe for Peru 2002 and Costa Rica 2004.
Additionally he was appointed as FCI observer for the World Dog Show in Mexico 2007 and
Las Americas and El Caribe section show 2006 in Colombia.
Extensive international judging assignments have taken him around the world, officiating in
many countries including at FCI World Shows in Peru, Argentina, Poland, Mexico, Portugal,
Puerto Rico, Germany, France and Hungary. He has enjoyed other notable assignments in
Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Australia, Ireland, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Russia, Spain, Gibraltar,
France, Slovakia, USA, Chile, Venezuela, Guatemala, Argentina, Panamá, Costa Rica,
Colombia, Croatia, Slovenia, Iceland, New Zealand, Turkey, Cyprus, Vietnam, Hong Kong,
Thailand, China and the Philippines, among others.
Prior to concentrating on his judging and official roles he was an accomplished breeder and
exhibitor. Roberto gained Champion Status, and was most famously known, for the many
Afghans he bred and exhibited under the kennel prefix, “RADESA”. Over the years he has also
bred and exhibited with great success Briards, Whippets, Scottish Deerhounds and Lakeland
Terriers.
Breeder of: Afghan Hounds, Whippets, Briards
Championship level: FCPR/FCI All Breed Judge
Kennel name: RADESA
BREED
Borzoi, Greyhound, Pug, Saluki
FCI Number
158, 193, 253, 269
FCI Group
9, 10
Date(s)
2023.08.23, 2023.08.27
Ring
2, 60