P. O. Box 1426 Mandeville, LA 70470-0159
Email: psosa4515@gmail.com
Kennel Name: Bandog Reg.
Website: www.bandogfrenchies.com
State of Residence: Louisiana
Original Breed: Bullmastiffs
Number of Years Judging: 13 years
Breeds Judged: Working Group, Non-Sporting Group, BIS, Misc. Jr Show.
Patty Sosa obtained her first Bullmastiff at age 7 as a pet in New York. Since that time, she has bred, owned and showed Bullmastiffs under the Bandog prefix. Bandog under Patty’s breeding produced around 30 AKC Bullmastiff Champions. Patty also bred Rottweilers in the 1980’s and since 1985, French Bulldogs, having bred over 100 AKC Frenchie Champions including several Best in Show and National Specialty Winners. Bandog Frenchies have won 43 All-Breed Best in Shows and the breed at five National Specialties. Patty handled in the late 1980’s showing mostly Working, Toys and Non-Sporting breeds. She has won 4 BIS and 3 National Specialties breeder/owner/handled.
Patty is active in the breed FBDCA on the JEC committee and is dedicated to the education of both breeders and judges and has actively been giving seminars on the breed for the past 25 years.
Patty is currently Treasurer of the Louisiana Kennel Club, and is a member of the French Bull Dog Club of America since 1984, the American Bullmastiff Association and the Morris & Essex KC. She had the honor of judging the ABA 2009 Top Twenty, the 2009 French Bulldog National Specialty, the 2010 French Bulldog Club Shows in Sweden and Moscow, the 2014 French Bulldog Club of Gr. Victoria Show, the 2015 Morris and Essex KC show, the American Bullmastiff Association 2017 Independent Specialty held in conjunction with the National Specialty, and the 2019 Centennial French Bulldog show in Norway. She is slated to judge at the 2020 Morris & Essex KC show.
Luis F. Sosa || AKC Judge’s # 45668
Phone: (504) 813-5175
Email: sosaphoto@charter.net
Kennel Name: Bandog Reg.
Website: www.bandogfrenchies.com
State of Residence: Louisiana
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Original Breed: Dachshunds
Number of Years Judging: 15 years
Breeds Judged: Hound Group, Working Group, Non-Sporting Group, 5 Toy Breeds,
Best in Show, Miscellaneous Breeds and Junior Showmanship.
Luis Sosa grew up with Standard Smooth Dachshunds, which his father worked in
tracking and field in Cuba in the 1940-50s. Luis obtained his first Miniature
Longhaired Dachshund in 1972 out of English bloodlines. He met Paul Tolliver
(Taunuswald) in the mid 1970’s and co-bred with Paul until his death in 1992.
Luis obtained his first French Bulldog in 1975, and for the past 27 years, he
has bred French Bulldogs, with his wife Patty under the Bandog prefix. Bandog
Reg. has bred well over 100 AKC Champions including dogs that have won over 400
Non-Sporting Group1’s, 43 All-Breed Best in Show and Best of Breed at 5 National
Specialties. In addition to Frenchies and Dachshunds, Luis has also co-bred
Champion Bullmastiffs, Afghan Hounds and a Multiple Best in Show winning
Standard Poodle (20 BIS).
Luis is a former President of the Bayou Dachshund Club of New Orleans, a
member and former Vice-President, and Judge’s Education Committee of the French
Bulldog Club of America, and President and AKC Delegate of the Louisiana Kennel
Club. He is also a member of the Morris & Essex KC, the Dachshund Club of
America, the Bulldog Club of America, the Boston Terrier Club of America and the
American Bullmastiff Association.
Luis has judged the Morris & Essex Kennel Club, Inc. in 2010 and 2015, the
Xoloitzquintli Club of America National Specialty 2015, the French Bulldog Club
of America National Specialty 2014, the Boston Terrier Club de Alemania Club
Show in 2012, the Dachshund Club of America Host Club shows in 2006 (smooths),
2010 (longs), 2018 (wires), and the Norwegian (French) Bulldog Club 2019
Centenial show among others.
Contact us: LUIS & PATTY SOSA
P.O. Box 1426 Madisonville - LA 70447
