Peter Green, of Bowmansville, Pennsylvania, was born in Neath, Wales, and began showing Welsh and Wire fox terriers at his uncle’s famous Felstead Kennel.

In the early 1960s, Mr. Green began his career as one of his era’s most respected and successful professional handlers, winning four Westminster BIS, eight Montgomery County BIS, and six Dog of the Year awards. He has handled dogs to BIS at most of the major shows in the United States and is one of only two handlers to go BIS at both Crufts and Westminster.

Honors include an AKC Lifetime Achievement Award, four Kennel Review Handler of the Year awards, two Gaines Handler of the Year awards, a Natures Recipe Handler of the Year award, and the Bow Tie Dogs in Review Lifetime Achievement Award. He has judged at top dog shows at home and abroad.