Evelyn Robertson - 2025 - Meritorious Service

Evelyn Robertson was one of the early members of the Rainier Agility Team (which started in 1989) and she remembers her first agility dog, Dance, earning a novice title in 1996. Her contributions have helped the club stay strong over the years. Numerous people cite her dedicated service and mentorship for promoting newcomers to the sport, as well as new judges to USDAA, helping the sport grow and thrive in the Pacific Northwest.  

Evelyn’s kindness, openness and sense of humor are immediately obvious to all who meet her. A resident of Seattle, Washington, she welcomes newcomers to the sport with open arms and respectful answers to their questions. She helps to make people feel at home, even when they doubt their own knowledge and abilities. No matter what her own runs bring, she focuses on finding the good parts of her time with her dogs and is a model of good sportsmanship and cheerleading support for her fellow competitors.

Over the years, Evelyn has served the USDAA community as a judge, trial chair, and president and treasurer of the Rainier Agility Team. Although she always has a dad joke or pun at the ready and delights in little, good-natured pranks, she knows when to keep a level head and build confidence in the competitors and crew of volunteers around her. She is always willing to help where she is needed. 

A retired general practice veterinarian, Evelyn has been part of USDAA nearly from its inception. She currently competes in agility and nose work with her three Border Collies: Story, Pizza and Kismet.