Ron Scott must have judged hundreds, indeed more likely thousands of Bull Terriers during his time in the breed being one of the most experienced guys out there. His latest appointment was as breed judge down at the South Wales Championship Show that took place in the month of October. The resulting judging report as … Read more
Eddie Ball of the Firecommand kennel is fairly new to judging at Championship level, but back in October he was handed the opportunity to officiate at what must be one of the bigger and most prestigious events on the calendar, the Bull Terrier Club Championship Show. Pulling quite a decent entry befitting such an occasion, … Read more
The Yorkshire Bull Terrier Club hosted a dual breed Open Show back in September, with classes scheduled for both Bull Terriers and Miniature Bull Terriers. Judging the bigger breed on this occasion was a guy who has seen plenty of success as an exhibitor in his time, Steve Paterson of the Golitha kennel. Steve’s thorough … Read more
Many top Bull Terriers in the UK – and indeed further afield for that matter – have the Tulsadoom name somewhere in their family tree, Dave and Teresa Westwood who run the kennel obviously contributing greatly to how the breed progresses. At the South Eastern Counties Bull Terrier Club Open Show during September, it was … Read more
Judging duties at the Bull Terrier Club Of Wales Open Show back in September were handed to a lady who is far more familiar as an exhibitor, Lorraine Sheppard of the Polanca kennel. Lorraine may be relatively new to judging but in my opinion writes as good a judging report as anyone does, with her … Read more
One of the more influential kennels over the past decade or so has been the Teirwgwyn Bull Terriers, and one of those behind it – Alison Roberts – was handed the judging duties down at the South Eastern Counties Bull Terrier Club Open Show back in July. To find out what Alison thought of the … Read more
There won’t be too many people involved with showing Bull Terriers over the past few decades who aren’t aware of the Bullyview kennel, given the huge success that they have tasted over the years. One half of the team – Mandy Young – was the breed judge at his year’s Welsh Kennel Club Championship Show, … Read more
Over the past few years Bull Terriers and Miniature Bull Terriers have merged slightly closer, with Breed Clubs hosting dual-breed Open Shows and of course some exhibitors have an interest in both breeds. At the Darlington Championship Show back in September there was another instance, where this time a figure more familiar to the Mini … Read more
One of the longest journeys I used to make back in the day was the trip to the West Of England Bull Terrier Club, indeed it was probably the furthest I ever went. Unfortunately myself and my journey companions (Andy Croft and the sadly missed John Reay) timed it a bit wrong once and ended … Read more
All-rounders at times get a bit of a raw deal from breed exhibitors, feeling that Bull Terriers should only be judged by those who know them best, – the breed specialists. Personally I don’t go along with that, indeed there are a number of all-rounders who I find are interesting judges when faced with a … Read more