And so another show season comes to a close, and it comes to a close for 2015 in the same place it does most years these days, at the Notts & Derby District Bull Terrier Club. Judging their Open Show back in December was a lady known to both Bull Terrier and Miniature Bull Terrier … Read more
It’s well over 20 years ago that I used to travel around the British show circuit watching my own dog being campaigned, and so many of the other exhibitors from that era are no longer active either. One of them who is however is Andy Stubbs of the Tyebar kennel and he was recently seen … Read more
The second of their two Open Shows of 2015 was held in November by the Coloured Bull Terrier Club, and the lucky person asked to carry out the judging duties on the day was Tony Ley of the Fortifer kennel, appropriately enough someone with fairly recent success with a Coloured Bull Terrier himself. Tony’s judging … Read more
The final Championship Show for breed followers and exhibitors to take in for 2015 was down at the East Anglian Bull Terrier Club, who decided to grace the occasion with the appointment as judge of one of the better-known overseas enthusiasts, – namely Ortlieb Lothary from Germany. The resulting judging report can now be downloaded … Read more
I have a vivid memory of a North East Bull Terrier Club Open Show from many years ago now, in which myself and a friend of mine were standing ringside and admiring a young puppy dog called Tulsadoom Isakabuli. Fast forward to the present and the most recent NEBTC Open Show, the lady given the … Read more
As we get towards the end of the show season the remaining Championship Shows tend to take on extra significance in light of exhibitors trying to catch the eyes of the BTC Trophy Show selectors. The Midland Counties Championship Show is always such an occasion and breed judge in 2015 was Chris Wright of the … Read more
One of the more successful kennels to emerge in recent years is that of the Blazinbullys Bull Terriers, and one of those behind the success – Shaun Mathison – was handed the judging duties at the Scottish Bull Terrier Club Open Show back in October 2015. The judging critique as penned by Shaun is the … Read more
Les Aspin the all-rounder has judged the breed once or twice over the years, but at the Northern Provincial Bull Terrier Club Open Show back in October 2015, it was the turn of his wife Kay to fulfil the judging duties on the day. The judging critique as penned by Kay can now be downloaded … Read more
Although not a breed specialist judge, the name of Paul Wilkinson does pop up now and again when judging the breed at Championship level – as indeed it does for many other breeds, particularly of the Terrier variety. As for our very own Bull Terriers, Paul’s latest appointment was at the Driffield Championship Show in … Read more
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