Going Around by Andrew Brace
AMATEUR video coverage of so many aspects of our life along with the birth of the internet have changed the way we live, with YouTube and the like giving everyone who so wishes the opportunity to become a film director of sorts.
About two years ago I accepted an invitation to judge for the Société Canine du Bourbonnais on the weekend after Crufts. The invitation clearly stated that I would be judging King Charles Spaniels at one of the many club shows held on the Saturday...
Italy is not the best place to spend a weekend when you’re trying to lose weight and especially the Mantova area where the cuisine is of the best and the local wines memorable.
AFTER my abortive attempt to get to New York two weeks previously, I hoped that my trip to Dallas would prove more productive. I was travelling to Texas on Thursday for the speciality show I had agreed to judge for the Cavalier King Charles...
The Boxer Event returned to The Royal Court Hotel in Keresley for its 2013 function, a welcome move as for me Cheltenham Racecourse didn’t quite measure up. The Royal Court is an ideal venue for this kind of event as the management is dog friendly...
The best laid plans of mice and men and all that... The plans for my trip to Westminster were all in place and I was looking forward to it enormously.
The driving force behind the Canine Society of Aragon is Spanish all rounder Rafael Malo Alcrudo who is a master of organisation. For this year’s National and International shows in Zaragoza Rafa decided the show would focus on the British native...
I usually strike a line through the diary for January, knowing what our weather can be like, but in a weak moment I was persuaded to accept an invitation to judge a few breeds, varieties and BIS for Lichfield Canine Society who was holding its...
Thankfully I had a free weekend when many of you braved the awful weather conditions and made your way to Manchester. I was snowed in and grounded for a few days but was able to watch the happenings at Bingley Hall via the Higham Press website.
The second Poodle of the Year event was held at the Royal Court Hotel in Keresley on the outskirts of Coventry, hosted by the Miniature Poodle Club, the driving force behind it being Jackie Kitchener who puts an inordinate amount of work into...
Some of you may have attended one of my seminars, entitled Judging Dogs – An Introductory Presentation, which revolves around an eighty-slide PowerPoint presentation.
There is no question that 2012 was one of the bleakest years for the world of pedigree dogs in the UK, and for those who breed and exhibit them. The fiasco of the Crufts vet checks of selected ‘high profile’ breeds’ BOB winners set the mood for a...
