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The kennel has now been resident in South
Lincolnshire for the past 25 years and as well
as bulldogs they have an involvement in several
other breeds and are proud to own last year’s
top winning puppy and top winning bitch in
French Bulldogs. They are both championship
show judges and have both had the honour to
judge Bulldogs and French Bulldogs at Crufts,
as well as various overseas appointments over
the past 35 years.

If we are lucky enough for the dog world to
revert to come some kind of normality in 2021
Chris and Graham are both down to judge the
three breeds with which perhaps they are most
Chris with Ch Kingrock Freezo at the Bulldog closely associated, Bulldogs, Boston Terriers
of the Year in 1983.
and French Bulldogs. In fact if WELKS actually
Pomeranians, with whom Graham had been goes ahead next year Chris will award his 20th
going to shows for many years. They soon set of CCs in Bulldogs, which is a few sets more
decided to set up home together and moved than any other judge of the breed.
the kennel from the South East to South Wales
and shortly after took over the running of the It has been a fascinating time, an interesting
Bulldog Club of Wales with Graham as secretary career and although Bulldogs are far from an
and Chris as treasurer. Although they greatly easy breed, the challenge is probably what has
enjoyed their life, living at 700ft above sea level kept us going. Fortunately, our National Breed
on a mountain not far from Cardiff, the rather continues to go from strength to strength and if
damp conditions made life a little difficult and we have played just a small part in that success,
they remember their kennel maid saying, during we will consider our time well spent.
mid-summer, ‘Do you know we haven’t had a
dry day for a month!’. It was time to move and www.kingrock.co.uk
a dryer, but colder, East of England was calling.

Kingrock British Oak
One of the younger
members of our current
stud team, sired by
Kingrock Alexander
Beetle, who is linebred
to the beautifully bred
Merriveen Red Pepper at
Monchevalier.

Ch Kingrock Captain
Cook JW
Captain won 12 CCs
and was the top winning
bulldog of 2012, Bulldog
of the Year 2013 and BOB
& Group 4 at Crufts 2014.

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