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us, but she was the girl that devoted us to the
breed. We acquired another two or three dogs
through the incorrect way of free ads or out the
‘back of’ pet shops. All these girls died young.
So, we decided to buy a puppy and have that
dog live a long and purposeful life with us.
Researching better and much more suitable
channels, the breeder asked if we wanted a
Show or Pet dog.
Well, Show? It must be better?
Nine years after Tina graced our lives in 1997,
my Mother, Jackie and I founded our ‘LaRoyal’
affix so we could show our newest puppy, Albert.
Albert and I took to ringcraft training like ducks
to water, and I soon overtook my Mother as the
‘dog handler’.
Within two years I had started to campaign a
beautiful fawn and white male, a dog beyond his
years in breed type, Ch Balfour Action Man of
LaRoyal JW to 7 CCs & 5 RCCs aged 17. I bred
my first studbook winner, LaRoyal Big Brother
of Bulltannia two years later, and in 2004 I
started judging. We are a small and extremely
select kennel. I like to call it a micro kennel,
usually only campaigning one dog at a time.
It crazy think with over three decades later and
I’ve not spent more than ten consecutive days
away from the breed, so I guess they got me
hooked?
LaRoyal Lead by Example
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Ch LaRoyals Best Kept Secret JW BW
I bred my first Bulldog litter over 20 years ago,
while in my teens, this was pretty much the
fallout of owning a Champion male and people
wanting to use him at stud. Offering his services
and then deciding to breed ourselves seemed
the next natural step. I’ve raised numerous
puppies over the years and continue to do so.
Primarily to be pet companions and family dogs,
but some achieving great things such as winning
Top Bulldog and Crufts Best of Breed.
To date I have bred four Junior Warrant winners,
numerous CC winners including most recent
fawn & white bitch LaRoyal Lead by Example,
siblings LaRoyal Glorification (bitch) and
LaRoyal Luther King JW ShCM (dog) and
Ch LaRoyal’s Best Kept Secret (daughter of
Luther King).
In 2013 our kennel acquired its 20th CC, along
with top titles including Crufts Best of Breed, Top
Bulldog and Bulldog of the Year - Best Opposite
Sex. We have also been fortunate to have been
awarded Bulldog of the Year - Reserve Best Dog
2011, Crufts Reserve BCC 2008 & Best Female
(BCC) 2014 & 2015. Infact LaRoyal Best Kept
Secret made history being the only bitch to win
the BCC at Crufts for three consecutive years
with breed entry routinely over 250 entries.
During these decades I have served on various
committees during my twenties including The
Bulldog Club Inc, which I was also an area
correspondent for nearly five years and the
French Bulldog Club of England. I held the
position of Honorary Secretary of the Junior