The French Bulldog Club of England
Championship Show - November 13th 2022
CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW JUDGE PROFILE
Here is some history and background for our judge, it is a privilege to welcome Mr Arnold Hendriks from France, back to the UK to judge our show. After 10 years in a sporting career as a racing cyclist, I became happily married and had, at that time, two (later three) darling children. We also wanted a little dog, like so many other young families. To me it also had another meaning. My father had been a very good breeder of German Shepherds before World War II. Because of the War, everything had been destroyed and my father had no courage to rebuild again, so I wanted to take up his hobby and breed dogs. My father advised me not to start on a popular breed but to choose one which needed to be renewed in our country. My choice became the French Bulldog. My first acquaintance with a Frenchie was at my aunts who possessed one, and in the meantime, I had become a member of the Dutch French Bulldog Club and learned that a famous French Bulldog breeder lived in the vicinity. We met and when he saw my dogs, he informed me that they came from a fine bloodline. My bitches were in good condition, and I decided to breed with them. They soon became with young, one having eight and the other one nine puppies. With the sale money from the puppies I bought a beautiful young female Blanche v.d . Molenstal from the best Dutch breeder Mr. van Doorn. With Blanche I started my show career. At our first show, the Winner in Amsterdam 1969, Blanche won several shows in 1970 in Amsterdam and eventually became a Dutch Champion. Out of a litter of Blanche I bred a nice male called Boulotte. He won several prizes and was noticed by Prince Ratibor of Germany who liked him very much and was surprised that such a beautiful dog had been bred in the Netherlands. He invited me to visit Germany, which I did.
Whilst there I discovered at the shows that the beautiful dogs of Prince Ratibor had been bred from a certain English bloodline. He imported French Bulldogs from England around 1965 out of the Lancefield Kennel of Mrs. Muriel Walker and the Selholme Kennel of Mrs. Hugh Baker. As I started breeding French Bulldogs in 1968 the breed in the Netherlands, at that time, had health problems. My plan was to import new blood from England to start a new generation for the Netherlands. In the seventies I imported Topsham Mc Tavish, Mac as we called him, won several prizes and won BIS at the Dutch Clubshow in 1976, and was Junior Winner in Amsterdam 1974, Winner 1976 and Dutch Champion. He was from the Bomblitz line (Vivienne Watkins) and a female Quatt Pollyana (Joan and Ann Cottrell) and they were just the type I was looking for, they were the foundation of the vd Zuylenstede kennel. Important for me was to place the pups to serious owners. From this small base I bred many National and International Champions, including a World Champion.
In 1978 I was invited to judge the Championship Club show for the Midland and Northern French Bulldog Club in England. And again nearly 10 years later I judged the Championship Club show for the French Bulldog Club of England. One I was very proud of is the 100-year Jubilee Show of the French Bulldog Club of France in 1999 in Paris. The country of the foundation of the breed! Two times the Nationale d’Elevage in France. The first time I judged in Australia was in 1999 and in 2004 I was invited to judge the CH Clubshow from NSW. I have also judged Championship Club shows in Norway, Sweden, Portugal and the first Ch Club show from Poland in 2015 (and many more French Bulldog Specialty Shows). One of the most beautiful shows was the Speciality of the French Bulldog Club of America in Santa Barbara California USA 2015. During 32 years as a breeder, I have gained knowledge every time again from the one or two litters bred annually. I am proud that over the years, this knowledge has been appreciated and that I have been asked as a French Bulldog judge all over the world.
It is a great honour to be invited by the French Bulldog Club of England to judge the Championship show for 2022 in its 120th year anniversary and be back judging for the parent club again as I last did in 1997.
I am wishing the exhibitors a successful and sportive day and I would like to thank the committee and officers for my invitation. I am thankful for your appreciation.
Kind Regards,
Arnold Hendriks
Zuylenstede kennel since 1968
Here is some history and background for our judge, it is a privilege to welcome Mr Arnold Hendriks from France, back to the UK to judge our show. After 10 years in a sporting career as a racing cyclist, I became happily married and had, at that time, two (later three) darling children. We also wanted a little dog, like so many other young families. To me it also had another meaning. My father had been a very good breeder of German Shepherds before World War II. Because of the War, everything had been destroyed and my father had no courage to rebuild again, so I wanted to take up his hobby and breed dogs. My father advised me not to start on a popular breed but to choose one which needed to be renewed in our country. My choice became the French Bulldog. My first acquaintance with a Frenchie was at my aunts who possessed one, and in the meantime, I had become a member of the Dutch French Bulldog Club and learned that a famous French Bulldog breeder lived in the vicinity. We met and when he saw my dogs, he informed me that they came from a fine bloodline. My bitches were in good condition, and I decided to breed with them. They soon became with young, one having eight and the other one nine puppies. With the sale money from the puppies I bought a beautiful young female Blanche v.d . Molenstal from the best Dutch breeder Mr. van Doorn. With Blanche I started my show career. At our first show, the Winner in Amsterdam 1969, Blanche won several shows in 1970 in Amsterdam and eventually became a Dutch Champion. Out of a litter of Blanche I bred a nice male called Boulotte. He won several prizes and was noticed by Prince Ratibor of Germany who liked him very much and was surprised that such a beautiful dog had been bred in the Netherlands. He invited me to visit Germany, which I did.
Whilst there I discovered at the shows that the beautiful dogs of Prince Ratibor had been bred from a certain English bloodline. He imported French Bulldogs from England around 1965 out of the Lancefield Kennel of Mrs. Muriel Walker and the Selholme Kennel of Mrs. Hugh Baker. As I started breeding French Bulldogs in 1968 the breed in the Netherlands, at that time, had health problems. My plan was to import new blood from England to start a new generation for the Netherlands. In the seventies I imported Topsham Mc Tavish, Mac as we called him, won several prizes and won BIS at the Dutch Clubshow in 1976, and was Junior Winner in Amsterdam 1974, Winner 1976 and Dutch Champion. He was from the Bomblitz line (Vivienne Watkins) and a female Quatt Pollyana (Joan and Ann Cottrell) and they were just the type I was looking for, they were the foundation of the vd Zuylenstede kennel. Important for me was to place the pups to serious owners. From this small base I bred many National and International Champions, including a World Champion.
In 1978 I was invited to judge the Championship Club show for the Midland and Northern French Bulldog Club in England. And again nearly 10 years later I judged the Championship Club show for the French Bulldog Club of England. One I was very proud of is the 100-year Jubilee Show of the French Bulldog Club of France in 1999 in Paris. The country of the foundation of the breed! Two times the Nationale d’Elevage in France. The first time I judged in Australia was in 1999 and in 2004 I was invited to judge the CH Clubshow from NSW. I have also judged Championship Club shows in Norway, Sweden, Portugal and the first Ch Club show from Poland in 2015 (and many more French Bulldog Specialty Shows). One of the most beautiful shows was the Speciality of the French Bulldog Club of America in Santa Barbara California USA 2015. During 32 years as a breeder, I have gained knowledge every time again from the one or two litters bred annually. I am proud that over the years, this knowledge has been appreciated and that I have been asked as a French Bulldog judge all over the world.
It is a great honour to be invited by the French Bulldog Club of England to judge the Championship show for 2022 in its 120th year anniversary and be back judging for the parent club again as I last did in 1997.
I am wishing the exhibitors a successful and sportive day and I would like to thank the committee and officers for my invitation. I am thankful for your appreciation.
Kind Regards,
Arnold Hendriks
Zuylenstede kennel since 1968
