Gwenelle Terriers-Sealyham Terriers

10/11/2022

Honoring Val Burch in the 2022 Sealyham Terrier Club Yearbook.

10/11/2022

01/28/2019

I did not know anything about this woman and now she is one of my hero’s!

Yesterday we posted a photo of legendary dog show judge Bea Godsol awarding Best Brace at Westminster in 1957, so it seems fitting to follow with this amazing painting of her in earlier years.

“Portrait of Bea Godsol, 1930” by J. Dwight Bridge

This life-size canvas is one of the very few works in the AKC art collection to depict a member of the dog fancy. Godsol is pictured with her Sealyham Terriers, but it was with Newfoundlands that she and her husband, Major Godsol, made their considerable reputations as exhibitors.

The Godsols are best remembered today as judges. Walter Fletcher, who covered dog shows for The New York Times for more than 60 years, wrote:

“[They were] two of the most sought-after arbiters in the country. Both were all-rounders and were active judges for 25 years. Bea was only the second woman ever to name Best in Show at Westminster. It was in 1957, and I remember her doing the unexpected: she put up an Afghan, Ch. Shirkhan of Grandeur, the first time an Afghan had taken that exalted show.”

In describing her approach to judging, Bea Godsol said, “All dogs have faults. The great ones carry them well.”

For a look at a few more of the many artworks in the AKC Collection, click here: https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/come-explore-akc-art-collection-miss-pickle-frenchie/

10/01/2018

Ted is hard at work and so is Winnie!

05/20/2016

Winnie sending her love and wishes for a quick recovery to her son, Harri!

04/11/2016

Winnie and Blanca learning how to be office assistants.

11/25/2015

https://www.facebook.com/witzn/posts/10206287803168355

11/25/2015

11/24/2015

11/24/2015

Hollywood - British Royal Family

11/24/2015

Whelped 11-10-15

11/14/2015

Whelped 11-10-15