| Margaret married into dogs in 1961 when she joined the Wildman family who owned two Boxers.
This was a breed she had never seen before and she fell in love with them instantly. They belonged
to her husband Frank although they did not go with them when they married because they were
five and six years old and he did not want to unsettle them, so they stayed in the family home with
his parents. It then took Margaret six long weeks after the wedding to save up the eight guineas
needed to buy her own Boxer puppy and she has never been without a Boxer since. Margaret
started off in obedience and progressed to Working Trials and Tracking. She has always been
interested in the working side of the fancy and has kept up this interest since the 60s, running and
instructing at a weekly training class for nearly forty years. Margaret is justifiably proud of the
Wildax affix that is carried now by Champions she has bred in seven different breeds. She still gets
excited at a phone call telling of the latest Wildax Champion in whatever country and always frames
every Champions Certificate she receives. She enjoys judging dogs of all breeds and is qualified to
award CCs in Boxers, Bouvier de Flandres, Great Danes, Doberman's, Rottweilers, Mastiff's,
Bullmastiff's, Akita's, Bulldogs, Boston Terriers, French Bulldogs, Tibetan Spaniels, Griffon
Bruxellois, Min Pins, Affenpinscher's, Pugs and Maremmas, plus Best In Show, Utility Group and
Working Group (Group 2) Margaret is also qualified to award CACIB's in numerous other breeds
and has in fact judged in thirty seven different countries including Australia, New Zealand, Italy,
Spain, Russia, Finland, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Latvia, Estonia, America etc. She judges all breeds
and varieties at Open Show level and has done for a great many years. Margaret is a graduate of
The Canine Studies Institute, where she successfully completed an intensive nine-month long Open
University course many years ago, passing the Judging Diploma Certificate. |
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