Life Members
My first bulldog was given to me by my grandfather Tom Galloway, “pops”came back from the 1st world war and bred bulldogs at Cleveland Point kiosk and Bulimba.
I remember going to Bulimba and seeing his dogs chained to iron stakes and the kennels were hollow tree trunks and his prefix was Broadway.
Our famlies ist bulldog was Bertie who was a much loved pet.
My next bulldog was Tyfi Barbarella bred by Mr and Mrs Crowther who was the ist dog I showed and welped. This is when we created the prefix Dontoro,
this prefix came into being in 1968
The next pup was SaxonDale Taurus who was bred by Herb and Joan Field. then I bought 2 bitches Brunson Miss Winefred and Lindy Lou.
At this time I was called by Doug Cummings who was a vet at Toowong to assist with the rearing of 9 puppies. The puppies sire was Kama Big Boy
who was owned by the Fields. One of the owners of these pups was Vaughn Howell who later became President of the QBC. I was given Caligua Portia
as a thank you and I bred Dontoro Varquero from her and a import Portfield Monarch who had won at Crufts.
So for the next 20 years I did several litters for people. Of mention litters for Bob and Thelma Hoddle, Vaughn Howell, Nan Smith
and bought and sold dogs in Australia and overseas.
I aquired Mr Bojangles from Elorston kennels and bred from him Dontaro Sabrina and he was used by several breeders for quite a few sucesses.
As well I assisted several people over the years such as Dale Ravenscroft, Trish Weinert. I also aquired bitches from Wybong and Donallen Kennels
One of my top winners was Dontoro Camille, she won best bitch at top shows. We now own 2 bulldogs Marcus and Lillie who are just like our children.
- Valerie Williams
Patron and Life member of QBC
Patron and Life Member LKA
Int. All Breeds Dog Judge (Ret).
Long Service Badge for 26 years stewarding in Dog Section.
- Lorraine M Collins
One of my rellies had a white Bully when I was very young.
My interest came much later when a workmate bought one.
My husband surprised me on our twentyfifth wedding anniversary.
I must have got the message across.
Very big surprise to have a baby at that time of life.
His name was Lyden Silver Gift.. Silver.
I did not show him, but after I lost him I bought his son,
Bulltime Whispering Jack. I did show him a few times, got a
First at the EKKA, First as a Graduate and a second at the EKKA.
Brian then surprised me with a bitch, Lyden Murial, Jill
I did show Jill a couple of times, with no success.
Breeding did not happen. Jill was not interested.
Although I do not have a dog now, I still try to attend meetings whenever I can
And will continue as long as I am able.
- Lenore Stanbury
I have always loved the British Bulldog and showed my first BB at 12years old I have been a member of the British Bulldog Club for nearly 50years and was awarded life membership in1990 I enjoyed showing my dogs and the time spent at shows with like minded people A highlight for me was winning a National Show in Adelaide with a dog I bred and breeding a dog that won the National Show in Brisbane I still love going to shows and enjoy my time spent with Bulldog people.
Im greatful for the life long friends that I have made because we share the love of this very special breed
- Bevly O'Hara
I was honoured to recently be made a life member of the Qld Bulldog club.
My involvement with British Bulldogs goes back to the 1960’s when our parents brought home ‘Roly’. He was the start of a fascination and addiction to the breed for our family.
Our mother went on to purchase another bulldog a few years later then she imported a bitch from Wes Stacey of Wybong kennels. This formed a lifelong friendship with Wes and my mother started “Brigstock Kennels”. She influenced us greatly with her knowledge of the correct construction of the purebred bulldog and the interpretation of the bulldog standard and why the dogs were bred to look the way they do.
I imported a dog from Joan Joice also of Wybong kennels and he was made up to champion in NZ and produced some lovely pups. One being Aust Ch Brigstock Harlequin and I showed him lightly due to commitments with great success in Australia in the 1980’s.
I have owned and shown and assisted rearing many number of dogs over the years in Australia since.
In 2020 I took over my mothers prefix of Brigstock and bred a litter. The pups were just gorgeous like all bulldog puppies and are now grandparents themselves.
I have always enjoyed showing my dogs and have travelled to many shows all over Australia and New Zealand. The friendships and people you meet in the bulldog world are lifelong and there is always all the beautiful dogs of course. It keeps you coming back.
I hope to continue being involved in this wonderful breed as long as I am able and I hope to continue to preserve and protect the breed with all the tools available to us today such as health scoring and DNA testing etc. It is important for the future of these gorgeous dogs.
There is no other dog like them.
My late husband, Reg and I bought our first bulldog in 1960 – Parreen Playboy.Reg loved the breed as his father
Herb Collins bred bulldogs and owned the great Ch. Radnor Smiler.
Our foundation bitch was Ch. Ivy Thunder Lorraine.
We were fortunate to be able to work in with the famous Donallen Kennels NSW (Gordon and Roma Long) and this led us to becoming successful breeders under the Reglor Prefix.
A few of our home bred champions were Reglor Lady Lynette, Reglor Lady Fergie and Reglor Lady Sarah
I went on to become an All Breeds Judge and Reg was a British Bulldog judge and a French Bulldog Judge.