BRUCE SCHWARTZ TALKING TERRIERS WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY KENNEL CLUB’S PRESIDENT by DAN SAYERS
The Swiss Alps provide the perfect backdrop for an American dog show judge who enjoys traveling. Photo courtesy Bruce Schwartz.
B ruce Schwartz, of Los Ange- les, California, began show- ing dogs as a 15-year-old and has never wavered from his devotion to Terriers. The President of Montgomery County Kennel Club got his start with Miniature Schnauzers but is best known as a breeder of top- winning Welsh Terriers. His Bruhill- bred dogs have helped to bring the “Old English Wirehaired Black and Tan Ter- rier” to the fore in the U.S., collective- ly amassing nearly 150 all-breed Best in Show awards. Among the kennel’s many victories, the inaugural Great Western Terrier Association of South- ern California, Montgomery County, and the 100th-anniversary show of the Welsh Terrier Club of America, are nota- ble. Bruce is past President of the Welsh Terrier Club of America, a former AKC Delegate of the American Fox Terrier Club and the current President of Mont- gomery County’s Terrier classic. He is an AKC judge, approved for all Terriers and a number of Working breeds. AN EARLY INTRODUCTION “Our Dachshund had died and our vet suggested we get a Miniature Schnau- zer,” Bruce recalls of his family’s intro- duction to Terriers. The year was 1966 and the young man soon found himself at a dog show with his new pup. It was only a matter of time before he stepped into the ring. As Bruce relates, “The sec- ond time I showed the Schnauzer myself he got two points and it was a big deal.”
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