I have always had a passionate interest in animals and qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 1976 which later led to teaching veterinary nursing and animal care and obtaining an Education Degree and an MSc in Animal Behaviour. I have had so much fun, interest and enjoyment from the dogs and have judged both working and show events in ten European countries as well as Kenya and Japan.

I was the Field Trial Secretary for the Kent Surrey and Sussex Labrador Club for 20 years and am currently their Vice Chairman, also Chairman of the Hampshire Gundog Society and a committee member of The Labrador Retriever Club. I am a representitive on the Kennel Club Field Trial Liason Committee and one of the two KC Labrador Breed Health co-ordinators and Chairman of the Breed Council Health sub-committee.