Blogs

26/2/2020

Interview with Best in Show judge Stuart Plane

Stuart Plane, Best in Show judge, will be judging Best in Show at Crufts 2022. Bill Moore's caught up with Stuart to find out what he was most looking forward to about judging Best in Show at Crufts 2022.

26/2/2020

Interview with Paul Manktelow

Paul Manktelow, PDSA Principal vet, will be joining the presenting team at Crufts this year. We caught up with Paul to find out what he was most looking forward to at Crufts 2020.

19/2/2020

Interview with Paige Jepson

Last year, 22-year-old Paige Jepson from Staffordshire was awarded the Young Kennel Club (YKC) Young Person of the Year award during the final at Crufts 2019. Having always loved dogs, Paige joined the Young Kennel Club over twelve years ago and was shortlisted for the award after winning the Good Buddy of the Year category.

11/2/2020

Interview with the Animal Health Trust

It has been well documented in recent years that some dogs are susceptible to inherited diseases such as cancer, epilepsy and blinding conditions. Knowing that research could tackle this, more than 10 years ago the Kennel Club joined forces with the Animal Health Trust charity to set about improving health and welfare for generations of dogs.

11/2/2020

Interview with Radzi

Radzi first reported at Crufts for More 4/Channel 4 in 2018, celebrating his third year at the show. We caught up with him to find out what some of his highlights from the show are and what he is looking forward to this year.

7/2/2020

The amazing Maisie makes history for Dachshunds

Kim McCalmont , Best in Show winner, talks about what an honour it was to win Crufts Best in Show with dog Maisie. We caught up with Kim McCalmont to find out what she enjoyed most about winning Best in Show with Dachshund Maisie.

5/2/2020

Interview with Clare Balding

Clare Balding is returning to Crufts 2020 for her 12th year hosting the show’s live coverage, broadcasting all the action in the lead up to the grand finale on Sunday. Read on to find out what Clare thinks about Crufts myths, her favourite person to see at Crufts and what makes the world’s greatest dog show so special to her.

28/1/2020

Interview with Scruffts winner 2019

The Scruffts Family Crossbreed Dog of the Year competition, exclusively supported by pet food makers James Wellbeloved, is the nation’s favourite crossbreed competition. Amanda Bell won the final of Scruffts at Crufts 2019, alongside her best friend Percy, a Pointer cross. She tells us more about Percy and their experience with winning Scruffts.

12/1/2020

Interview with Crufts Best in Show winner 2019

Kathleen Roosen won Crufts 2019 with Dylan the Villain her Papillon. We caught up with her to find out more about how she got into dogs and what it felt like winning at Crufts. The full interview will be in the Crufts Show Guide which is available to pre order with your tickets or buy at the show.