Over time how we perceive our breed, changes as our knowledge of the breed improves. In the beginning
 we are interested in this little lively clown who wants our undivided attention, in between destroying
everything that we have left within its reach, it craves to be close to you, it is like a wayward child, but
you love it anyway. Occasionally the local school has a fete where there are classes for dog showing, if
you enter your pet and it wins a prize your thinking may turn to showing in a bigger arena, assuming that
you have been fortunate and bought your pet puppy from a top class breeder you could find it develops
into an animal who would not disgrace you in the show ring.

     Judges
 

     The novice show person and most all breed Judges have a common purpose, they are busy fault judging,
The Owner because in his eyes his pet is perfect, the Judge because he lacks the specialist knowledge
to put up an outstanding animal for its virtue and great type, it is much easier to put down a great animal for
an obvious fault. Over the years one will see a lot of petrol Champions, dogs that have been dragged
around the  show ring until they gain enough points to be classed as an Australian Champion, ( some
of whom I have bred and sold as pets ) I would describe them as good all round animals who have no
bad faults but lack great type and obvious virtue.
Breeders
 

     In my opinion a Good Breeder consistently improves the standard of his breeding stock, not only knows
the standard of our breed, but understands the thinking of the clever people who contributed their
knowledge to produce the standard. ( Forgiving their one mistake in Miniatures, having dogs and bitches
the same height at shoulder, which has caused so many problems for Miniature breeders ). Contrary
to popular belief the Bullterrier or Miniature is not one dog, there are four distinct types, the ability to
see and blend type is a gift that all good breeders possess, the forth type is the complete mixture of the
other three, for which, we should all be aiming. Dogs that possess outstanding virtue, regardless of their
faults are essential to a breeder, faults are not difficult to breed out, great virtue is impossible to breed
in, if at least one the animals does not possess the virtue that you are trying to acquire.
Conclusion
 

     When watching the dogs go around the ring, our eyes are sending messages to our brain showing all the
good and bad points in the dogs, we observers often are prejudiced, our brain can modify the images
that our eyes are transmitting, depending on whether we like or dislike the owner. Some years ago I
was sitting watching the judging of the Bullterrier Open Bitch Class, the bitch the judge had in first place
was beautifully made but with more of a plain head, a well known breeder who is now a judge was sitting
next to me, she commented, (Look at that terrible bitch she is putting up) bar for her plain head she
was a lovely bitch, in those days beautifully made animals were rare, I do not know if she did not like
the lady owner, or she was so busy looking for faults she could not see the great virtue that the bitch
had to offer our breed. ( The lady owner has proved to be a gifted breeder of Bullterriers ) the critic
has had less success.

    That great breeder and judge Raymond Oppenheimer wrote, a good judge, judges with the progress of the breed in

    mind.