10 Questions ...
... asked of Andrea Bradford
10 QUESTIONS …
Profession: Quality surveyor for the National Committee for Quality Assurance and quality consultant. AKC judge.
Dog-sport involvement: Currently, breeder/owner/exhibitor of Italian Greyhounds and Irish Terriers; AKC conformation and Junior Showmanship judge, approved for Hounds, Working, Toy, Terriers and some Non-Sporting breeds; conformation show chair for North Georgia Kennel Club; judges’ education chair and VP for English Foxhound Club of America. Former owner/breeder/exhibitor of Samoyeds, Beagles, English Foxhounds, Borzoi, Smooth Fox Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers and American Eskimo Dogs.
Hometown: Ball Ground, Georgia
Astrological sign: Sagittarius
1. Do you have any dog-show superstitions?
No.
2. TV-show guilty pleasure?
“General Hospital.”
3. If you were president of AKC for one day, what would you do?
Learn as much as I could about the overall organization in one day.
4. Most valued material possession?
My home.
5. What is something no one would guess about you?
I collect dishes.
6. Who would you compare yourself to?
No one, I am pretty much my own unique person.
7. What are you “famous” for?
I don’t think I am “famous” for anything. I just try to live my life every day, doing what I need to do.
8. What website do you visit most often?
9. What was more memorable, your most satisfying win or disappointing defeat? And what was it?
Oh, my most satisfying win was certainly most memorable! I had a 12-year-old IG who had not had his chance to go out as a special for a lot of reasons. I entered him in two regional specialties that were either side of the national that year and he was Best Veteran and won an Award of Merit at both regionals – that was very, very special for him and for me! He left for the Rainbow Bridge earlier this year, so happy to have this memory.
10. What do you wish someone would ask you?
I like being asked to judge! Or being asked about my dogs.