Stanley Dangerfield (1911–1988) was a dog-show judge, active particularity in the United Kingdom, and United States, but also working in dozens of other countries. He started out owning Poodles and went on to also own Griffons Bruxellois. His most well known was Chosendale Seamus (breed by Desmond Gregory).

Career

Stanley Dangerfield wrote about dogs for the

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and

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, and presented

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dog show on television for the

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for 27 years, until retirement in 1981. He had a column in the newspaper for the dog world, Our Dogs. He was a critic of the Kennel Club. He appeared as a castaway on the

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programme ''

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'' on 29 March 1975. He died on 28 September 1988, shortly after having a stroke, aged 77.

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