Marie I. Andree
1911 – 2005
~In Memoriam~
Marie Andree,
a breeder, exhibitor and AKC-approved bulldog judge from
Mrs. Andree
received her first bulldog pet on her ninth birthday in 1918. She became active
in the breed as a breeder in 1938 when she raised her first home-bred litter.
She was a registered nurse who assisted her husband, Dr. George W. Andree, a veterinarian in northern
Dr. Andree
became licensed to judge bulldogs by the AKC during the early 1940s, and judged
the BCA National Specialty at
Several prominent bulldog
breeders, such as Dr. E. M. Vardon, who knew of her
prior experience and success as a breeder and exhibitor, convinced her to apply
for her judge’s license, and she judged her first assignment in 1956. She
judged dozens of specialty shows from coast -to-coast in the
As a longtime member of
BCA, she served several highly productive terms as national Education Chairman
in the mid-to-late 1980s and again in the early 2000s. It was during that time
period that she and her son, Bill, also raised and finished 13 home-bred
champions under the kennel name of Duralyne Bulldogs.
As Education Chairman, she
advocated the first publication in 1986 of the popular Bulldogger
Digest (known as ‘the best of The Bulldogger"
magazine from 1972-1989) and played a major role in establishing Junior
Showmanship and Obedience as regular events during BCA’s
National Specialty Week.
She introduced the BCA
member club and division Newsletter Contest at the National Specialty and
staged the first AKC/BCA Judges’ Education Program at the Houston BCA National
show in 1989. As Education Chairman, she also published and distributed several
thousand educational pamphlets and flyers during the early 2000s.
Always a prolific writer,
in her spare time Mrs. Andree helped author a hard
cover book The Bulldog in 1998, which is part of an owner’s guide
series to a happy health pet. It was published by Howell Book House, MacMillan
Marie not only devoted many
hours of service to the betterment of the breed, but also as a club officer and
long-time member and as former secretary of the Chicago Bulldog Club. After she
retired Marie was elected president of the Bulldog Club of Indiana and later
elected to honorary life membership.
She will be remembered for
her dedication as a BCA National Council member, knowledge of the bulldog
breed, and her many innovations as BCA Education Chairman – but perhaps more so
for her well known outspokenness and popularity as an impartial dog judge.
Marie served on the BCA National Specialty judging panel a record six times.
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