Mr. Richard "Rick" G. Beauchamp
1241 Knollwood Drive, PMB 4, Cambria, CA 93428
Telephone and Fax (805) 927-4114 * email: tsar.r@thegrid.net
 

has been successfully involved in practically every facet of purebred dogs: breeding, exhibiting, professional handling, publishing, writing and judging.  He has lectured on dogs extensively throughout the world and is a published author of numerous breed and all breed books.

After moving to California in l962 Rick purchased the local Southern California magazine, Kennel Review and developed it into one of the leading breeder--exhibitor magazines of the entire dog world.  It served as the standard of excellence in its field until publication was ceased upon his retirement in early 1993.

Rick’s monthly columns have been published in many magazines throughout the dog world including Dogs In Review and Bloodlines in the United States, England’s Dog World, Dogs In Canada, Oz Dog in Australia and All About Dogs in South Africa.  His books Solving the Mysteries of Breed Type and Dog Breeding for Dummies are enjoying great critical success world-wide as are his many single breed books.  Rick also lectures frequently on both dog breeding and dog judging.

As a breeder--exhibitor himself he has been actively involved with and has campaigned breeds in all seven Variety Groups with a special interest in Irish Setters, Salukis, Anatolian Shepherds, Cairn Terriers, Toy Fox Terriers and Pembroke Welsh Corgis.

Through the years Rick has bred champion Toy and Miniature Poodles, American Cocker Spaniels, Dachshunds, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Papillon, Bull Terriers, and Wire Fox Terriers.  Group and all breed Best In Show winning Boxers and Doberman Pinschers also carry his Beau Monde prefix.   

Rick is particularly associated with the Bichon Frise in which he specialized from the earliest days of the breed.  He was owner of Ch. Chaminade Mr. Beau Monde, the breed’s Top Producing Sire of All Time (65 champions) and breeder of the Top Producing Dam of all Time (17 champions) Ch. Beau Monde The Fire Cracker.  Beau Monde has bred nearly 100 AKC champion Bichons and the Beau Monde Bichons stand behind many of the winning lines around the world.

Rick has judged extensively throughout the world.  His major assignments include many appointments throughout the United Kingdom including Crufts, Leeds, Southern Counties, Scottish Kennel Club, and the St. Patrick’s Day Show in Dublin, Ireland.  Rick has judged championship events many times in Canada,  Australia, Scandinavia, Mexico, Europe, New Zealand, the Orient, Central America, South America and South Africa.

He feels this international exposure to the great dogs of the world has provided him with a background and basis of comparison that few people are afforded and uses this experience in his frequent assignments throughout the United States.  Highlights of his judging assignments “at home include the prestigious Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore International Kennel Club of Chicago and Westminster Kennel Club.