Show Placings
Ashford & Faversham DCS Open Show
30th Sep 2018
Judge: Gill Tully
Junior /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Beckenham Canine Association Open Show
7th Oct 2018
Judge: Mrs C E Sansom (Tarkaswell)
My thanks to the officers and committee of the Beckenham Canine Association for inviting me to judge at their open show and the exhibitors for their lovely quality entry. My steward Debbie Sims was very efficient and we were fortunate to have a lovely large ring which gave the dogs the opportunity to really move.
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG3, Torryburn Schiehallon
Puppy /
First Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Placing Critique
6 month old grizzle dog who presented a balanced picture, moving with purpose whilst maintaining his topline. A typical otter head, dark eye and correct bite. Narrow throughout, his length of neck flowed into a level topline with good tailset. He was presented in a harsh, dense coat with thick pelt. BP and Terrier Puppy Group 3
Class Critique
A super class of quality youngsters.
Gravesend & Medway Towns CS Open Show
21st Oct 2018
Judge: Anne Speake
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG3, Torryburn Schiehallon
Junior /
Second Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Midland Counties Canine Society
27th Oct 2018
Judge: Mrs. Margaret Bailey (Grindelvald)
IT WAS AN HONOUR TO JUDGE THE MIDLAND COUNTIES CS ON THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
ALSO MANY THANKS TO THE EXHIBITORS FOR ENTERING THEIR DOGS UNDER ME & MY STEWARDS KEPT THE RING RUNNING SMOOTHLY, WITH SUCH AN EXCELLENT ENTRY.
ALL DOGS WERE ENTIRE, 1 OR 2 DISAPPOINTING MOUTHS. I’M AMAZED THE AMOUNT OF TIT-BITS SOME OF THE EXHIBITORS GAVE THEIR DOGS, ESPECIALLY ON THE TABLE MOST WERE BEING REWARDED FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR, THE WORSE THE DOG BEHAVIED THE MORE FOOD THEY GOT. I FOUND SOME OF THEM ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO EXAMINE, MAYBE MORE RING CRAFT CLASSES WOULD HELP!
IT IS VERY PROMISING TO SEE SOME QUAILITY PUPPIES COMING THROUGH. STILL A FEW DODGY FRONTS. OVERALL THE QUALITY IS IMPROVING. PLEASED TO SEE NO AGGRESIVE BEHAVIOUR IN THE BREED, IN OR OUT OF THE RINGTODAY.
NICE TO SEE MY BOB WINNER WENT ON TO WIN THE TERRIER GROUP. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE OWNER THIS WAS HIS LAST SHOW AS THE DOG IS BEING RETIRED FROM SHOWING .A DELIGHT TO JUDGE HIM.
IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO JUDGE ALLTHE DOGS WHO CAME UNDER ME.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Puppy - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
East Kent Canine Society Open Show
4th Nov 2018
Judge: Dr Ian Gabriel (Gaybryl)
Puppy /
Second Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Crystal Palace Canine Association Open Show
17th Nov 2018
Judge: Mr Andreas Schemel (Bentwood)
Puppy /
Reserve
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
East Anglia Border Terrier Club Open Show
25th Nov 2018
Judge: Mr Colin Girling (Benattivo)
Many thanks for the invitation to judge and for the warm welcome and support received on the day, special mention to my lead steward Robert Brewster. I was pleased that I received such large minor puppy entries in both dogs and bitches; it was lovely to see the youngsters and so many new and enthusiastic exhibitors too. The show represented a first outing for some and I hope the day was enjoyable for both four and two legged beginners. Overall the exhibits were well turned out and in good condition with only a few slightly overweight and some dirty or stained teeth; coats were at both ends of the scale. I really did feel the show had a good sporting atmosphere throughout the day and I thank all those who attended for making it a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Placing Critique
Nice puppy with good muzzle, a little short on coat today he couldn’t match the winner in striding out.
Woolwich and Bexley DCS Open Show
2nd Dec 2018
Judge: Mr Tim Ball (Kaitac)
Puppy /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Ladies Kennel Association
16th Dec 2018
Judge: Mrs. K. Wilkinson (Otterkin)
Thanks to the exhibitors for a super entry of Border Terriers. As I repeatedly say, the shows are about the dogs and the exhibitors and are not held for the benefit of the judges, so I appreciated the honour of going over your dogs. Thanks also to the ring stewards Angie Feildsend and Andrea Caudrelier who kept everything flowing smoothly so that we finished in good time. With an entry of 148 dogs making 159 entries, we had the highest entry in the Terrier Group and what a lovely entry it was that awaited me on 16th December. As my finalists came into the ring for each set of CCs, I thought "I like all these!!"
After the show was over, I was told that the four dogs I had brought together at the top of the ring, when deciding on the Dog CC, were all related to one dog and in fact three of them were by that same dog, one I have often referred to in the past when discussing stud dogs with people, as a dog who consistently puts breed type on his progeny, so I was thrilled to be told that Ch Grindelvald In Full Cry JW sired three of the dogs and was the great grandsire of the fourth and to confirm that in the catalogue later. Congratulations to Mrs Margaret Bailey on breeding and owning a dog who clearly puts his breed type stamp on his progeny.
Unless something changes drastically with the Judges Competency Framework, this will be my last General Championship Show appointment and so, when asking for the name of the dog to whom I had awarded the CC and Best of Breed at the end when I was filling in the Award Cards, it was fitting that I then found out his name was Dassett Last Waltz JW. So pleased to later see him pulled out in the shortcut in the Terrier Group. Good luck for the future.
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Placing Critique
Another just a few days shy of 9 months old, unplaced in a strong MPD class, this boy was a little stronger on the rib, but he had a lovely head with a short, strong muzzle. Lovely small, dark eye. Good narrow front. Another one with an excellent topline and tailset and smartly presented.
Boston & District Canine Society
6th Jan 2019
Judge: Mrs Beverley Barber (Alcumlow)
Thank you to all exhibitors who entered their dogs for me to judge. Thank you to Boston Show Society for inviting me to judge and putting on a very well organised event. Running these events is hard work and takes a lot of organising. The breed has changed a lot in the thirty years I have owned and been part of. Heads are very varied and lack strength under the eye so giving a weaker muzzle and too many domed skulls. Good movement is hard to find too many borders just mark time. Coats were varied but it is a difficult time of the year and I am not a fan of the over tidied coat or worrying about perfect presentation but a little attention to detail helps. A lot of long nails and excess hair on the feet, and a lot of long hair left on sides of the head and muzzles. My judging is based on good shape and conformation in accordance with the breed standard and of course good movement that allows the dog to cover the ground with ease. No animal is perfect and we all judge in our own way but I enjoyed today's challenge.
Puppy - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Ashford and Faversham DCS
13th Jan 2019
Judge: Jane Hilden
Junior /
Reserve
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Crufts
9th Mar 2019
Judge: Mrs Trak Fryer (Irton)
A very great thank you to the exhibitors for giving me such a superb entry, I hope that I did it justice. My thanks must also go to my Stewards who worked very hard to keep the classes moving well.
This was a very challenging entry with some very big classes filled with quality dogs all the way through, there were no easy decisions. I tried to pull out all the dogs that I felt were in contention to give those exhibits a closer look. This meant that those out of coat or condition paid the penalty. particularly in the upper classes many super quality dogs had to go out without a place - I just didn't have enough cards.
On the plus side all the exhibits were good tempered and happy in the ring. Most dogs came with a good coat on and a decent pelt. There were plenty of good heads and neat well balanced Borders, the key to the Standard. The Breed Standard asks for a dog that can run, requiring heart and lung room, and that can go to ground, requiring a good rib carried back without exaggerated angulations, a rather challenging blueprint to fit into a fairly small package.
There were quite a number with rather heavy or thin ears, round eyes and I was surprised to find quite a number of “winter noses”; I did not necessarily penalise these if the rest was OK. There were a number of heads with weak jaws framed by sticky out ears, a worrying trend. There were some heavy bitches well beyond spannable.
The biggest problem is movement with the forward angulations mostly at fault, this has been a problem in the breed for some time but there are now a significant number with tied in fronts waving their forelegs about, a new variant!
A well made dog will just cover the ground without any fuss or flipping – a joy to see. In order to do this they also need a reasonable build of muscle and it is a constant concern of mine that so many that come into the show ring do not have this.
Junior - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Class Critique
Another good class of young dogs where some good ones had to miss out, the first two were close up both being very promising youngsters.
East Anglia Border Terrier Club Championship Show
7th Apr 2019
Judge: Mrs. Nancy Hogg (Raeburnfoot)
I would like to express my thanks to the officers, committee and members for the invitation to judge their championship show. I enjoyed it very much. Special thanks go to my two very able stewards who kept everything running smoothly for me. I appreciated it.
There was a good selection of quality dogs and bitches for me to pick from. Coats on the whole were pleasing. As was size. Temperament too apart from one blip. Some with winter noses, possibly more than I have noticed before. A few with domed skulls which makes for an untypical head. I felt that the depth of quality in the bitch classes outweighed the dogs. Both the puppy bitch classes were a joy. Some lovely pups having to go cardless. Its very encouraging and surely bodes well for the breed.
I was very happy with my main winners. It was a pleasure to award them their honours.
Thank you EABTC.
Junior - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Placing Critique
PLEASING HEAD. Short, strong muzzle. Liked his topline and tailset. Spans well. Moved reasonably well. Short of coat today.
West of England Ladies' Kennel Society
28th Apr 2019
Judge: Mrs L A Crawley
Junior - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Beckenham Canine Association Open Show
6th Oct 2019
Judge: Cara Davani (Kebulak)
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Gravesend & Medway Towns Canine Society Open Show
20th Oct 2019
Judge: Miss L Goddard (Awbrooksky)
I would firstly like to thank the committee for asking me to judge the Junior Handling and my own Breed,Border Terriers.Secondly to my steward for keeping the classes running smoothly and finally to the exhibitors for sportingly accepting my decisions today.
Reserve Best Of Breed
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Post Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Placing Critique
Male Grizzle and Tan,Big Masculine head,good bite,big white teeth,super narrow front,excellent for coat and pelt,spannable,slightly short in body,carroty tail set a bit low,RBOB
East Kent Canine Society Open Show
3rd Nov 2019
Judge: Mr Mark Cocozza (Freecloud)
Post Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Crystal Palace & District Canine Association Open Show
16th Nov 2019
Judge: Julie Green (Breckgreen & Stowthorney)
I would like to thank the officers and committee for asking me to judge their November Show. I would also like to thank the exhibitors for their fantastic entry of quality dogs.
Post Graduate /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Guildford & District Canine Society Open Show
8th Dec 2019
Judge: Mrs Sandra Girling (Benattivo)
My thanks firstly go to the Society for the kind invitation to judge this show and also to the exhibitors who trusted me with their lovely Border Terriers. All my class winners were of very good quality and were in super condition which was very pleasing. I did feel some of the exhibits perhaps weren’t so comfortable on the arena surface. Also some were not awfully animated which I felt may have been contributed to the cold weather as they seemed not to be very relaxed through the loin.
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Placing Critique
Handsome male with the most appealing Ottery head he’s strong in muzzle. Shown in a deep double grizzle and tan jacket he has a thick pliable pelt. Pleasing bodylines and easily spanned with tail well set and used on the move. He didn’t quite have the drive of the winner today.
Ladies Kennel Association
14th Dec 2019
Judge: Mr Mark Lowry (Ravenside)
I would first like to thank all the exhibitors for a lovely entry, and for making the effort to travel to the N.E.C on a dark winter’s morning. There was a variation in breed type to a degree, which is always the case, but I was very happy with both my final lineups and only wish I could hand out more awards.
Yearling - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
Boston & DCS Championship Show
12th Jan 2020
Judge: Mrs P. Clark (Gameway)
This was my last judging appointment so thank you to all who entered under me today. I thoroughly enjoyed going over some very nice dogs. I would also like to thank my stewards Linda and Natalie who kept the ring running smoothly.
I was very happy to see my BOB take Group 4 and my BP Puppy Group 2.
Yearling - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Torryburn Schiehallon
