East Anglia Border Terrier Club Open Show (23-11-2014)

Second Place in Minor Puppy - Bitch, Judge: Jane Moreton-Shaw (Fehmarn)

Show Critique:

I would like to thank the committee and members for inviting me to judge at the show, and to all those who entered under me. Also thanks to my two stewards Robert Brewster and Jeremy Young and for those who prepared lunch.

I thoroughly enjoyed the day and was very happy with my winners. In a couple of classes the decision was very close. There were no kinked tails, temperaments were good on the whole, with only 3 that were roughly handled, subsequently the dogs were behaving nervously. I had a couple of bad bites and a couple of level bites. All bar two were spannable. Coats again on the whole were good. Thank you to the exhibitors for accepting my decisions, apart from one unsportsmanlike behaviour in the ring!! The class I enjoyed judging the most on the day was Veteran Bitch. Lovely classy bitches in good condition and very close decisions between them all.

Placing Critique:

Lovely overall outline. In good jacket and thick pelt. Nice head and expression. Needs to settle on the move, but when she did she moved well. A little too much white on her chest.