First Place in Limit - Dog, Judge: Mr Graham Pickering (Picer)
I would like to thank the East Anglian Border Terrier Club for their kind invitation to judge their 2015 Championship Show. It was both an honour and a pleasure to accept this appointment. Thank you to the committee for their hospitality, and special acknowledgement to Bev, Laurence and Zoe Jackson for their efficient stewarding and keeping everything running smoothly throughout the day.
I terms of exhibits, there were many difficult decisions during the day and some real quality dogs were left unplaced. In general, the quality was very good and the majority of dogs were spannable and I only saw one example of an incorrect bite. All dogs were entire and as is usual some coats were exceptional whilst others were either just coming in or past their best.
There were a few examples of heads that are untypical of the breed, in that they lack strength of foreface, width of skull and have eyes that are too close together – these are not what I would describe as ‘like that of an otter’.
On a more positive note I was very happy with all my winners, believing them to be excellent examples of the breed and would like to say thank you to all exhibitors for allowing me the honour of judging their dogs
What a lot of quality in this class which made the decisions for the first three places exceptionally difficult.
A dog that I have admired from the ring side and he didn’t disappoint. An exquisite picture as he walked around the ring topped off with an exceptional otter head, excellent width of skull, good keen expression and plenty of strength under the eye. Excellent straight front, good shoulder placement and neat cat like feet with thick pads. A racy dog with good muscle tone, ribs laid well back, spannable, strong loin and good bend of stifle. Level top line with a lovely carrot tail straight off the back as it should be. Presented in excellent double coat, he moved around the ring with both drive, confidence whilst holding his top line level. Pleased to award him DCC