First Place in Junior - Bitch, Judge: Mr Mark Walshaw (Janmark)
Many thanks to the society for inviting me to award Challenge Certificates for the first time for this breed at this show. The show had a wonderful atmosphere throughout & it was great to see the other terrier breeds gaining support from exhibitors. I was delighted with the entry of 98. Thank you to my stewards Bill and Trish, who kept the ring running very smoothly and to all the exhibitors who entered under me today. I consider it a great achievement to be able to handle & judge this lovely breed I thank the exhibitors for their sporting behaviour & kind comments afterwards. I personally had an enjoyable day, despite been very much under the weather & to be honest really struggled at times, but thankfully I continued to ply myself with tablets, lozenges and drinks. I tried to judge the dogs as I saw them on the day, based on their virtues, difficult at times, due to the varying types. The quality within the entry was in the bitches. Front movement is obviously an issue within the breed & in some classes; I had to be lenient with this obvious fault. Again it was disappointing to find so many with so little muscle tone. Coats & pelts were generally good throughout, considering the time of year & dentition was also good with large teeth in abundance. It was a pleasure to see not one cross word between the dogs & temperaments were excellent. Quite a few were wriggly little devils on the table, but guess all aren’t, or supposed to be statues.
Quality youngster. Excellent coat and colour, black and tan & plenty of pliable pelt. Nice kind eye and expression with well placed ears and typical feminine head. Good neck leading into clean shoulders and Clean narrow front. Lovely straight legs and tidy feet. Good overall shape and length to body, balanced, with a very good rear, with ample angulation. Her movement was so impressive, she covered the ground with purpose, effortlessly going about her business and true all ways. She never put a foot wrong & fully deserved the RCC. She could work all day.