Show Placings
South Wales Kennel Association
13th Oct 2013
Judge: Mrs Julie Guvercin
My most sincere thanks to all exhibitors for giving me such a lovely entry of 117 making 153 entries, the highest in the terrier group and one of only a few to break the 100 mark in the whole show.
It is human nature for us all to ringside judge and we are all guilty of this, but going over an exhibit first hand, is further revealing, a privilege for which, I was truly grateful.
Some lovely dogs, some more workman like than others, some in better condition than others, a few outstanding ones and the odd one or two I’d love to own!
I am the first to admit I love a flashy dog who will stand up and show, but along with that must come the workman like qualities that make it able to be essentially a working terrier. There is nothing to suggest in my mind, that the two trains of thought can’t co-exist, they can and they must.
Nervous or aggressive dogs and there were just one or two, were not rewarded, this is surely a temperament to be discouraged. Dour is a different matter altogether, especially when its nearly always on an otherwise, super exhibit, a frustrating combination.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Jucres Blue Knight At Hawcoat
Placing Critique
B/t Well grown and hope he doesn’t do to much more of it, but has lots to like about him. Masculine head and nice neck into lithe body of good length. Nice coat, showing some signs of silvering in places, with a decent pelt. Moved well albeit a bit babyish when he concentrated. Beat a very nice puppy into third just on being more the length I prefer and nothing more than that.
Chepstow & District Canine Society Open Show
8th Dec 2013
Judge: Mrs Jill Stevens (Cobstoneway)
Thank you to the show committee for inviting me to judge, and for the warm welcome and lunch. All the exhibits were nicely turned out and well presented, and all bites were correct.
Puppy /
Second Place
Name at show: Jucres Blue Knight At Hawcoat
Placing Critique
Eight month old blue and tan dog. Just a baby and needing time to settle. Nice head and expression. Straight, narrow front and good for bone. Slightly longer than 1 in body with flat ribs carried well back. Spannable. Front movement just needs to settle with age.
Class Critique
Two nice puppies, with maturity giving 1 the edge over 2 on movement and topline.
The Southern Border Terrier Club Limited Show
2nd Mar 2014
Judge: Miss Anita Harrison (Iacheslei)
My thanks to the officers and committee for the invitation to judge this show, and their hospitality on the day. I thoroughly enjoyed the appointment. All dogs bar one were entire, and all mouths good apart from one level bite and a few forgivable signs of age in the veteran classes. I found some exhibits to be well up to size and difficult to span, but was very pleased with my final line up and main winners. Thank you to the exhibitors for entering and accepting my decisions so sportingly, and to my stewards on the day.
Puppy - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Jucres Blue Knight At Hawcoat
Southern Border Terrier Club Open Show
21st Sep 2014
Judge: Mrs Trudi Baird (Dowgri)
Many thanks to the Southern Border Terrier club for inviting me to judge and for their fabulous hospitality. The new venue had light inside much improved from the old venue and was in a beautiful setting . My appreciation goes to my ring stewards Andrew Mooney , Bev Marsh & Jane Roberts who ensured the entrants were in order, and kept the classes running smoothly.
A good entry ,numerically and in quality , which gave way to some close decisions. Coats were as always at different stages , I found myself forgiving lack of coat or blown coats in favour of correct movement .Some exhibits that on first glance I thought were my winners let themselves down on the move , there were a couple who “crabbed” and some who’s front movement was very untidy .From ringside these dogs looked wonderful stacked . Some dogs were moved rather fast which may have contributed to their wayward movement.
A few dogs had too much beard and cheek hair left on , this stood out even more when the rest of the dog was immaculately presented .
On the plus side I found fit, well conditioned dogs , teeth and bites were good ,and excellent temperaments - bar a couple who were uncharacteristically shy . I was extremely pleased with both line ups and was spoilt for choice with the top honours.
Thank you for allowing me to go over your lovely dogs.
Yearling - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Jucres Blue Knight At Hawcoat
Placing Critique
B/T gorgeous head , another with good length of body and rib , not the depth of coat as 1st and moved too close in front and behind.
South Wales Kennel Association
10th Oct 2014
Judge: Mr Kevin Holmes
Post Graduate - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Jucres Blue Knight At Hawcoat
The East Anglian Border Terrier Club Championship Show
12th Apr 2015
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
Post Graduate - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Jucres Blue Knight At Hawcoat
Class Critique
Again, another close decision. Both first two places were good examples of the breed standard
