Show Placings
Liskeard & District Canine Association Open Show
10th Oct 2015
Judge: Mr K Jessup
Reserve Best Of Breed
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG2, Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Truro & District Canine Society Open Show
28th Nov 2015
Judge: Mrs A Baker
Reserve Best Of Breed
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG1, Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Post Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Manchester Championship Show
14th Jan 2016
Judge: Mrs Ruth Ann Naun (USA)
I would like to thank the Manchester Dog Show Society, as well as Kate & Ronnie Irving who were my hosts while in Britain, I thoroughly enjoyed my judging and your hospitality.
Puppy - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Placing Critique
Also nice young bitch, nice topline with flow from head into neck into shoulder. Nice jacket and hide.
Exeter and County CS Open Show
16th Jan 2016
Judge: Mr D Mathias
Best Puppy
Name at show: PG2, Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Post Graduate /
Third Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Torquay and DCS Open Show
27th Feb 2016
Judge: Mr Gary Mason
Junior /
Third Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Oakhampton & DCS Open Show
5th Mar 2016
Judge: Mr John Scanlan (Pantycelyn)
Reserve Best Of Breed
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG1, Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Crufts
13th Mar 2016
Judge: Mr W R Irving
It was a great honour to judge the breed at Crufts again - after having done so once before. That was some thirty nine years ago in 1977 when the show was still held at Olympia! The entry this year at 266 from 239 exhibits though down a good deal on last year, was still enough to be going on with and we finished by 3.30 p.m. thanks to my excellent stewards Mr and Mrs Chaston. The exhibitors all seemed very sporting in line with the breed’s sportsmanlike traditions.
I thought that the depth of quality was better in bitches than it was in dogs with several classes where I would have liked to have had more prizes. I thought that heads were in the main pretty good and that fronts, though there were still plenty which weren’t great, were rather better than the last few times I had judged. Crufts is always known as a bad time for coats and this year was no exception with very many lacking in coat and others with rather soft coats. Quite a number of dogs and bitches were rather long in body mainly caused by having ribs that were not as the breed standard demands “carried well back” and thus having loins that were long rather than the required “strong”.
And finally Border Terriers are supposed to have a tail which is, according to the standard, “set high and carried gaily” Quite a few slink around the ring looking miserable and present no sign of the “activity” required by the standard and with tails that are carried low rather than “gaily”. I like to see a Border Terrier that shows a bit of animation and has what I’d call ‘lines’.
My thanks to the exhibitors for entering and for the efficient way that they showed their dogs.
Puppy - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
North Devon Agricultural Show
3rd Aug 2016
Judge: Mrs J Tinsley
Junior /
Second Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Liskeard DCA Open Show
8th Oct 2016
Judge: Janice McIntyre
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Torquay & DCS Open Show
5th Nov 2016
Judge: Mr Martin Saunders (Castellcoch)
Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
Plymouth & DKA Open Show
12th Nov 2016
Judge: Anne Moore
Post Graduate /
Third Place
Name at show: Regaltwist Lithodora Shaolin
