Show Placings
Boston & District Canine Society
8th Jan 2017
Judge: Mr E Houston
My thanks to the Society for inviting me,to my two very able stewards, Barry and Debs,and,most especially,to the exhibitors who allowed me the privilege of going over their dogs and who accepted my decisions so sportingly.
Overall I was very impressed with the quality of the entry.The limit and open classes in both sexes had quality beyond the placings and there were some very promising puppies,especially among the bitches- this must augur well for the future.Heads were largely typical,most were spannable and considering the time of year I was pleasantly surprised to find so many in good coat.On the downside,many were lacking muscletone and front movement continues to be an issue and not just in the lower classes.I was pleased with both line ups and thought my main winners excellent examples of the breed. I was delighted to hear that my Best of Breed went on to win the Group.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
7 months grizzle,well grown with a super coat and pelt.Well angulated,head developing nicely,good bite and sound on the move.
Puppy - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Manchester General Championship Show
19th Jan 2017
Judge: Mrs Karen Dean (Tyrian)
I would first like to thank the society for inviting me to judge and also my stewards for efficiently managing the ring. This is a particularly difficult time of year for coats especially with Crufts on the horizon, producing some results that would change on another day. Several exhibits lacked the harsh top coat and some were past their best resulting in good harshness but lack of undercoat so giving a thin feel to coat and particularly the pelt. I was a little disappointed in the number of exhibits that were not displaying the drive I was looking for and hope this is also due to the time of year. I was particularly pleased with both my CC and RCC winners especially in relation to their movement.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
7 month old, nice head with super large teeth. Well laid back shoulders flowing into level topline with good length of rib and decent coat . Going through a juvenile growth stage which affected his movement today.
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Newton Abbot & South Devon CS Open Show
28th Jan 2017
Judge: Mrs D Irvin
Post Graduate /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Terrier Club of Devon and Cornwall Open Show
19th Feb 2017
Judge: Mandy Holmes (Bimandi)
Puppy /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
The Southern Border Terrier Club Members Limited Show
5th Mar 2017
Judge: Mrs Jill Stevens (Cobstoneway)
I would like to thank the committee for giving me the honour of judging at this lovely show, with special appreciation to show manager Jane Roberts, and ring stewards Sandra Girling and Sheila Hales. Most of all, I would like to thank the exhibitors for giving me the privilege of going over their lovely dogs.
With the phrase “Essentially a working terrier” in mind, I was satisfied that my main winners fitted the breed standard and moved soundly with good reach and drive. Coats also played a part, and although I appreciate that coats come and go, they did matter on the day. All the dogs were entire, there were a couple of level bites and the odd tooth out of line, but most exhibits were really nicely turned out. The puppy classes were very promising, and at the other end of the scale it was nice to see the veterans enjoying their day.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
Slightly older grizzle and tan, also of handy size and with a good double coat. Nice expression with a keen dark eye and correct bite. Nice tight feet, just preferred the movement of 1.
Exeter & County Canine Society Open Show
25th Mar 2017
Judge: Mr Neil Straw (Shaolin)
Best Puppy
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Bridgwater & District Canaine Society Open Show
26th Mar 2017
Judge: Mr John Scanlan (Pantycelyn)
Best Of Breed
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG3, Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Post Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
National Terrier Club
1st Apr 2017
Judge: Mr A Horner (Stineval)
Thank you to The National Terrier Club for the appointment also my stewards who did a sterling job in keeping everything moving smoothly and a thank you to the exhibitors for allowing me the opportunity to go over their prized possessions. A few dogs were under weight and some would benefit by having their feet and nails some attention. I only found one suspect mouth and lots lacking in body condition. Some need to put scissors in the drawer and leave them there too! I was pleased with the final lines of my winners of both sexes.
Puppy - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Novice - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
(G/tan) Nice head with good bite and large teeth. Well laid shoulders going into level topline with good length of rib and loin decent coat moved OK.
Exonian CA Open Show
8th Apr 2017
Judge: Mr Tan Nagrecha (Chandlimore)
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG2, Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Special Yearling /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
West of England Ladies' Kennel Society
28th Apr 2017
Judge: Mrs L Illingworth
My thanks goes to the society for the welcome and hospitality and for giving me the opportunity to judge a smashing entry of Border Terriers. Special thanks to my proficient stewards Anne and Rod Green for keeping the ring flowing smoothly.
The quality was pleasing with many fit, well presented and workman like dogs present, Dogs on the whole were well balanced and span able , a few were too upright in shoulder effecting an economical stride my main worry was mouths there were quite a few with small teeth weak under jaws and others with teeth out of alignment, worrying in a working breed. Double coats and thick pelts were in plenty
Puppy - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Novice - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
Good for coat, moves well in front
Devon County Show
20th May 2017
Judge: Mrs J Pinfold (Cyres)
Junior /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Bath CS Championship Show
26th May 2017
Judge: Mr P Iversen (Norway)
I would like to thank the committee of Bath CS for inviting me to judge at their show. Many thanks to my stewards, who did an excellent job. I enjoyed my day among Border Terriers and their sporting owners. Many thanks for your entries.
Junior - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
Lighter built dog. Good head and expression. Firm topline and thick pelt. Moved well.
Graduate - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Southern Counties Canine Association
3rd Jun 2017
Judge: Mr Kimmo Mustonen (Finland)
I would like to thank the committee for inviting me to judge at this show. And to my two stewards who were very helpful all the day. I really enjoyed the show. It was a pleasure and an honour to judge my own breed Border Terriers in their home country. It was a day I will remember. Thank you to the exhibitors for their entries!
Junior - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Post Graduate - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Three Counties
10th Jun 2017
Judge: Ms Michelle Barnett
Many thanks to the Officers and the committee for kindly inviting me to Judge at the show and my most capable stewards for their efficiency in the ring. My sincere thanks also to the exhibitors for their entries and support. The classes were filled with some lovely breed quality dogs and bitches and on completing my appointment I was delighted to see my final line up(s) presenting me with such a hard task in my final decision of who to award the ultimate top honours too! That always makes for a satisfying end to a judges day. So can i take this opportunity to thank you for allowing me the privilege of judging your Border terriers Two nice classes of pups which bodes well for the future
Yearling - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Class Critique
Another good class
The Southern Border Terrier Club Championship Show
11th Jun 2017
Judge: Mr Arthur Cuthbertson (Ashbrae)
My thanks to the Club for my appointment which I thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you to the Officers and Committee for their hospitality and gift. Thanks to my stewards Tina Morgan and Jane Roberts for the efficient way they kept the show moving along. I was very pleased with my final line ups, which were all presented in very good coat and condition. I would have been happy to have awarded at least 3 CC’s in each sex. All the dogs placed had correct dentition which was very pleasing. Movement has improved since the last time I judged. However I do think more thought should be taken regarding heads as a lot appear to be lacking strength under the eye and jaw, which results in losing the otter like head.
Yearling - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
East of England Agricultural Society
9th Jul 2017
Judge: Mrs Marion Reeves
Having achieved 80 years on my last birthday I have decided that this has to be the last occasion that I award C.C. ‘s in Border Terriers. It’s time for the next generation to step up. In the showring border terriers still come in every size & shape imaginable. Our breed standard is I believe the sketchiest of all the breed standards offering only limited guidance as to the perfect exhibit. What would be wrong with including an ideal ratio of length of body to height at withers? I also have a problem with “Hindquarters – racy” which for me describes a greyhound or a whippet. Surely we don’t want the overangulated hindquarters that have crept into the breed in recent years.
On to the Show! I was very pleased with my entry & had no difficulty finding some worthy winners.
Junior - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Class Critique
This was a hot class. All 5 placed dogs have qualities to offer the future of the breed.
Yearling - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Dunster Castle Open Show
26th Jul 2017
Judge: Miss F Snook
Best Of Breed
Name at show: TG1, Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Special Yearling /
First Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Paignton
5th Aug 2017
Judge: Mr Jeff Horswell (Drakesleat)
Great characters and a sporting ringside. I thought there were some size problems, a few being rather bulky. Front action is the biggest problem, not many being accurate coming towards. Feet by and large very good.
Junior - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
Liked him v much, just slightly longer stood. He has a pleasing head. Ears could be smaller. Strong neck with a good front. Correct ribs, needs a shorter loin. Level topline. Well set and carried tail. Correct hind angulation. Moved well.
Bournemouth CA Championship Show
13th Aug 2017
Judge: Mr Harold Ogden
This was such a special appointment and I am indebted to Bournemouth for the opportunity. You see it was "Aunty Eva" Heslop, the revered breeder of the Corburn Border Terriers, who drove me to my first ever allbreed Ch show in 1970. Eva took Sunday school in the Methodist chapel in Corbridge, Northumberland, and I was her secret weapon boy soloist at the competitive music festival! I particularly remember the beautiful Ch Corburn Corn Dolly shown by Mr Skeet. Bellingham show was not only local for me but THE Mecca for Geordie/Scots Borders. I have judged the breed since 1992 and been educated both by a breed club seminar in 2012 and by obtaining a JDP Credit in Nov 2013. That would theoretically have halved the KC Judges Sub requirement of 160 hands on. I actually had 200. I only mention all this as cynics assume the likes of me to have been "fast tracked" and / or to have no actual interest.
69 of the original 82 starters made it so I had plenty to work with. The bugbear was fronts whether steep /elbows /plaiting /hackney. As a toydog specialist I am accustomed to spotting lift / hackney that is often written into the breed standards. But this no decorative breed but rather a functional working terrier "capable of following a horse" that
requires endurance and hence a rhythmical swing straight through from the shoulders ensuring no wasted effort, He will tire all too quickly otherwise. Moreover the breed standard expressly includes in the Faults section an assessment of "its effect on the terrier's ability to work"
Junior - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
14m; v gd head type in skull & muzzle proportions, albeit prefer smaller ear; ex neck& backline; nothing overangulated; weaving in front.
Graduate - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Okehampton & District Canine Society Open Show
17th Sep 2017
Judge: Caroline Friend-Rees (Amical)
Open /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Terrier Club of Devon & Cornwall Open Show
15th Oct 2017
Judge: Debbie Lorraine (Raleniro)
The Terrier Club of Devon and Cornwall Open Show 15th October 2017 Border Terriers I would like to thank the society for inviting me to judge at this group open show, and for the warm welcome and the lovely hospitality shown to my husband and I on the day. I was delighted to be asked to judge in this part of the country and we thoroughly enjoyed our time in the area, topped off by having the opportunity to judge so many lovely dogs. Most of all I would like to thank the exhibitors for giving me the opportunity to go over their dogs and the very friendly and sporting way in which they accepted my decisions. I was delighted with my entry, and had some lovely examples of the breed to judge. Thank you also to my steward who kept things running smoothly. I found no incorrect bites, all males were entire, and temperaments were excellent throughout. There were a couple of exhibits, who for me were up to size and a little difficult to span, but all dogs were shown in good, fit condition. I thoroughly enjoyed my day!
Open - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
Grizzle and tan dog of just 16 months who also had a lot to like. Lovely masculine head with keen expression, correct bite. Good neck and shoulders. Slightly larger than 1 but easily spanned with good topline. Excellent angulation which powered him round the ring. Good textured coat just not quite as tight as 1. Another youngster who surely has a bright future.
Truro & DCS Open Show
25th Nov 2017
Judge: Mr Tim Ball (Kaitak)
Open /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Manchester Championship Show
18th Jan 2018
Judge: Mr Frank Kane (Hirontower)
Many thanks to my stewards Alan Small and Susan Kannangara.
Post Graduate - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Newton Abbot & South Deveon CS Open Show
27th Jan 2018
Judge: Mr Ken Andrews (South Wales)
Open /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
The Terrier Club of Devon & Cornwall Open Show
18th Feb 2018
Judge: Sue Wilson (Olderhill)
Thank you so much to the Society for this invitation to judge, and for their hospitality. Many thanks to my stewards for their hard work. Also, thanks to the exhibitors. All my winners were easily spannable and good representatives of the breed. I thoughly enjoyed my day.
Open - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
Stood alone but deserved his place. Shown with nice full harsh coat. Looked like a correct working terrier, and not like a sculpted show terrier. Good confirmation, and moved out with drive.
Crufts
9th Mar 2018
Judge: Mr.Carl Gunnar-Stafberg
Yearling - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Exeter & County CS Open Show
24th Mar 2018
Judge: Tracey Anscombe (Orangebox)
My thanks to the committee and secretary for the invitation to judge at your show. This is such a well run and welcoming show and my thanks to the exhibitors for entering especially with being a late replacement judge. I apologise for only placing to Reserve in the classes my steward and I went by the catalogue that only listed placing to 4th. My thanks also to the group judge Vanessa Wegmann-Williams.
Open /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
National Terrier Club
7th Apr 2018
Judge: Mr. W. R. Irving
Thanks to the exhibitors for the entry of 160 from 157 dogs.
There were some very strong classes and interestingly the biggest class was Limit Dog with seventeen entries. My biggest worry about the overall entry was that there seemed be some very large exhibits which were well over the standard size. Even in bitches there were a good number that were too big and in dogs some were enormous. And it was not so much that they were too leggy - rather that so many were far from being able to be spanned. I think we really ought to try to do something about that.
Heads were by and large good but there were quite a few with big ears. Coats of course were variable and I only found one really bad mouth and one kinked tail.
Movement left a bit to be desired especially in front but I was disappointed also that so many were not moving well behind either.
My thanks to my two very efficient stewards which enabled us to finish by around 1 p.m. and to the exhibitors most of whom seemed to take my decisions in the sporting way befitting the breed
Yearling - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Class Critique
None of the dogs here were small.
Graduate - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
a very pleasing dog with a good head and expression. In full and excellent double coat. Good stifle. OK in bone. Correct neck and topline and good proportions but just a size too big all round.
West of England Ladies' Kennel Society
28th Apr 2018
Judge: Miss Anita Harrison (Iacheslei)
Many thanks to the society for inviting me to judge and to the exhibitors for a lovely entry of 117 making 151. My very efficient stewards did a marvelous job and kept the ring running well throughout the day. I thoroughly enjoyed my day and was pleased that exhibitors accepted my decisions in a sporting manner. There was a good atmosphere around the ring and all exhibits displayed good temperaments. I was disappointed to see so many large oversized dogs (and bitches) which were not able to be spanned. Movement was also a concern, I was forgiving of loose front movement in some of the youngsters, but both front and rear movement in some of the adult exhibits was poor. Many exhibits had large ears, low tail sets or short round ribs which had to be penalized. I was pleased with my main winners and delighted to see my Best of Breed shortlisted in the group and the Best Special Beginner placed 2nd in the SB group.
Yearling - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Special Beginners - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Earthtaw Indiana Jones
Placing Critique
nearly 2 years old grizzle dog a with a good head and expression. just a bit too big for me
