Show Placings
The Terrier Club of Scotland Open Show
16th Oct 2022
Judge: Brenda Brown
Junior - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
The Border Terrier Club Open Show
25th Feb 2023
Judge: Mrs Julie Fletcher North (Northborders)
Firstly I would like to thank the Committee for my invite to judge my first Club show , also my 2 able stewards Judy and Kathy for keeping me and the ring in order , mostly I thank the exhibitors for their wonderful entry and allowing me to go over their beautiful dogs , I thoroughly enjoyed myself, I was really pleased with both my line ups , I loved all my main winners and look forward to following their futures
Reserve Best Bitch
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Best Puppy - Bitch
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Best Puppy
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Puppy - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Blue and Tan 11mth old puppy , Beautiful, so well made she really caught my eye , nice for bone and good rib carried well back, easily spanned , good angulation throughout beautiful thick tight feet , amazing jacket and good undercoat, lovely femine head , good expression good dark eye and short strong muzzle with correct bite , moved well once she settled, I loved her and look forward to watching her in the future, RBB
The Border Terrier Club Championship Show
25th Mar 2023
Judge: Mrs Charlotte Archibald (Tweedburn)
What an absolute honour and a privilege to be invited to judge this show, my thanks to the Officers and Committee of the Border Terrier Club, and my two excellent stewards for the day, Judy and Marina.
My sincere thanks also, to ALL the exhibitors for making it truly memorable, with 196 dogs, 233 entries.
Some very close decisions had to be made!
On the down side, I found some very short muzzles and small teeth, and quite a number of filthy teeth!! Temperaments were generally good, there were 2 kinked tails and 1 suspect mouth, a lack of muscle tone and condition in some exhibits, which is essential for a terrier to do it’s job.
That said, it was an absolute joy to see so many super dogs.
Junior - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
B/t lovely headed bitch with neat ears, excellent bodylines, well ribbed, straight front, just needed a little more jacket, moving well.
Northern Counties Sporting Terrier Association Group Open Show
26th Mar 2023
Judge: Anne Higham (Comberdown)
I would like to thank The Northern Border Terrier Club for nominating me and the committee of the Northern Counties Sporting Terrier Association for inviting me to judge at this wonderful friendly and hospitable show. Thank you to my two stewards who kept everything running smoothly and to the exhibitors for their entry and attendance on such a cold day.
I found all males entire and one level bite.
Best Of Breed
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Best Bitch
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Junior - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
12 month old blue & tan bitch that one fully appreciates once you get your hands on her. Beautiful feminine head with shallow stop and dark keen eyes with a lovely expression. She has a strong enough muzzle and correct bite. Properly placed and shaped small ears. Well balanced proportions. Sound in bone and small feet with thick pads. Ribs carried well back and of the right shape. Spanned with ease. Superb coat with correct ticking. She moved very well coming and going. Best Bitch. BOB.
The Northern Border Terrier Club Open Show
8th Apr 2023
Judge: Mrs J Carr (Wreighaugh)
My thanks go to the Committee of the NBTC for their invitation to judge their Open Show. I was honoured to receive this appointment and am incredibly grateful to the exhibitors who gave me such a great entry. It was a most enjoyable day and special thanks go to my Stewards, Andrea Pitt and Mark Atkinson, for keeping me on track and helping the ring to run smoothly.
Reserve Best In Show
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Best Opposite Sex
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Best Bitch
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Junior - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
13 month old Blue and Tan. A lovely young bitch with a well proportioned feminine head, keen expression, nice neat ears, good dentition and a strong jaw. She has a good neck leading into a well angulated shoulder and narrow front with straight legs with neat tight feet. Good length of rib, easily spanned, strong loin and narrow throughout. Nice tailset and carriage, she moved easily with good reach and drive. She has a thick pelt and very good ticked coat. BB; BOS; RBIS
East Anglia Border Terrier Club Championship Show
16th Apr 2023
Judge: Miss Tracey James (Blackmine)
A bit thank to the committee of EABTC for inviting me to judge their championship show. I really enjoyed my day and when I later looked at the catalogue to see my winners I found it interesting reading, as all my major winners were of similar lines.
Junior - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
racy b/t, strong but feminine head with keen expression, straight front, nicely angulated front and rear, ribbed well back and easily spanned with good underline. Moved true. Not always making the best of herself.
West of England Ladies Kennel Society
27th Apr 2023
Judge: Mr Mark Walshaw (Janmark)
Many thanks to the officers and committee for the invitation to judge at WELKS, it was quite a few years ago now, as I was due to judge them at the beginning of lockdown. Due to the heavy rain that had fallen over the preceding days, all judging was inside. It was slightly draughty, but we were allocated a double ring, so plenty of space, to see the exhibits stride out. I must thank the two stewards Lynn Jones and Celia Vines who kept the ring flowing beautifully and the exhibitors for making prompt appearances, we did well for time, starting approx. 0930 and finishing around 14:45. I thank all exhibitors for a wonderful entry (123 dogs making 172 entries} for a Thursday in Malvern and appreciate their time and expense for entering under me. There was plenty of quality to choose from and I was happy with my final decisions. Dentition was very good and a pleasure to judge dogs with clean teeth. I did find muscle tone to be poor/average in a lot of the exhibits, which must be one of the key areas for any working terrier. Jackets were mixed as was movement.
RBCC
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Junior - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
RBCC.A very smart blue & tan bitch that took my eye as soon as she went round the ring. Well balanced throughout with no exaggerations. She does not disappoint hands on. She has a beautiful feminine head, correct stop and dark alert keen eye, correctly shaped and placed ears, which gives a typical keen lovely expression. Muzzle strong with good dentition. Clean through body, with ribs carried well back. Easily spanned. Has good bone and adequate substance. Racey hindquarters and a well set tail finished the picture. Stood correctly at all times on small tight feet with good padding. Sporting her best jacket today and in good muscular fettle. She moved very well coming and going and maintain her clean profile and topline. Pleased to award her the RCC
Joint Border Terrier Clubs' Championship Show
30th Apr 2023
Judge: Mrs Hilary Gilpin (Otterbobs)
A very big thank you to the SBTC for inviting me to judge this very well run show, to Marina for stewarding and to the exhibitors for entering under me.
Junior - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
BL/T a real feminine type, a little bit narrower in muzzle than 1st, she has wonderful shoulders, good hind angulation and moved steady, A nice bitch with plenty to like especially her tail set, and good bone.
The Scottish Kennel Club (May) Championship Show
21st May 2023
Judge: Mr Frank Kane (Hirontower)
Junior - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
The Scottish Border Terrier Club Open Show
4th Jun 2023
Judge: Mrs V Atkinson (Raedwulf)
Thank you so much to the society for inviting me to judge this wonderful show. To my steward, Judy Carr, thank you for running my ring so efficiently, especially in the heat. Thanks must go to the ladies for our delicious lunch too. I was presented with some super examples of the breed and there were some tough decisions, especially in the bitches. I do also think the heat affected the performance of some as the day progressed. On the whole mouths were good, but a couple of very knotted tails and some dogs I was unable to span, even with generous allowance which would preclude them from fulfilling the breed standard of ‘essentially a working terrier’.
Junior - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Blue and tan bitch with a straight front, narrow throughout and a handy size, in good coat with pliable pelt. Good rear movement just preferred the overall picture of my winner.
Border Union Agricultural Society
17th Jun 2023
Judge: Mr Colin Girling (Benattivo)
I would like to thank the Officers and Committee for giving me the opportunity to judge Border Terriers in their spiritual home territory. My stewards, Audrey & Judith did a great job in running the class changes efficiently on a hot humid day. It was a lovely entry, with many exhibits that I had not judged before – thank you all. I found some exhibits which could have been better prepared with attention to coat, body condition and clean teeth. A few level bites a couple of kink tails influenced placings but all dogs were entire and overall a nice group of BT’s to go over. My main winners had breed qualities that outweighed any imperfection, that in my opinion wouldn’t impact on its ability to perform its traditional work.
Junior - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Nice Blue and Tan bitch in great condition with keen expression and narrow bodylines, moved really well on tight cat like feet.
Blackpool & District Canine Society
25th Jun 2023
Judge: Mrs Jayne Gillam (Orenberg)
Many thanks to the officers and committee for inviting me to judge Border Terriers at Blackpool & District Canine Society Championship show. Grateful thanks must go to my very efficient steward Gisela Duran who did an excellent job in making sure everything ran like clockwork. Finally thank you to the exhibitors for giving me such an excellent entry of 142 dogs making 183 entries, the largest entry across all breeds on the day. It really was a privilege to go over such a large entry of dogs and I thoroughly enjoyed my day.
The size of dogs has always been a perennial topic, but I was pleased to say overall, many of the dogs were of correct size on this occasion, with very few oversized dogs and only the odd one or two I couldn’t span. Bites were good and only an odd one with teeth out of line, although a few had broken teeth, quite a few had dirty teeth and some had small teeth which is something I really don’t like to see on, essentially a working terrier. It was good to find some really lovely tails, with not too many long thin, spindly tails we have seen in the past, although I was surprised to find four kinked tails in the entry.
Overall I thought it was a good entry, I found some quality exhibits and I was very pleased with my winners, and in particular will watch the progress of my puppy and junior placings with interest.
Junior - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
East of England Agricultural Society
6th Jul 2023
Judge: Joyce Martin (Merumhor)
Many thanks to the officers and committee for the invitation to judge Border Terriers at the East of England Agricultural Society Show, which was to be the last one run by this society. It was a super venue with lovely big rings which gave the dogs a chance to stride out. Many thanks to my ring stewards Peter and Lesley Armstrong for keeping things running smoothly and efficiently. I was delighted with my entry of 109 dogs making a total entry of 149 and pleased with the overall quality of dogs shown. Thank you to the exhibitors for giving the chance to go over your dogs and for the sporting way the placings were taken. It is indeed a privilege to have the opportunity do so. I was thrilled to be able to watch the terrier group and see my BOB - Stineval Lambert JW take group 1 in a quality line up. I also was delighted to hear that my BPIB - Glebeheath Ophelia went Group 3 in the Puppy Group.
Junior - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Driffield Championship Show
26th Aug 2023
Judge: Mrs. Liz Wright (Totherend)
My thanks to Driffield Championship Dog Show Society for the invitation to judge today and thanks to my stewards Peter and Lesley Armstrong, who kept the ring running smoothly. Thanks also to the exhibitors for allowing me to go over their dogs. Front movement in the breed still needs some improvement, but overall I had lots of quality exhibits. Bites were good and only one kinked tail.
Junior - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
The Scottish Kennel Club
1st Oct 2023
Judge: Mr M Armstrong (Bitcon)
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Excellent breed type, good head and eye, nice neck and shoulder, good jacket, good length of ribs, ok top-line and quarters, moved well, easy span and pelt, good bone and feet.
The Northern Border Terrier Club Open Show
7th Oct 2023
Judge: Mrs Norma Ellis (Normbar)
Thank you to the Committee for organising such a well run show. The quality of the the dogs was very good, making my decisions more difficult in a good way. Nice atmosphere plus friendly sportsmanship prevailed.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Close up will change places many times. Looked a picture stacked, good head and keen eye, narrow front and easily scannable, good length of neck into clean shoulders , well ribbed back and pleasing outline, harsh jacket, moved soundly.
The Scottish Border Terrier Club Members Limited Show
28th Jan 2024
Judge: Mr. P. Appleby (Hollexby)
Firstly I would like to thank the committee for inviting me to judge this show, it was an honour and a privilege, secondly thank you to the exhibitors for entering a lovely selection of dogs for me to go over, and lastly but not leastly to my Stewards, Liz Barret and Val Mason for keeping me right.
Best Bitch
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Best In Show
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
22 month blue and tan, eye catching bitch with a good feminine head with a keen expression , bright eyes, good coat and pelt, once settled moved well with good movement front an rear. My BiS
The Border Terrier Club Open Show
24th Feb 2024
Judge: Libby Tanton-Joy (Itsaso)
Thank you to the committee for inviting me to judge their open show held at Jedburgh, the home of the border terrier. It was a great privilege, and I had some amazing dogs present who are a credit to their owners, thank you for bringing them.
Thank you to my stewards for organising the rings so smoothly and keeping me on track so we finished at a reasonable time. The hospitality was second to none and I would like to thank the whole committee for this.
Reserve Best Bitch
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
This bitch really took my eye when entering the ring and she didn’t disappoint. She is such a lovely size and very easy to span. Her blue and tan coat has depth and texture. Varminty expression, strength of jaw, large teeth and small ears give to a typical head. She is very balanced with nothing overdone, straight font, neat feet and lovely rib and loin. Moved effortlessly around the ring, pleased to award her reserve best bitch.
Crufts
10th Mar 2024
Judge: Mrs Lesley Gosling (Akinside)
A tremendous entry of 275 Borders ( 25 absentees on the day)to enjoy handling, judging and placing. I must extend my appreciation to my two valiant stewards for their patience and skill in keeping classes moving. Thank you all.
I do believe our breed is changing, but in subtle ways. The lack of opportunities for true terrier work below ground for some Borders has been replaced by agility and other energetic pursuits, but lack of hard muscle tone has produced a ‘softer’ body on some exhibits. Some feet are slacker, pads are more spread and thinner and some fronts are wide. Movement is not always positive and a ‘driving’ action is lacking. Size is fluctuating too. We have a ‘working’ breed - let’s ensure that features defining the breed are not lost, i.e. ‘spannability’; a hard, harsh top coat and soft protective undercoat (not enough of those today); a dark, expressive eye, a broad skull and strong quarters – ‘the engine is at the back!’. Heads generally were good, but some bitch heads veered towards coarseness.
One thing not lost is the Border’s kind temperament – curious, interested and ready for anything.
RBCC
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Blue and tan bitch in 100% top condition. Tight feet on thick pads; Beautiful feminine breed head. Good dentition; easily spanned and in great harsh jacket. Tail of good length and thickness, well set on. Moved out with drive and parallel. Pleased to award her 1st place and RBCC.
The Border Terrier Club Championship Show
30th Mar 2024
Judge: Mrs Lynda Ward (Roundtown)
It was an honour to be invited to judge this, our parent club’s show. My thanks to the committee who ran such a lovely event with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. My judge’s gift is much appreciated and will be a treasured momento of the day.
My superstar stewards, Janice Johnson and Liz Barrett, worked hard and unobtrusively whilst keeping the classes moving smoothly over a long day – well done ladies.
Many thanks of course to the exhibitors who made the journey on a major bank holiday weekend giving a large and quality entry of 190 dogs making 229 entries plus 10 NFC.
I had some lovely sound and typical Borders to go over and, had I had them, I would have had no qualms in awarding 4 dog tickets and 5 bitch tickets.
Unfortunately there are always downsides in a big entry and today size was an issue with some overly large exhibits who were not spannable and very heavily built.
There were a number of youngsters which were obviously unused to having their mouths examined and more practice in a calm atmosphere would help to make them comfortable and avoid stress for them and their handlers.
Ears need watching as some were quite large and spoiled the head.
Sadly, as in the past I must complain about long tails. Tails are an integral aspect of the overall picture of a typical Border outline and long is simply wrong. Our breed standard is spartan compared to many others but for tails the description is clear and begins with, “Moderately short; fairly thick at base, then tapering.” Hopefully the issue will be addressed before the untypical becomes the norm.
On a positive note …
Feet were overall small and thickly padded although some would benefit from trimming and shorter nails.
There was a good number of lovely otter-like heads of correct proportions with well placed dark eyes and a keen expression.
As is usual these days coat presentation was generally good and today there were plenty of dense coats of correct texture and thick skins.
Do I think the quality shown in this entry bodes well for the breed? Yes.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Handy sized b/t. Has a good head with strong jaw. Neat front and easily spanned. Fit and in good double coat with plentiful ticking to head the class.
National Terrier Club
6th Apr 2024
Judge: Miss Elspeth Jackson (Clipstone)
Thanks to the National Terrier Club for their invitation to judge at this prestigious show and to the exhibitors who did me the honour of judging their dogs. I was lucky to have two efficient stewards who kept things running smoothly, thank you Laura and Dave.
The entry showed a good depth of quality. In many classes the places were hotly contested with decisions needing to be made on the narrowest of margins. I was very pleased to find that there were some good coats on thick pelts and the nice thick short tails which set off a good border so well.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Haystoun Cosmic Dancer At Paleside
Placing Critique
Loved this blue girl’s type and size. Neck of moderate length, well laid shoulders, well let back ribs to strong loin and good hindquarters give her a pleasing balanced outline. A lovely double coat, on a thick pelt, completed the picture.
