Show Placings
Southern Border Terrier Club Open Show with Critique
19th Sep 2010
Judge: Miss Gemma Alpe
Firstly I must thank SBTC for giving me the honour of judging my first Breed Club show. I thoroughly enjoyed my day and had some first class dogs to judge. I found no bad mouths and only one with a slightly suspect kink and movement on the whole was pretty good. The one thing that bothered me was that we seem to be losing our way a little with those lovely fronts that to me are a big part of our breed, and a number of dogs are toeing out both on the stand and on the move. I was pleased with my winners, they mostly fitted my interpretation of the breed standard, but I was delighted with my top winners, all of whom are a credit to the breed and I thank their owners for giving me the opportunity to judge them.
Puppy - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Novice - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
National Terrier
2nd Apr 2011
Judge: Mrs Hilary Gilpin
Yearling - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Novice - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Bournemouth Championship Show
14th Aug 2011
Judge: Mrs Zena Thorn-Andrews
Novice - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Graduate - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Southern Border Terrier Club Open Show
18th Sep 2011
Judge: Mrs Karen Dean (Tyrian)
I would first like to thank the club for inviting me to judge their open show and thank the exhibitors for a lovely entry. I was very pleased with my major winners and several placings were close decisions. There were a number of exhibits that would benefit from shedding a pound or two and in some classes this could have altered the line-up somewhat. Our breed standard is all about moderation and I hope the exaggerated hind angulation noticed on a couple of occasions today does not become the norm, it makes the back end look weak and foreign in our breed. There were several promising youngsters that I will watch with interest as they mature further in their show careers
Graduate - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Bournemouth Championship Show
13th Aug 2012
Judge: Mr W Browne-Cole
Graduate - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Placing Critique
typy, good pelt, moved well going. Would prefer slightly better front movement
Bath Canine Society Championship Show
24th May 2013
Judge: Mr Martin P Phillips
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Paignton Championship Show
3rd Aug 2013
Judge: Mrs B Jackson (Clipstone)
I thoroughly enjoyed judging at Paignton Championship Show. The new venue (well, new to me) was very pleasant and the show was efficiently run by the helpful and friendly committee. I had an excellent entry which contained lots of quality dogs to choose from. Some classes were, however, a real mix of types, again the Fox Terrier type with high ear carriage are appearing, as are those with almost "hound like" ears, far too large and which ruin the head. Ultimately I judged to my interpretation of the Standard. I like a dog to be a real stallion dog and a bitch, his feminine counterpart. I do not like bitchy dogs and masculine bitches. I was incredibly pleased with my winners, neither of which I have judged before and who to my mind are excellent examples of the breed, both home bred too, not bought in.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Placing Critique
Slightly heavier all round than 1. Pretty head and expression, nice dark eye. Not the rear movement of 1 as lacking in the angulation and drive.
The North Devon Show
7th Aug 2013
Judge: Mr Frank Kane
Open - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
The Terrier Club of Devon & Cornwall
20th Oct 2013
Judge: Mr R Wright (Totherend)
My thanks to the organisers and exhibitors for a very welcoming and well supported show with 43 Borders constituting over a quarter of the total show entry. There was plenty of loose pelts, harsh coats, neat feet and quality dogs although a few would struggle to be called spanable, one had a kinked tail and another a bad mouth. However, the day was topped off nicely with a reserve best puppy in show trying hard to maintain some decorum alongside her highly excited handler. A good day.
Limit /
Third Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Torquay & District Canine Society Open Show
1st Mar 2014
Judge: Graham Hughes
Open /
Second Place
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
Exeter and County Canine Society
22nd Mar 2014
Judge: Mr Ken Jessup
Open /
Reserve
Name at show: Towden Jessica Jay
