Show Placings
Durham County Canine Association
14th Jul 2013
Judge: Miss C Tutin
Puppy /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Placing Critique
another smart puppy, moving out well holding her topline, well ribbed back.
Cartmel Agricultural Society
7th Aug 2013
Judge: Moira Barrass (Gallondean)
Best Puppy
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Junior /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Lunesdale Agricultural Society
13th Aug 2013
Judge: Sylvia Monaghan (Nostradamus)
Best Puppy
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Special Yearling /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Scottish Kennel Club
25th Aug 2013
Judge: Mr D W Shields (Wilholme)
Minor Puppy - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Driffield A S
21st Sep 2013
Judge: Mrs Charlotte Archibald
My sincere thanks to the Officers and Committee, for inviting me to judge the Border Terriers at this show. We were truly blessed with some lovely autumn sunshine, and a well laid out ring.
Thank you, to all the exhibitors for allowing me the privilege to “go over†your dogs, however, I had concerns about the size and movement of some of the exhibits. I have a fair span and struggled to get anywhere near some dogs, which reflected in the placings.
Consequently, some heavy shoulders, and wide fronts.
Minor Puppy - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
The Northern Border Terrier Club Open Show
5th Oct 2013
Judge: Mrs. Trudi Baird (Dowgri)
Thank you to the Northern Border Terrier club for my invitation to judge at my first breed club show.
I was honoured to receive such a fantastic entry both in quality and quantity
Thanks go to the committee who made me feel so welcome on my arrival and at lunch, special thank you to my two able stewards Alan Horner and Norma Todd who kept the ring running so smoothly
My findings on the day were mostly positive ,there were some excellent coats and thick pelts, typical heads, good bone ,movement was mostly very good, though a couple of otherwise quality exhibits had to sadly drop down the line due to poor movement on the day.
There were a few with large flat feet ,some with small teeth ,I also found presentation on a few disappointing -particularly untrimmed feet and full long beards, a handful of dogs lacked condition with thin pelts and no meat on their ribs and more worryingly some lacked muscle tone, but these were few and far between .
All the males were entire , all bites good bar one, broken or the odd missing tooth does not concern me.
I was taken back by both of my line ups and was pleased to be able to present dogs and bitches who were what I considered to be excellent examples of the breed and who were on form , both challenges were very close up and it was a delight to be able to select from any of the winners
Maiden - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Placing Critique
G/T puppy bitch who was in good coat, liked her length of body, head still to mature but has plenty of time, excellent bite and moved well , shown to advantage by a junior handler, well done.
Darlington and District Canine Society Open Show
1st Feb 2014
Judge: Mr J R Mann (Valger)
Junior /
First Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Jarrow and Hebburn Canine Society Open Show
9th Feb 2014
Judge: Anna Duxbury (Ridgebow)
I would very much like to thank the officers and committee for offering me this appointment, and for their hospitality. Thanks also to the ring steward who kept things running smoothly, and of course to all the exhibitors for allowing me the privilege of going over their dogs. Temperaments on the day were excellent, coats were very varied. I found one dog with an incorrect bite and all male dogs were entire.
Junior /
Third Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Spennymoor & District Canine Society
16th Feb 2014
Judge: Ms Judith Fawcett (Carrock)
Special Yearling /
Third Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Billingham Synthonia CC Open Show
23rd Feb 2014
Judge: Mr D Mitchell
Junior /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Graduate /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
The Border Terrier Club Championship Show
29th Mar 2014
Judge: Mrs Jane Parker (Conundrum)
I would like to thank the BTC club, for giving me a second chance to judge this, the most prestigious of the breed clubs championship shows. I was judge elect in 2010, but caught the awful Noro virus the night before I was due to judge and spent the next two days flat out.
The new venue that the committee has found, has to be lauded. It is large, airy, light, the flooring is excellent. The car park looked huge. From a judges point of view I could see all the dogs clearly at any time. Congratulations on a super venue.
My two stewards, Chris Davis and Liz Barratt were so very organised and kept me informed and on time throughout the day, with good humour lots of smiles and attention to detail. With such a lovely entry numbers wise, it was a long day. Thank you both.
Living in Canada now, it was a real pleasure to judge dogs that I had mostly not seen. Obviously some of the older ones were mere youngsters before I left and it was nice to see how they had progressed through the years. I found no missing testicles, mouths on the whole were good, with only a few missing teeth or one or two misaligned. Heads were in general better overall than when I left, with more who carried a moderately broad backskull and also a lot more with very good underjaw, something one had to look hard to find a few years ago. Coats were on the whole, good, there were a very few however, who had greasy and dirty coats, this I feel is completely unnecessary. A few arrived without their coats, this is just unfortunate as dogs do not know about our ambitions in regard to shows, and if the coat needs to come out then so be it! Feet in some instances were weak, with some flat footed and others harefooted, this breed needs to have really good tight feet, small with thick pads and be well knuckled, poor feet make the whole outline of the dog look wrong. The worst fault I found, as usual were fronts, all the usual suspects were there, wide fronts, narrow fronts, flicking wrists etc. I do begin to wonder if we will ever get this completely right, but if we are breeders looking to the future, we must be hard on this most prevalent fault, and do not use these dogs and bitches in our breeding programmes. Bitches had the most quality through the entry, again, this is usual, however the dogs that were good, were very very good, and the best, were exceptional. Size does need to be watched, this is a somewhat cyclical thing, but there were some big dogs and bitches in the ring. The first and most important words in our standard...â€Essentially a working terrierâ€...if it cannot be spanned, it is too big. In general I feel the breed in the country of origin is in pretty good shape, the top percentage of the dogs I judged were quite lovely and had breed type to spare. In my critique you will no doubt notice expressions I use again and again. I find certain things are ubiquitous (but none the less hugely important to breed type) and have my pet ways of describing them, I hope you forgive my industrial repetition in some regards.
Special Beginners - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Cleveland Dog Society
13th Apr 2014
Judge: Mr M Spark (Sharvo)
Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Seaham and District Canine Society Open Show
3rd May 2014
Judge: Mr W Gray (Pontbeck)
Open /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Hartlepool and District Kennel Association Open Show
4th May 2014
Judge: Mr A Johnson (Oregill)
Post Graduate /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Northumberland County Agricultural Society
26th May 2014
Judge: Mr. Bob Wright (Totherend)
My thanks to the organisers, stewards and exhibitors for a very welcoming and well supported show despite having to overcome the queues, mudbath and delays they faced before the start of judging. A few exhibits were borderline spanable, a couple had poor dentition and several had weak muzzles but there were plenty of loose pelts, harsh coats, neat feet and quality dogs. It was particularly pleasing to see some full and natural coats which seemed most appropriate for the wild and beautiful surroundings of the show. Ground conditions didn’t help movement but all the exhibits were well behaved and most well presented. I have a view that bitches tend to suffer a little in mixed classes but I tried to be even handed in this respect.
Yearling /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Harrogate and District Canine Society Open Show
19th Jul 2014
Judge: Mr Bill Gray (Sygar)
Post Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
The Northern Dog Club
31st Jan 2015
Judge: Carole Ridley (Jagstaff)
Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Darlington Canine Society Open Show
7th Feb 2015
Judge: Mr Matthew Oddie (Riowood)
Post Graduate /
Third Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Spennymoor and District Canine Society Open Show
15th Feb 2015
Judge: Mr David Robbins (Chenting)
Post Graduate /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Billingham Synthonia Canine Club Open Show
22nd Feb 2015
Judge: Mr K Green (Terrabyte)
Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Canine Society Open Show
1st Mar 2015
Judge: Mrs Patricia Wells (Kortebin)
Open /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Newton Aycliffe and District Canine Society Open Show
6th Apr 2015
Judge: Mrs Mandy Kenna (Cynetkoy)
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Ripon and District Canine Society Open Show
7th Jun 2015
Judge: Mr Gary Lewthwaite (Garthwaite)
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Lanchester Agricultural CS Open Show
5th Jul 2015
Judge: John Senior (Josen)
Best Of Breed
Name at show: TG3, Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Durham County Canine Association Open Show
12th Jul 2015
Judge: Jayne Pratt (Terrijay)
I would like to say thank you to the exhibitors for entering under me at this show. It was a lovely well run show and to add to it the sun was shinning.
Open - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Cartmel Agricultural Society Open Show
5th Aug 2015
Judge: Janette Callon (Russtam)
Open /
Third Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Sedgefield Agricultural Society Open Show
8th Aug 2015
Judge: Mr Tan Nagrecha (Chandlimore)
Graduate /
Third Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Lunesdale Agricultural Society Open Show
11th Aug 2015
Judge: Carmel Clarke-O'Neill
Open /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Bridgford & DCS Open Show
27th Sep 2015
Judge: Mr Darren J Lockley (Chatmoss)
My thanks to all involved especially the exhibitors for bringing their dogs for me to go over and give my opinion.
All dogs were easily spannable which was a pleasure to see and most felt super fit with great jackets.
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Ragatam Rumour About Alderseadale
Placing Critique
20 mth red bitch. Another from this kennel which was in super fit condition. Excellent coat with a loose, pliable pelt. Easily spanned. Moderately broad head with correct ears and eyes. Good scissor bite with decent sized teeth, although 1 tooth is broken I see no reason whatsoever to punish it. Good front assembly and shoulder placement. Another 1 with a strong loin, thighs and second thigh. Good carroty tail which was well set on. Standing on good hard feet with well worn nails. Unfortunately this bitch was more interested in the catering facilities which were immediately adjacent to our ring and it showed in her movement.
