Show Placings
Southern BTC Limited Show
6th Mar 2011
Judge: Miss Lisa Jenkins (Badgerbeck)
Firstly, please accept my apology for the lateness of this critique, unfortunately I had problems with my PC which crashed and lost my first , almost complete report, leaving me with no option but to start again. Thank you for an excellent entry. I was very pleased to find that most of the exhibits were of a workable size & spannable, had big teeth with good strong muzzles/jaws, all males entire, only 2 very minor tail kinks, and temperaments were excellent. On the down side I had few in good deep double coat and a really thick pelt was hard to find, the true otter head seams to be being replaced by a squarer skull giving more of a teddy bear look not helped by over long moustaches/beards and big bushy eyebrows. Ribs were frequently too short & deep resulting in whippety underlines. Front movement is still a problem due to a lack of balance between front and hind angulation with dogs either having good hindquarters but short steep upper arms or they were correct in front but over angulated behind, this resulted in them either throwing their fronts about coming or dropping their withers in profile in an attempt to balance their stride. There were a handful with crowded incisors or missing a first or second premolar.
Good Citizen - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
close up to first and was unfortunately in her undercoat, strong muzzle with deep under jaw, skull flat but a little square, good shoulders, narrow rib, good topline and racy quarters. Nice bone & fit with muscle, she moved well on good feet.
National Terrier
2nd Apr 2011
Judge: Mrs Hilary Gilpin
Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
lovely headed red bitch, coat very sparse, making her look very untidy, a little rounded in ribs, handled well.
National Dog Show
7th May 2011
Judge: Mrs Jayne Alpe
Thank you to the committee for inviting me to judge, I thoroughly enjoyed my day. My two stewards were very efficient and experienced; they managed to keep my ring running smoothly. I found the quality in the dogs overall to be higher than last time I judged, with in both sexes a slight improvement in movement. Although there are still some that are not driving from behind and covering the ground, and some with short, choppy, odd front movement, sometimes coupled with too narrow fronts and lack of muscle tone. Maybe more road walking would help in some cases to build up muscle, but in others is down to a problem with shoulder construction and pasterns. I found no incorrect mouths, there were a couple with broken teeth, hopefully indicative that we still work some of our show dogs. But there was a shortage of those lovely strong big teeth that the breed is known for and small teeth are on the increase. What also did disturb me was that large heavy ears seem to be creeping into the breed, which affects that lovely typical expression. In a lot of classes places could alter on another day, in fact in some classes I was spoilt for choice and would have liked more than one red card. I was delighted with my top winners who all fitted my criteria very well, every one of them displaying correct Border type coupled with sound and true movement.
Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Another one that caught my eye, great head, good bite, correct size, excellent mover, she oozed charisma coupled with type.
Bath Championship Show
27th May 2011
Judge: Mr B Rodgers
Graduate - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Lovely head. Keen expression. Nice bone and feet. Drives from her good angulated quarters. Top marks for presentation. Well handled.
Southern BTC Championship Show
11th Jun 2011
Judge: Mr Rainer Vuorinen (Finland)
It was a great honour and privilege to judge your wonderful breed. Thanks to all, the committee, my stewards and everybody who made my day so wonderful. Thanks to all the exhibitors for their excellent sporting attitude. The hospitality was outstanding and many thanks for the beautiful present. I have been thinking of the overall standard and I have to say your dogs represent a very high quality.
Yearling - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Welsh Kennel Club
20th Aug 2011
Judge: Mr Simon Jackson
I was honoured to be asked to judge this show, as I have enjoyed exhibiting at this well run, friendly society over many years. While the indoor rings are large, well lit and have lots of space around them for exhibitors and spectators, given the nice weather, it was disappointing not to be able to use the normal show arena, but this was not possible due to a request from The Royal Welsh Showground management.
I was pleased for find only one “bad” mouth, but I was disturbed to find a small number of mouths which, while exhibiting a "correct scissor bite", the placement of the upper teeth was awry in such a manner, that it caused the exhibits to appear to have an over bite. A few others had strange face furnishings resulting in a “Griffon Bruxellois” like expression which is incorrect and spoils the looks of a Border Terrier.
I would also like to thank my stewards, Vicky and Tina Pierson for their smooth handling of the ring. I would also like to thank all exhibitors, some of whom travelled many miles which is very expensive in these economic times.
Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Pretty red in close coat. She has a thick pelt, good narrow front and well carried ribs to strong loin. Excellent tail and sound movement.
South Wales KA
9th Oct 2011
Judge: Mr David Winsley
RBCC
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Red grizzle with a lovely type of head, almost a perfect one. Good neck and shoulders, spans well, straight front and good feet. Well balanced body, good topline and clean outline. Good hindquarters, correct tailset and a quality coat. Lovely lively mover, alert and shows very well. RCC.
Midland Counties
30th Oct 2011
Judge: Mr Alan Small (Timoray)
Thanks for a lovely entry. I thougherly enjoyed my day. Special thanks for the invite and to my two lady stewards who kept things moving along nicely. I was particularly impressed with the young stock which augurs well for the breed. Coats were at all stages, from coming in to on the turn.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
WELKS
28th Apr 2012
Judge: Mr Phil Sharp
I appreciated the good entry. With a ring rather restricted in size ( not to mention a bitterly cold wind blowing through the cattle shed), I felt it was necessary to give the dogs as much opportunity as possible to move. Unfortunately, several moved rather wide behind, while one or two were plaiting in front. Coats were a problem , with a couple of good looking dogs showing absolutely no topcoat at all. It was interesting to see that most, but not all, of the dogs that I saw when I last judged Borders in 2010 had come on well.
Post Graduate - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
a lovely bitch but unfortunately not in the best of jackets. Nice head, but what was outstanding was the superb balance on the move. Good fore and aft. Looked really good , but my notes say ‘pity about the coat’
Three Counties Championship Show
10th Jun 2012
Judge: Mrs P McLellan
I enjoyed my day very much and must thank the exhibitors for an excellent entry. I was pleased with my principle winners. Some dogs were penalised today for lack of coat. I know coats will grow but at this level of showing dogs really need to be in good coat and in good coat condition. Movement in some exhibits left a lot to be desired.
RBCC
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Feminine red bitch. Super head and expression – good short muzzle with correct scissor bite. Nicely shaped eye. Good topline and tailset. Good body shape and she moved out well on neat feet. My notes say “Lovely!â€
Southern Border Terrier Club Championship Show
21st Jun 2012
Judge: Mr Bill Gray (Pontbeck)
I would first like to thank the Club for the invitation to judge one of the most prestigious shows in the calendar. I have looked forward to the appointment for several years and I must say I was not disappointed with my day. The entry was full of quality, especially in the bitch classes, with the open bitch class being the best class I have ever judged.
I have been concerned, over the past few years, on how the breed would develop after the fox hunting ban. If todays entry is typical of the breed as a whole, I can only say it is in safe hands. Movement is still a problem but a much smaller problem than the last time I judged. The number of exhibits with short carrot tails pleased me greatly and the majority of the entry had good double coats, some exceptional and thick pelts. There were a few exhibits with level bites and one with a crowded mouth. One exhibit had a kinked tail.
The show was very quiet with little noise from the exhibits, well done everyone, terriers need a bit of spark but should not show aggression to each other and the temperaments here today were to be commended to the dog`s owners.
I didn’t have any under fed dogs showing all had a good covering of flesh but there were a number of poor, soft muscled dogs which needed more exercise.` The ability to follow a horse` is there in the breed standard, get the dogs out and get them fit.
I thank my stewards for their unobtrusive efficiency and attentiveness which made the day run smoothly.
Mid Limit - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
This quality bitch demonstrates what I want in a Border Terrier. Strong typical but feminine otter head, level topline and good tail set, narrow ribs carried well back, good jacket and pelt and she moves well too. Would not have been out of place in the open class with the many champions
Windsor Championship Show
1st Jul 2012
Judge: Mr K Holmes
Limit - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Another very nice quality bitch, so sound on the move with an excellent outline, showed well and liked her head, a nice bitch.
Northern Border Terrier Club Championship Show
17th Jul 2012
Judge: Mrs. A. C. Fryer (Irton)
My thanks to the Northern Club for the opportunity to judge their 40th Championship show and for their wonderful hospitality; to the exhibitors for giving me such a lovely entry and to my stewards Doreen Rushby & Tracy Peacock for their assistance through the day.
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed my day, as we expect from this club there was a wonderful atmosphere all day with good support for the winners and, of course, very impressive rosettes!
I was pleased with the entry and thought the Veteran class outstanding. In general exhibits were good types of Border, presented clean and reasonably well muscled. I dislike over handling and excessive stacking of exhibits, these are working terriers and if made right they will – eventually – stand right. In general heads were typical, some with excellent expressions. Coats, of course, were all over the place but where present were of good quality and in the main pelts were OK with some very good examples. Feet generally were OK but good tight well padded feet were definitely in the minority. Similarly ears were generally OK but small, well set, well shaped thick ears were scarce. Tails and tailset were very much a plus with some very good examples, just a few rather long or thin ones. I was pleased to find enough well made dogs who covered their ground cleanly without fuss and flicking but good movement was definitely one of the major problems, particularly in the bitches.
Shoulder placement was a problem in a significant number of exhibits, mostly these were upright shoulders out at the withers giving big problems with front movement. These may look good standing but these dogs are not sound on the move, a vital requirement for a Border.
I accept that an older dog can lose teeth or have a bite move but I was disappointed to find a number of young dogs with incorrect bites, missing and broken teeth. I thought a number of heads were weak, particularly across the jaw and these seem to go with rather small teeth, I wonder if these are related problems?
Mid Limit - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Good headed bitch, nice ears, good strong muzzle, nice eye & expression, good for bone with excellent feet. Very good shoulder with her ribs carried well back. Good in loin and nice balance if a fragment short, moved well and was showing her head off.
Class Critique
A mixed class with lots of different types.
Southern Border Terrier Club Open Show
16th Sep 2012
Judge: Mr Alan Hedges (Ramblix)
I considered it a great honour to be invited to judge this show. I looked forward to it greatly and I was not in any way disappointed. A classy club with a classy committee. My stewards were great and we had some interesting moments through the day, but we coped. Thank you to all involved with the club and most of all the exhibitors for doing me the honour of having me judge your dogs. Thank you.
Whenever I judge Staffords, which is my own breed I always make the point that exhibitors should rid their dogs of any reasons to get beaten. Long pointed nails are not a good look, nor are they good for the dog. Even I can make a decent fist of a borders coat and as a singular part of the breed and its identification a bit more attention would not have gone amiss in some. Excess weight is not good for anybody, least of all, what is ostensibly a working terrier. I think there may well be some stars of the future in some of the lower classes and I shall watch with greater interest now when I am at the border ring. Thanks again to you all for coming and entering into the spirit of the day. I had a brilliant day and I hope you did too.
Limit - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
What coat this bitch had was very harsh and her musculation was a credit to her owners. If I saw anything today that looked like it could go all day this one was it. I just preferred the head and coat on the winner.
Class Critique
This was a good class and the combatants did plenty of moving round the ring whilst I got it straight in my head.
Driffield Championship Show
22nd Sep 2012
Judge: Miss Tracey James (Blackmine)
Limit - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
South Wales Kennel Association
13th Oct 2012
Judge: Mr David Fryer (Irton)
Not a numerically strong entry, but plenty of quality – I had no difficulty finding enough good ‘uns. The Border Terrier standard is short on detail, and needs interpretation. I see the key to that interpretation to be in the first two lines of the standard – ‘Essentially a working terrier‘, and ‘capable of following a horse, combining activity with gameness‘. It is further necessary to fully understand that the work the terrier is expected to do, is to go to ground to bolt a fox; that the horse in question is typically a sturdy hill pony, and the ground to follow it over is typically rough, upland country such as the Cheviots or North Pennines. Hence a sturdy dog is required, with enough scope and length to move economically on rough ground, enough lung and heart room to do it at speed all day, yet small enough to follow a fox to ground. Too short, or too narrow or sprung in the rib will not do this; nor will steep shoulders or under- or over-angulated hind quarters. Coat and pelt must be fit to protect from both weather and fox; quality is of more importance than grooming. Other than one senior citizen with missing teeth (understandable), a few exhibits with chipped teeth (no problem) and several with bites no better than level (not incorrect, merely undesirable), I found no bad mouths. All males were entire.
RBCC
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Limit - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
More upstanding, stronger bitch; Superb head, well laid and muscled shoulder, good rib; well angulated behind, maybe shorter coupled than 1. Best coat of the day, harsh, dense and full. A tendency to over enthusiasm on the move, but sound when settled. In top condition, well muscled . Res BCC
Class Critique
Very good class, quality went all the way through and beyond the cards.
Midland Counties
25th Oct 2012
Judge: Mr. Gerald Baker (Jaslou)
Limit - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Southern Border Terrier Club Championship Show
8th Jun 2013
Judge: Mr W R Irving
It was an honour to be invited to judge the Southern Border Terrier Club’s Championship Show for the second time, the last time having been exactly twenty years ago in 1993. The entry on this occasion was 215 from 203 dogs of which 14 were entered NFC. My thanks go to the Show Manager, Officers and Committee of the Club for their hospitality and organisation and to the exhibitors for their entries and for the sporting way in which they accepted my decisions. Special thanks to Wendy and Andrew Mooney and Bev Marsh for stewarding so efficiently and for organising the collecting ring which allowed us to finish in good time.
As usual there were more bitches than dogs entered. It was encouraging to see some good quality entries through the various classes and not just at the senior end, I thought that by and large heads and expressions were good with not many narrow long skulls there. My feeling was that while there were still plenty of dogs with poor fronts of one kind or another present, there were more good fronted exhibits around from which to find winners than the last time I judged. Coats were mixed and at times I had to forgive some lack of coat. As always there was a good deal of variation in size as always, but in the end I felt I was able to find winners of good enough size with enough scope and lines. I felt that tails were mixed and at times, in looking for overall quality, I had to reward dogs with tails that I felt were less than perfect in shape, length or carriage. By and large the dogs behaved pretty well and were presented clean. I was keen to see the dogs moving around the ring and not ‘stacked’. That is surely the most revealing in conformation terms.
DCC and BOB was Jenkins’ Badgerbeck Uncle Fester. RDCC was Stockleys’ Ch Foxfactor Pied Piper. BCC and RBIS was May and Whisker’s Thistlestone Jenny Wren. RBCC was Higham’s Comberdown Thistle. BP was Hall and Ellis’ Brackenfell Bok To Bach and BPB was Clark’s Gameway Fortune Cookie. BV was Stockleys’ Foxfactor Hornblower
Mid Limit - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
also pleasing in head though slightly bigger in ear than 1, good neck and topline, correct amount of length of body with ribs carried well back. Well muscled behind. Did not show with quite the style of the winner.
Pembroke County Show
13th Aug 2013
Judge: Mrs Vanessa Cox (Petaz/Pettipaw)
Open /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Terrier Club of South Wales Open Show
29th Sep 2013
Judge: Karen S Stockley (Foxfactor)
Reserve Best Of Breed
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Open - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
4 years red with a with a good head,small neat ears well set on,moderate breadth of flat skull,correct bite,good length of neck into well laid shoulders.a well balanced bitch who moved well,lovely small tight feet,easily spanned,enough length,strong loin,tail well set on and good shape and length,a bit short of coat today but thick loose pelt,just preferred the length and rib of the PD for BOB. Res BOB
Midland Counties Canine Society
25th Oct 2013
Judge: Mrs Val Furness
Thank you to M.C.C.A for the appointment also my stewards and a thank you to the exhibitors. Coats and size were mixed and a few entries i could not span the one thing that was apparent was the number of very lean exhibits. You BREED for size not FEED for it.
It was also nice to see that most of the early classes looked as they should be and not looking like they should be in open class
Limit - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Impressive to go over short of coat but everything about this bitch was quality just a pity she came up against 1st
Chepstow & District Canine Society Open Show
8th Dec 2013
Judge: Mrs Jill Stevens (Cobstoneway)
Thank you to the show committee for inviting me to judge, and for the warm welcome and lunch. All the exhibits were nicely turned out and well presented, and all bites were correct.
Best Of Breed
Name at show: TG1, Nogard Take Ten
Open /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Four year old grizzle and tan bitch on top form and enjoying her day. Lovely head with strong muzzle, big teeth and keen expression. Straight, narrow front, right amount of bone, and small neat feet. Good reach of neck into excellent shoulders. Easily spanned and narrow throughout, with a really excellent loose thick pelt and correct double coat. Short carrot tail. Strong in loin. Moved out soundly covering the ground well. Still showing with enthusiasm at the end of the day. BOB and TG1.
Class Critique
Two nice bitches.
Ladies Kennel Association
15th Dec 2013
Judge: Mrs Jayne Alpe
I was honoured to accept this appointment at short notice, due to Kathy Wilkinson’s ill health. I was impressed with the new halls and layout this year.
I was able to judge with no preconceptions, as I have only been to two shows this year, so the majority of dogs were new to me. A good size entry with some good quality dogs present in a number of classes in which I was splitting hairs I had two very good stewards who handled the large classes with calm and efficient precision allowing me to get on with my job.
Overall movement, has improved considerably. In my opinion Borders should move soundly, positively and with the minimum of effort needed to cover the ground well, this means that they use far less energy when travelling distances, and my principal winners all fitted this criteria. Nice large teeth and good bites were very much in evidence. At long last I am starting to see definition between dogs and bitches, I like to see a masculine dog and a feminine bitch. The other thing I was pleased to see was the majority had good tight feet. Some exhibitors seem to be under the impression that an underweight dog is a way to make them easier to span, it doesn’t work! I hate to be able to feel bone and not muscle.
I learnt after judging that there was some kind of aggression in one of the classes, unfortunately I did not witness this personally, as I was going over a dog on the table, if I had of seen it then I would have taken appropriate action as this type of temperament is totally unacceptable in our lovely breed.
Limit - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
Well conformed bitch, who moved so well, otter head with plenty of furnishings, nothing to dislike, I judged her as a puppy and she has come up to my expectations, she was well in contention for top honours.
West Of England Ladies' Kennel Society
25th Apr 2014
Judge: Mr A Cuthbertson (Ashbrae)
Thank you to the exhibitors for their entries and to my two stewards.
I think size needs to be watched in the breed as a working terrier. I have a large span but a number of dogs were not spannable by me, this reflected in my placings. We also seem to loosing the otter like head, some with too much stop, some with weak muzzles and others lacking under jaw. This results in a loss of type which defines the breed. We should try and adhere to the breed standard laid down by the original border terrier breeders.
The over baiting of dogs on the table is totally unnecessary. In my opinion they do not need to be constantly fed on the table. It makes judging difficult when a dog is constantly looking for food.
I was very surprised to see border terriers with coats on around the ring, as they should have their own double coat for warmth and protection. I hope this isn’t the start of trend with the breed becoming just another show breed and losing its identity as the standard states “essentially a working terrier”.
Limit - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Nogard Take Ten
Placing Critique
A nice headed light red coated bitch. Lots to like, okay for bone with coat of good texture. In fit hard condition, moved and well shown.
