Show Placings
Yorks, Lancs, & Cheshire Border Terrier Club Open Show
24th Jan 2009
Judge: Mr Kevin Green
Minor Puppy - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Scottish Kennel Club
16th May 2009
Judge: Dr Ron Wheatley (Loiriston)
Junior - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Scottish Border Terrier Club Open Show
30th May 2009
Judge: Mr Brian Aubrey (Jenabeck)
Junior - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Paignton & District Fanciers Association
3rd Aug 2009
Judge: Mrs Nancy Hogg (Raeburnfoot)
I would like to thank the exhibitors for a lovely entry. Some quality exhibits to go over in both dogs and bitches and I was pleased with my winners. Temperament was excellent throughout. Such a shame we couldn?t be outdoors.
Junior - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Bournemouth Championship Show
10th Aug 2009
Judge: Mrs Margaret Sneddon (Kersfell)
Thank you to my very efficient stewards. I think we have a real problem with the front construction and movement in the breed; there were far too many exhibits with short, steep upper arms, often resulting in a build up of bulky muscle on the outer line of the shoulder and the movement in front on many was very poor. The Border is ?essentially a working terrier and this type of construction will seriously compromise its ability to work.
Junior - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Placing Critique
dark grizzle with a superb depth of coat, harsh in texture with a good undercoat and the thickest of pelts, all of which made her look heavier than she actually is; to be critical I would prefer a little more length of leg. A very well constructed bitch with a good front, has a superb old-fashioned otter head with a flat, refined skull and strong jaw, she reminded me of some of the good bitches around in the 1970s; very good mover.
Class Critique
A very close decision between the first two in this class.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
National Terrier
3rd Apr 2010
Judge: Mrs Valerie Furness (Quatford)
A big thank you to the National Terrier Club for inviting me to judge this prestigious show and thank you to my stewards especially Fred who as always put everybody and everything in order and kept the judging on the move and flowing.
I was looking for a true Border and was pleased with all my placings to-day, all of good quality. What I did notice was a lot of quantity but not a lot of quality. Front and hind movement looks to be getting worse, some exhibits were so lacking in bone that the front legs would make good knitting needles and some were actually doing knit one, pearl one when moving back towards me. I could see front pads on some as they were moving away. Hind movement was either too close or too wide, over-angulation needs to be watched. Top lines on the whole were good but there were some strange under-lines. A lot of exhibits were so short in muzzle that this made for very tight dentition, small feet were few and far between and tails in some were far too long, where have all the “carrots” gone. I only found three incorrect mouths and two abnormal tails. Some exhibits would benefit from more handling/ring-craft experience as their poor performance affected placings.
I think the Breed Standard would make good reading for some exhibitors.
On a positive note, temperaments overall where very good.
Graduate - Bitch /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Placing Critique
Not much between 1 and 2 in this class but felt that 1 had better movement and showmanship.
Paignton & District FA
2nd Aug 2010
Judge: Mrs Carol Lumbard
Post Graduate - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
The Border Terrier Club Open Show
26th Feb 2011
Judge: Mrs J Guvercin (Glebeheath)
May I take this opportunity to thank the Officers and committee for inviting me to judge their show and for their warm welcome and hospitality. My two stewards, Eddie Houston and Jimmy Gilpin had the ring running like clockwork, which enabled me to get on with the job of judging a quality entry of 141 dogs making 177 entries.
My sincere thanks to all exhibitors, who entrusted me with their dogs and accepted my placings in a sporting fashion, the day was a most memorable experience.
The North can be proud of their dogs, as there were many quality examples on display, all temperaments appeared steady, with just an occasional bored one! Not unusual, as most, I think, would rather be out chasing vermin!!
A handful of kinked tails didn’t surprise me, but youngsters with poor mouths did! Having said that, there were some lovely dogs in the puppy classes and placings were hotly contested with very little to separate them. My interpretation of the standard for balance ie: fairly long, is slightly longer than tall.
I feel that a border needs length as well as narrowness to negotiate a fox earth, but still retaining heart/lung room to enable it to follow a horse. Coats were at varying stages, but as long as I could find evidence , I didn’t let it rule out, an otherwise, good exhibit.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Paignton & District FA
7th Aug 2012
Judge: Miss Rebecca Barber (Alcumlow)
I would like to thank the committee for their hospitality, I thoroughly enjoyed my day. Thank you to all of the exhibitors for giving me such a good entry of quality dogs. I judge according to the breed standard and I felt that my winners today were extremely fitting.
Post Graduate - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Highfell Remedy
Placing Critique
Grizzle bitch, in excellent coat, nice head with flat skull and strong jaw. Good topline and tailset and racy rear. Moved out well, another nice bitch.
