Show Placings
Southern Counties Canine Association
6th Jun 2009
Judge: Mrs Hilary Gilpin (Otterbobs)
Thank you to all the exhibitors for your huge entry, it?s a good job we went outside for Limit Dog as we would not all fit into the inside wet weather ring. I really enjoyed judging the dogs more than the bitches not often is the case but today it was.
Coats were either non existence, blown or half and half, just a handful were in double coat and they looked the part. One bad mouth, one had a front tooth missing, all dogs were entire and no bitches in season
Post Graduate - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
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.
Post Graduate - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Richmond Championship Show
12th Sep 2009
Judge: Mrs Janet Lee (Tythrop)
Sincere apologies to my exhibitors, the committee failed to inform me the proposed order of group judging had changed & the Terrier group was brought forward, the tannoy call was the 1st thing I knew about it. My back spasm during junior dog meant I was reduced to shuffling, sorry.
Most dogs were new to me & temperaments in the ring were good, my winners could do the job they were intended for being free from coarseness & lumber, spannable & narrow, with corresponding good construction & movement.
Several heads were short in skull & blocky, more resembling the balance of an Asian Short Clawed Otter, than an English one, the latter have longer than broad flat skulls, clean cheeks & relatively short muzzles parallel in profile to their skull, Borders should have large teeth with good scissor bite to be effective. Today, square, deep skulls, often with round eyes & very short narrow muzzles with small teeth were in evidence. These too strong square heads tended to have heavy fronts & frames to match.
Many fronts were placed too far forward with pro-sternum behind point of shoulder, which lacked length & layback, the too short & steep upper arms having no support, badly affecting movement, the dogs moved away with their fronts crossing, when only two legs should be visible. As an alternative a few were close behind & swung in front, so again "four legs". Profile movement lacked ?travel?, being up & down short choppy strides rather than smooth & forward going with drive off the hocks.
Although bone wasn't generally too fine nor too heavy some didn't have enough through pasterns into feet, & they lacked the depth of pad to ensure soundness if worked regularly.
My major concern, however, was coats & especially pelts. When I came into the breed Borders were shown in deep double coat, always.Dogs then looked heavier than they were due to these double coats & lots of pelt which the standard says MUST be thick - not because they had big frames with drum tight skins.. Coat density & pelt are directly related, no coat, thus thin skin, but they should still be loose & pliant. Tight, paper thin skins without depth of under or topcoat is not what the standard calls for, nor any use to a working terrier. A great advantage to the dog is a continuous double coat that can be worked or shown all year round.
Post Graduate - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Crufts
12th Mar 2010
Judge: Mrs L.A. Crawley
Post Graduate - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Placing Critique
a smart more confident dog of correct outline and attractive head slightly spoilt by a large ear, not the movement of 1 but in good coat which was a shade short for my personal preference.
Southern Counties
5th Jun 2010
Judge: Tinna Grubbe (Denmark)
Post Graduate - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Placing Critique
Up to size dog but well constructed. Very good coat. Nice mower a little close in front.
Bournemouth Championship Show
14th Aug 2010
Judge: Mr D W Shields (Wilholme)
Post Graduate - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Bath Championship Show
27th May 2011
Judge: Mr B Rodgers
Post Graduate - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Bournemouth Championship Show
14th Aug 2011
Judge: Mrs Zena Thorn-Andrews
Post Graduate - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Placing Critique
7 year old in magnificent form, nice size and proportions of height to length, smart, powerfully built and immaculate presentation. I liked him a lot, just has a tendency to lift his front legs too high at the knee moving.
Bournemouth Championship Dog Show
10th Aug 2013
Judge: Mr Paul Wilkinson
Veteran - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
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.
Veteran - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Placing Critique
10 year old dog who is still sound and true, good harsh coat, good head and dark eye. Lovely old boy.
Bath Championship Show
23rd May 2014
Judge: Mr S Plane
Thankyou to the exhibitors for giving me such a good entry for the first time awarding challenge certificates. Although we had a super sized ring with short grass and level surface, the weather prevented us from using the outer part in some classes. Most of the exhibits were undeterred by the rain and dampness
Veteran - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Windsor Championship Show
27th Jun 2014
Judge: Mr S Jackson (Clipstone)
Very sorry for the late publication of this report. Unfortunately the original was on a device that was stolen. It was an honour again to judge Windsor which is one of my personal favourite shows, and also my local!
Veteran - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Chichester & District Canine Society Open Show
25th Jan 2015
Judge: Mrs Vera Harcourt-Morris
Open /
Second Place
Name at show: Nookshot Highland Toffee
Placing Critique
lovely 10 year old male. Still enjoying showing
Class Critique
Class of two happy veterans.
