Show Placings
Scottish Kennel Club
25th Aug 2013
Judge: Mr D W Shields (Wilholme)
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Placing Critique
Smaller framed dog. Pleasing head, good eye and expression, well set ears. Very clean over the neck and shoulders, good width of quarters, moved well. Just needs to grow on a little.
Kirkintilloch, Lenzie & District Canine Society
20th Oct 2013
Judge: Mrs Alison Matthews (Tojamatt)
Puppy /
First Place
Name at show: Joncroft Moss Trooper
Placing Critique
Nice head and expression with kind eye excellent dentition with huge teeth. Lovely length of neck and shoulders with plenty of bone about him. Excellent narrow ribs carried well back and plenty of strength in his hindlegs with good bend of stifle that drove him effortlessly around the ring, really showed himself off to advantage Very well proportioned with excellent topline and tailset.
Class Critique
Two very nice pups that just need time to mature.
The Scottish Border Terrier Club Championship Show
9th Nov 2013
Judge: Mrs S Williams (Hollybridge)
I would like to thank the Scottish Club for the invitation. It was an honor to judge at this friendly and hospitable club’s show. Huge thanks must go to my very capable & experienced Steward Joyce Orr and her excellent helpers, Jim Stewart in the morning and Helen McKenzie in the afternoon. All did a super job.
Thanks too to the kitchen ladies for the amazing lunch.
I was very pleased to have such a super quality entry. I could have easily given out more tickets if they had been available. Some close decision at times, a true reflection on the high quality of the entries. Presentation of the dogs was very good, mouths too on the whole were correct with only the odd exception. Feet, I was pleased to see a vast majority of neat cat like feet on the dogs, no long hare feet. Tails again seem to be improving, not as many of the over long sickle ones that I have noticed in the past. Coats and pelts: while coats are transient and of course some had more than others on the day, texture was very good and the vast majority had good thick and loose pelts. I think the breed overall is in a good place.
Just one point I noticed, some dogs had to take a lot of steps to cover the ground, watching out that our dogs move with drive is very important and I was happy with my winners in that they, in my opinion, covered the ground well.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Joncroft Moss Trooper
Placing Critique
Attractive but different type of pup, shorter coupled. He has an attractive head and good coat & pelt. Good set of tail
The Scottish Border Terrier Club Limited Show
26th Jan 2014
Judge: Mrs Elizabeth Barrett (Howthwaite)
I would like to thank the committee of the Scottish BTC for their warm welcome and hospitality. Thank you also to my ring stewards Joyce Orr and Helen McKenzie for keeping things running smoothly. I am grateful to those exhibitors who braved the weather to attend the show. All the dogs were entire and mouths were very good. Coats were on the whole just on their way in which I expected just before the coming show season. A number of exhibits were carrying rather too much condition for a fit functional terrier.
Best Puppy
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Placing Critique
Nice sized light grizzle and tan dog. Nice head without being overdone with a good bite and flat skull. Very good reach of neck into well laid shoulders. Straight front legs and small feet. Well shaped ribs, length of body and very easily spanned. Evidence of a harsh topcoat coming in and excellent pelt. Good topline and underline with well set on short tail. Very balanced on the move was pleased to award him BPIS
Novice - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
The Border Terrier Club Open Show
22nd Feb 2014
Judge: Mrs Karen Stockley (Foxfactor)
My thanks to the Officers and Committee for giving me the opportunity to undertake my first Breed Club judging appointment and my stewards Ken Mackenzie and Margaret Warren for their assistance in the ring.
My enjoyable day started with the picturesque drive to the venue, in the sunshine, a rarity lately! Grateful thanks also to the competitors for an entry of 111 (5 NFC) making 141 entries affording me the opportunity to go over some lovely dogs and sportingly accepting my choices.
The majority were in good coat and condition, a couple difficult to span, due more to being a little plump rather than in construction. All males were entire (a few would have benefited from a hygienic wipe for better presentation !), no kinked tails, one incorrect mouth and a couple of 'acceptable' level bites and some teeth really needed cleaning. I was surprised by the amount of untidy feet and overlong claws considering how claws can ultimately affect posture, balance and movement. I was pleased with both my line ups and had some close decisions to make.
Junior - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Placing Critique
12 mths grizzle,another dog with an ottery head,good breadth of foreface,shallow stop leading to moderately broad flat skull with neat well shaped ears laying close to cheeks,good reach of neck,narrow straight front,spans easily,well ribbed back with a good top line ,shown with good harsh coat although he looked as though his sides and belly had been recently tidied giving a 'half and half' look in profile appearance,moved well both ways,unlucky to meet 1 in such good form.
Maiden - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Novice - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
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.
Junior - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Special Beginners - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Scottish Border Terrier Club Open Show
1st Jun 2014
Judge: Jane Allison (Tividale)
Many thanks to the exhibitor’s and the committee for a very enjoyable day. Also to the hard working ladies of the committee in the kitchen and my exellant steward Jim Stewart.
Junior - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Placing Critique
Another nice dog out of coat today. Good head. Preferred front and movement of winner.
Yearling - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Hawick and District Canine Society Open Show
29th Jun 2014
Judge: Mrs M Winder.
Junior /
Second Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Scottish Kennel Club
23rd Aug 2014
Judge: Mr Eddie Houston (Earthwise)
My first appointment at this level. My thanks to the society for inviting me and to my two very efficient stewards, Lorrraine and Barbara, who kept things moving.
I was very pleased with both my line ups and feel that my main winners were excellent examples of the breed. Many dogs were sporting dense, tweedy jackets but, as is always the case, some were lacking in coat and this did influence some of the placings. Mouths were good and only one dog was unspannable. On the downside, size is an issue and some of the minor puppies are already up to size. Front movement could be better in a number of exhibits and a few were carrying too much weight.
My sincere thanks to all those who entered and afforded me the privilege of going over their dogs.
Yearling - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Placing Critique
Grizzle of similar type to the first.Another good ,sound dog who was easily spanned but couldn’t match the winner for depth of coat.
The Scottish Border Terrier Club Limited Show
25th Jan 2015
Judge: Mrs D Lorraine (Raleniro)
Firstly I would like to thank the officers and committee for inviting me to judge at the club’s limited show, my first breed club appointment. Thank you for the warm welcome and hospitality, and special thanks to my very efficient steward Joyce Orr who kept things running smoothly. Many thanks to all the exhibitors who gave me the opportunity to go over their dogs and the sporting way in which they accepted my decisions.
As to be expected at this time of year, coats were at all stages with some exhibits in full coat and some without any, and in certain classes this was a deciding factor. Mouths were good with only one or two exhibits having the odd misplaced or dirty tooth. Size was a slight concern, with a few exhibits being well up to size and difficult to span, and some carrying a little too much condition. Movement on the whole was good, however, some exhibits did not cover the ground with the drive and economy of movement that would be essential when working. Generally temperaments were excellent and all males were entire.
I was very pleased with my main winners, in my opinion good examples of the breed and very capable of doing the job they were bred for.
Yearling - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Joncroft Mosstrooper
Placing Critique
Almost 2 years old grizzle and tan dog with good head and expression. Excellent front with good reach of neck and just spannable. Good pelt but lacking coat today. Moved with drive around the ring. Another nicely put together dog giving a balanced picture.
