Show Placings
Blackpool & District Canine Society
25th Jun 2023
Judge: Mrs Jayne Gillam (Orenberg)
Many thanks to the officers and committee for inviting me to judge Border Terriers at Blackpool & District Canine Society Championship show. Grateful thanks must go to my very efficient steward Gisela Duran who did an excellent job in making sure everything ran like clockwork. Finally thank you to the exhibitors for giving me such an excellent entry of 142 dogs making 183 entries, the largest entry across all breeds on the day. It really was a privilege to go over such a large entry of dogs and I thoroughly enjoyed my day.
The size of dogs has always been a perennial topic, but I was pleased to say overall, many of the dogs were of correct size on this occasion, with very few oversized dogs and only the odd one or two I couldn’t span. Bites were good and only an odd one with teeth out of line, although a few had broken teeth, quite a few had dirty teeth and some had small teeth which is something I really don’t like to see on, essentially a working terrier. It was good to find some really lovely tails, with not too many long thin, spindly tails we have seen in the past, although I was surprised to find four kinked tails in the entry.
Overall I thought it was a good entry, I found some quality exhibits and I was very pleased with my winners, and in particular will watch the progress of my puppy and junior placings with interest.
Best Puppy
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Minor Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Placing Critique
G&T, Eyecatching 6 months puppy at his first show. Loved his otter like head and expression and overall breed type. Nice size, beautifully balanced and presented in good order, good angulation fore and aft. Good topline, tail and set on. Excels in straight forelegs, firm pasterns and superb small neat feet. Once settled, moved well. Very promising. Best Puppy
Evesham & DCS Open Show
16th Jul 2023
Judge: Paul Eardley (Sherex)
Best Puppy
Name at show: BPIS, TPG1, Glebeheath Olaf
Puppy /
First Place
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Leeds Championship Show
29th Jul 2023
Judge: Mr Brian Aubrey (Jenabeck)
Thank you all for a wonderful entry, I had to make some difficult choices on the day, but as always, I judge the dog on the day friend or foe and not what the dog as done in the past or what it will do in the future.
a few things did concern me on the day (1 ) so Many dirty teeth, (2) a few unfit dogs due to being overweight, (3) and the most concerning is short legs on one or two of the borders,
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG3, Glebeheath Olaf
Minor Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Placing Critique
7 1/2 Months old, what a puppy screams border terrier even at this age, lovely head, neat ears, dark eyes, correct mouth with good size teeth, gun Barrel front with good bone correct in body, moved very well BPD, BPIB
Paignton Championship Show
5th Aug 2023
Judge: Colin Powell (Bowtman)
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG1, Glebeheath Olaf
Minor Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Placing Critique
A promising youngster which is of true type and typical of the breed. Well balanced looks good in profile and excels on the move, moved true fore and aft keeping a level top-line and correct tail set. Put down in good condition. B.P.D. & B.P.I.B. then went onto win the Puppy Terrier Group
Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Placing Critique
A promising youngster which is of true type and typical of the breed. Well balanced looks good in profile and excels on the move, moved true fore and aft keeping a level top-line and correct tail set. Put down in good condition. B.P.D. & B.P.I.B. then went onto win puppy Terrier Group
Bournemouth Championship Show
13th Aug 2023
Judge: Ms Tina Jones (Otterholme)
My thanks go to the committee of Bournemouth Championship Show for inviting me to award tickets for the first time, it was a very special day.
Special thanks to my stewards Gentle Lowe and Brian Aubrey for doing such a sterling job, allowing me to focus on the task in hand.
I was delighted with the entry that awaited me, a huge thank you to the exhibitors for giving me the privilege to go over their dogs, this was a real honour and the sporting way they accepted my decisions, on the whole by most exhibitors.
I was told many years ago, by someone well respected in the breed to judge with the hands, not with the eyes, never did this ring true as today. Some dogs I have admired from the ringside, didn’t live up to expectations, whilst others that hadn’t previously caught my eye, surprised me and did.
Being the daughter of a hunt terrier man I could get no better grounding in the requirements of an earth dog, these were the days long before quad bikes, terriers would be expected to be on their feet from the moment hounds drew off until close of the hunting day, working in landscapes not dissimilar to that of that hunt the breed first originated from.
l tried to look subjectively at the exhibit before me to see if they had the confirmation and condition to undertake such duties. I was surprised how quite a number were difficult to span and far too deep in chest and too wide in front and came up heavy, lacking the narrowness to go to ground, a distinct disadvantage in the working arena, legs bend, chests don’t.
I was finding rear movement was better than front, but more than a few lacked the drive that I looked for with elevated front action that indicates an upper arm that is shorter than ideal.
I look to see feet that are tight with a good thick pad so vital in an earth dog, many were lacking in this important trait.
I found temperaments superb throughout the day, dentition was questionable on several exhibits and all dogs entire.
A plea to exhibitors if you bait them on the table, that is fine if they look hypnotically at the treat, but on several occasions, owners were wrestling with their dogs trying to get at the treat, making it difficult to assess them.
I am always mindful to judge fit for function, and I was happy that my winners fitted that bill and all sporting decent jackets and pelts and meeting my interpretation of the breed standard.
I was delighted to see my BOB going on to third in the terrier group and my BP winning the terrier puppy group.
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG1, Glebeheath Olaf
Minor Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Placing Critique
correctly proportioned head which was correctly moderate and in total proportion, nice amount of fill under the eye, excellent shoulder placement and return of upper arm, beautifully balanced throughout, the right amount of bone substance throughout, good correct length of rib with good strength in loin, easily spannable, the best of toplines through to tailset. Super jacket and pelt. Stood on neat oval feet with thick pads. Good angulation leading to reach and drive on the move. BP
Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Glebeheath Olaf
Placing Critique
1st MPD
