First Place in Veteran - Dog, Judge: Miss S A Leslie (Risdene)
I started the day with veteran dog followed by some excellent juvenile dog classes which were very enticing. Throughout the day size was sometimes a little difficult to come to terms with when exhibits at the top of the scale were the more shapely and sound but as long as they were spannable they still featured if they had the attributes breed and conformation-wise to do the job they were bred for. Generally I determined that there was no need for a diatribe from yours truly as I found my lovely entry on the whole brought forward much of what I was looking for and I thank exhibitors for that. Just remember while I love a proper double coat I still like a tidy coat! Heads were definitely improved with very few of the stoppy, round eyed exhibits I do not find typical. There were a few strangely grubby ones and some would have benefited from some tlc round their eyes to guard against stray hairs causing irritation. Be that as it may there were some smashing classes with dogs not making the cut that on another day would figure in the reckoning.
Set the yard stick for the exhibits to follow. Clearly a dog of immense quality and although I had not imagined handing out a duplicate ticket it is testament to the longevity of this breed and this male in particular. I will not repeat what I have said before but suffice to say a remarkable 9 year old he continued to fill the eye, exhibited no degeneration but indeed was fit and supple and moved with ground covering ease and had to because my line-up pleased me greatly. CC and BOB and later was pleased to see him go Gp4