First Place in Limit - Bitch, 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.
There were others in this class who would easily have made the cards on another day, This is a frustratingly nice exhibit. Frustrating because she simply does not care if she makes the best of herself and in the challenge made me think of the song ?how do you catch a cloud and pin it down?. She is just right for size, narrow and spannable with beautiful legs and feet and forehand generally, good skull and muzzle, keen expression, nothing over done she comes together well and is a true blue and tan in tip top order