First Place in Open - Dog, Judge: Mr M. Hollingsbee (Otterwood)
I thoroughly enjoyed my first judging experience at this level and thank the exhibitors for bringing their dogs of such good quality in front of me and accepting my decisions with good grace. In some of the classes there was only a hairs breadth between some exhibits and on another day the results would have been different. I like Borders that are narrow, strong and good movers. I do not consider coat to be a major factor except when differentiating between dogs of equal quality, As a Championship Show judge told me many years ago “bad coats can get better, many other faults cannot.”
I would also like to thank my stewards for keeping me in order.
A very good class of 6 quality dogs with little to differentiate between them apart from personal preference
a grizzle dog with a strong head and lovely expression, neat ears set well, good topline and well set tail, good rear quarters with correct angulation, good reach of neck, good rib easily spanned, narrow body lines throughout, excellent free mover Dog Challenge Certificate