Second 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
blue and tan dog with a good typical Border head, nicely shaped and well set ears, good straight front, narrow body easily spanned, harsh coat, good rear angulation and moved with drive, well set tail and good topline Reserve Dog Challenge Certiificate