First Place in Limit - Bitch, 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 neat dark grizzle bitch of a nice size, stood out in this class, good ,balance, excellent coat, moved straight and true front and rear and with drive, kept her excellent topline when moving round the ring, good front conformation and rear angulation, good reach of neck. Bitch Challenge Certificate and Best of Breed