First Place in Limit - Bitch, Judge: Mrs Lynda Ward
I would like to thank the officers and committee for inviting me to judge, the stewards for unobtrusively keeping things running smoothly and the exhibitors for bringing their good dogs and accepting my decisions with grace. I was gratified to have only 3 absentees despite the awful weather forecast. The necessary inside ring, albeit slightly sloping and uneven, was a decent size giving each exhibit the opportunity to get into stride. Coats varied but there were many good textured topcoats over dense undercoats and on the whole pelts were thick. My worst issue was that some exhibits, despite being narrow and not fat, were very heavy and also a difficult span. Pads were generally thick but feet could be better trimmed as some that looked large and flat actually weren’t on examination. I look for shortish carrot-like tails and although some were thick at the base and tapering correctly they were overly long. I only found 2 with misplaced teeth and it was delighted to find most today had large well set white teeth in good scissor bite. In the past I’ve commented on lack of condition and poor muscle tone in hindquarters so was happy that all today’s entry was presented fit and in hard condition. Overall type was good, I was pleased with both line ups and the veteran classes were a particular treat
Stood out. Lovely handy sized feminine bitch well presented in crisp jacket. She has a lovely feminine ottery head with good breadth of skull well-set dark eyes with super expression short muzzle and large nostrils. She has a neat front and feet and her head is well set on to a clean neck flowing through well laid shoulders to correct topline and tailset. She showed good reach in front, her racy and well-toned hindquarters gave good drive and she held her topline whilst on the move. Pulled out all the stops in the challenge to take a well-deserved CC and then showed a clean pair of heels to take BOB.