First Place in Puppy - Bitch, Judge: Miss T James (Blackmine)
I was honoured to be invited to judge at the Scottish Border Terrier Club and I thoroughly enjoyed my day. It was concerning that there were a large proportion of exhibits with poor front movement. The other area which I thought needed attention was heads – many lacked strength in foreface. On the positive side all the dogs had good temperaments, were clean and trimmed up to a good standard. Coats were all at various stages (as usual) but I found very few single coated exhibits. It was also pleasing to see so many neat cat-like feet. I felt that the quality of the bitches out-weighed that of the dogs.
Good head with broad muzzle and sweet expression. Straight front, neat feet, nice length of rib. Narrow and easily spanned. Correct topline and tailset. Low set hocks. Lovely carrot tail. Moved true and showed well. BPB & BPIS.