First Place in Graduate - Dog, Judge: Mrs Charlotte Archibald
My sincere thanks to Blackpool & District Canine Society, for inviting me to judge at this level, for the first time. Even the weather was kind to us!!
A special thank you, to the exhibitors for your support, giving me the highest terrier entry, and the sheer joy of going over every exhibit, thank one and all.
It was a fabulous entry, numerically and depth of quality.
On the downside I found one cryptorchidic, one suspect tail, and a lot of dirty teeth, although mouths were generally good.
Coats were at various stages and in some cases they were the deciding factor, movement not too bad, the odd one “pinning in”.
There were some attractive exhibits of both genders, that went ‘cardless’ today, for me, there was just too much of them.
grizzle/tan, what fine fettle this chap was in, well constructed of correct size, spanned easily, masculine head with excellent jaw/muzzle, neat ears, lovely dark eyes with keen expression, good neck length to well laid shoulders, well ribbed body covered in thick pliable pelt and excellent jacket, well muscled in hard condition, level topline to well set on carrot tail, looked like he could go non stop for a week and some more, moved with drive and enthusiasm, a pleasure to award him the DCC.