Bath Canine Society Championship Show (27-05-2016)

First Place in Veteran - Bitch, Judge: Mr Alan Hedges (Ramblix)

Show Critique:

My thanks go to the Officers and Committee of Bath show for inviting me to come and judge Border Terriers for the first time, and on the Bath Billiard Table as well, it was a fabulous day for me and will live long in my memory.
I thought the dogs were better than the bitches although reading through my critique it doesn’t sound like that, but it was. If I may make a couple of points. Nobody who goes to shows goes to lose and some are making it rather easy for the judge to give them a hard time. Long pointed nails are not good news , nor is standing the dog like a rocking horse. If you are going to use bait, the dog needs to think it has a chance of getting it, the idea is to bring him up on his toes and make a much better picture. Every little helps, none of the opposition are going to roll over and make it easy for you!
Hind movement was generally better than front movement, and plenty could have been fitter.
My thanks go to all who entered, you gave me a wonderful day and I was honoured by each and every one of you

Class Critique:

This was a fabulous class and it killed me to have place 3 of these not first. Such delightful ladies, any of which would grace my couch at home, I loved all 4 of them

Placing Critique:

this bitch who got the RCC is the litter sister to the dog ticket winner and she is just fab. Like him, I loved her at first sight, neat, compact, super coat and pelt, moved well, lovely front, body and hindquarters, she oozed breed type for me, she was handled somewhat nervously by who I discovered was her owner and breeder, and she just about did her charge credit, but I think the bitch carried the handler through it. Lovely bitch.