First Place in Minor Puppy - Bitch, Judge: Ms Tina Jones (Otterholme)
My sincere thanks to the committee for the kind invitation to judge at my first club show, I enjoyed the day immensely. Thank you to my efficient stewards Tina Morgan, Rachel Larner and Wendy Mooney, show manager for keeping things running so smoothly.
My thanks must go to the exhibitors for bringing along their dogs today, and the sporting acceptance of my decisions.
I did note some untypical heads, which for me lacked for me the characterising feature of the breed, I found such heads to be somewhat exaggerated with too much stop, not the ‘moderately’ broad skull I was looking for.
On the whole, I found mouths were good, a couple of level bites, and one or two with misaligned teeth, but it was pleasing to find big strong teeth in most exhibits.
I was very pleased with my class winners; some decisions were very close especially in the bitch classes. In both sexes there were some promising youngsters coming through which can only auger well for the breed.
A lovely class
presented a nice overall balanced picture. Appealing otter head, with little stop, with a feminine expression. Narrow front, nice length of upper arm into excellent shoulders, small tight feet on thick pads good length of rib, level topline, and strong loin finished off with a thick carroty tail. She is just right for bone, without losing any substance. Shown in excellent jacket and thick loose pelt, happy showgirl who moved out soundly, which completed the picture nicely.