First Place in Limit - Dog, Judge: Tina Morgan (Blewecourt)
Thankyou to the officers and committee for the support and courtesy extended to me at this well-run breed club show. I also want to thank and congratulate Sheila Hales the show manager, David Hunt and Lyn Aldrich my stewards and Andrew Mooney for ensuring everything was in order and ran smoothly. My last thanks must go to the exhibitors for a quality entry and allowing me to go over their dogs, as well as the sporting way they accepted my decisions.
It was a great atmosphere, all the dogs and bitches displayed good temperaments, all males entire, a couple of level bites which is of course acceptable and a wide variety of types with some carrying too much condition which I couldn’t span and were heavy. Coats were at varying stages of growth and I was pleased to feel a number of good thick pelts. I judged as I saw the dogs on the day and had at the fore the essentials required for ‘essentially a working terrier’.
Lots to like about him and one I admired as soon as he entered the ring. Lovely workmanlike type with masculine otter head, good dentition with strength of muzzle, dark eye, keen expression and good ear placement. Well balanced, narrow all through, good for bone and muscle tone, easily spanned and well ribbed back into a strong loin and fabulous red harsh coat. Moved sound and true keeping a level topline and well carried tail, built to do the job he was bred for.