First Place in Open - Dog, Judge: Ms Julie Green (Breckgreen/Stowthorney)
Firstly, I would like to thanks the officers and committee of the East Anglia Border Terrier Club for inviting me to judge my first breed club show. My steward & partner Robert Brewster for doing a sterling job as always. I would also like to thank all that entered under me with some traveling great distances. Although on the day we were a few missing due to Scottish BTC being on the same day and the report of covid cases from a show the previous week, for this I fully understand having recently recovered from Covid myself. I was happy with my winners and found no bad mouths or kinked tails on the day. Temperaments on some need to be addressed though, with a few dogs kicking off through the day. A little reminder that these dogs can be excluded from the show on instruction of the show management as in the KC Rules & Regulations. I also found a couple of dogs that were severely underweight and this was affecting their overall condition.
6-year-old dog but not showing his years!! One that I have judged and done well for before. Light grizzle dog with lovely head and dark eyes. Good reach of neck into a lovely lay of shoulder. In good double jacket. So easy to span. Lovely top line and tail set. This boy can really move and powered round the ring with drive. Pleased to award him Reserve Best Dog but could easily have changed positions on another day.