First Place in Puppy - Dog, Judge: Tracey Anscombe (Orangebox)
Thank you to the committee for the invitation to judge at your show and to the Border Terrier Club for their support of the classes. I thoroughly enjoyed my day, there was a friendly ringside atmosphere and lovely exhibits to judge. Some of the entries in the younger classes didn’t settle that well on the move, perhaps due to the distraction of the large amount of bait left on the ground from the previous classes, but they did well enough and were all sound just distracted.
BDP, 10 month old Grizzle who was at his and his owners first show and I hope not their last. He has a lot of promise although could do with a little more ring training. He has a very masculine head, small ears dropping to the cheek, good eye shape and correct strong scissor bite. Was carrying a little bit of puppy weight, spanned well. He was recently stripped so evidence of topcoat just coming in. He moved extremely well on what was a very difficult surface with lots of bait from previous classes. Used his rear well covering the ground with well set on tail. Just couldn’t match the puppy bitch in the challenge on maturity or coat but still was very much in contention.