First Place in Junior, Judge: Simon Burton (Glencorrie)
I enjoyed judging this breed for the first time. All dogs were spannable (a couple only just) and had the correct thick, pliant skin.
Really liked this typy, r/gr dog of 16 months. Soundly constructed and so good to go over. Masculine head and expression with good breadth of skull and strength of muzzle. Perhaps a little deeper in stop than I would’ve liked but bright intelligent eyes, well placed and ears well set and used. Super neck and correctly angulated front bringing his forelegs nicely under his withers. Narrowish body of good depth, straight forelegs. Lovely topline with perfect set on of carrot tail. Super neat hindquarters with correct turn of stifle and low set hocks. In great coat, harsh, dense and good feet. Moved out superbly with great activity using his angulation to give the outline I was looking for, holding a perfect topline and tail carriage. RBOB. Just losing out in the challenge to what I later found was his litter sister who was better in stop and a settled showgirl whereas he got a bit over exuberant and lost focus but he’s a quality boy