First Place in Open - Dog, Judge: Lesley Armstrong-Rodgers ( Atron/Scottsway )
Thank you to the Committee for inviting me to judge Border Terriers at this extremely well run event, especially for pulling off such a great show despite being let down at such a late stage with their original venue. The Committee must have really pulled together, so very well done. I must say that they even had far more toilet facilities than some Championship Shows of late !.
I was delighted to be greeted with a super entry, not just numerically, but in quality too !. Thank you to all the exhibitors for bringing their Borders for my opinion today.
I found this young dog such a pleasure to go over. From his typical head to his correctly set on tail. Looked so well balanced standing with no exaggeration. Owns a masculine head with lovely dark eye and typical expression, large teeth with a good scissor bite. Small well placed ears on a moderately broad skull. Stands with a straight front with sufficient bone to his neat well padded feet. Narrow throughout and easy to span. Super topline and underline and well placed carrot like tail. Moved accurately, both in front and rear in both his class and when challenging for best dog, even though the ground was rather uneven !. I was delighted to award him BEST DOG but unfortunately in the challenge for Best of Breed he seemed rather distracted and did not give his all on the move, The free flowing movement of my Best Bitch being the deciding factor today.