First Place in Limit - Dog, Judge: Mr Colin Girling (Benattivo)
I would like to thank the Officers and Committee for giving me the opportunity to judge Border Terriers in their spiritual home territory. My stewards, Audrey & Judith did a great job in running the class changes efficiently on a hot humid day. It was a lovely entry, with many exhibits that I had not judged before – thank you all. I found some exhibits which could have been better prepared with attention to coat, body condition and clean teeth. A few level bites a couple of kink tails influenced placings but all dogs were entire and overall a nice group of BT’s to go over. My main winners had breed qualities that outweighed any imperfection, that in my opinion wouldn’t impact on its ability to perform its traditional work.
This class had a delightful bunch of super dogs, making it a privilege to judge today!
My winner was in outstanding fit condition, his tight new jacket and muscle tone gave him the look of a dog that could easily follow a horse even in the warm conditions today. This and his sound free flowing movement, from all angles, won him the class and Reserve CC, liked his narrow lines and masculine head, sure he has good things to come.