Second Place in Limit - Bitch, 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.
My top three were worthy of their stud book numbers and could be placed in any order on another day.
Neatest V shaped ears on another quality bitch of correct size and good construction shown in full coat that didn’t make her look stuffy. Narrow with good lay of shoulder with racy hindquarters moved well both ways.