First Place in Open - Bitch, Judge: Mr Neil Straw (Shaolin)
To receive an invitation to judge a Breed Club show is a privilege, therefore I thank the Officers and Committee of the Southern Border Terrier Club for the honour to judge their Member’s Limited Show. Thank you to my stewards who kept things running smoothly, but most of all I would like to thank the exhibitor’s for a wonderful entry and allowing me to judge your dogs, it was an appointment I had been looking forward to and I thoroughly enjoyed my day. The entry was 165 dogs (18 NFC) making 195 entries, 32 absent with 115 dogs on the ground. It was a quality entry with some tough decisions; I was very pleased with my line up in both sexes.
Some general observations – dentition throughout was very good, with correct size teeth, presentation was of a high standard, however, one area that gave me some concern was front movement, some exhibits that I liked disappointed in this area which reflected in some of my decisions.
griz/t, have previously given this bitch a group 1, I still like her for her size and lovely breed type, good otter head, well placed ears, keen expression, strong muzzle and bite, deep and narrow chest, ribs well back, lovely topline and tail carriage, easily spanned, good pelt and jacket, moved and showed with aplomb, at times today she was losing concentration but when asked did what was required