First Place in Open - Bitch, Judge: Heather Chaplin
As a former Chairman of this Society, I was delighted to receive an invitation to judge the Border Terriers at their Centenary Show. Thank you to the Secretary and the Committee for inviting me and to my stewards for keeping the ring running smoothly and efficiently at this well attended show. A very high quality and numerous entry awaited me, which was a wonderful challenge to have, so my sincere thanks to all the exhibitors who entered their lovely dogs under me and who accepted my decisions with good grace and sportsmanship. All dogs present were spannable and had good bites as well as exceptional temperaments and were a real pleasure to go over. I was thrilled when my BOB was awarded Terrier Group 1 and I was very pleased with all my class winners and placings. I very much enjoyed my day, so thank you everyone!
A lovely sized, beautiful grizzle bitch, now in Veteran at 7 years old. I have long admired her from the ringside. She oozes quality. It was a real pleasure to go over her, she didn’t disappoint and she ran the younger dog very close in the challenge for BOB. A true Border with an exceptionally feminine, otter shaped head. Good, equal angles front and back. Moderate bone. Easily spanned. Standing on neat, tight feet. Shown in good coat and condition. Balanced all through with straight movement around the ring and a level topline. Excellent tail and tail carriage. Loved her and still love her. Truly deserves her Champion status. RBOB. Congratulations