First Place in Open, Judge: Rhiannon Bevan (Daeagi)
Thank you to the committee for inviting me to judge at this friendly and well run show, and to my ring stewards who helped me to find my way in the ring, at my first judging appointment.
I was pleased to receive an entry of 15 exhibits, which offered me several high quality dogs to go over. I was also pleased to hear that it was a first show for some exhibitors – I hope they enjoyed their day.
Overall I found the standard to be high, with no bad mouths and clean teeth, well kept nails and tight feet and no kinked tails. Coats were varying, as some had recently been stripped out post Crufts, or just about to go over – which did effect some placings where judging was close.
Movement was a little disappointing across the breed today, with several dogs struggling with the mats and ring size, however most gave me enough to assess.
A well constructed G&T dog with pleasing angulation and a fantastic otter head with excellent varminty expression. Correct earset, a thick pelt and correct double coat with a lovely harsh top. Spannable, well ribbed and moderately long in body as is correct for the breed, Level topline held nicely on the move, Exceptional carrot tail, held correctly and used to his advantage. He was a little unsettled on the mats today, but did do enough to assess movement as correct. Happy to award BOB and also went TG2