First Place in Open - Bitch, Judge: Dr Margaret Armstrong (Ploughdown)
Thank you to the Committee of the City of Birmingham Canine Association for inviting me to judge at their Championship Show. It was an honour to judge Borders Terriers on the day. I would like to thank especially the Border Terrier exhibitors for giving me such a super entry and for their graciousness and sporting manner. The venue was airy and the ring was roomy. I realised afterwards that the carpet could be rather slippery and I think that this may have provided somewhat of a challenge at times. I had many lovely dogs to go over and sometimes making decisions was like splitting hairs.
Finally thank you to my stalwart stewards who were super organized and kept me on the straight and narrow.
Judged this bitch when she was much younger and the comments still apply. Balance is a key term when looking at her. Head dimensions show flat cranium and strength in foreface with the correct scissor bite and a keen dark eye. Nice reach of neck into level topline and super tail set. Narrow front and clean shoulders. Good bone, straight front legs and neat well-padded paws. Good shoulder angulation, depth of rib and strong coupling. Level topline in profile and in motion. Spanned easily. Short, harsh double coat and pliable pelt. Straight and true in action going and coming and showed drive in moving around the ring. CC and Res BOB