First Place in Limit - Dog, Judge: Dr Ian Gabriel (Gaybryl)
Many thanks for the lovely entry, both in terms of quality and quantity. I thoroughly enjoyed my day with the Border Terriers. When I last judged I felt there were too many with houndy large ears, this did not seem to be replicated in today’s entry which was pleasing and expression was generally much improved. What I did notice was that front action is something that we need to watch. Being Manchester and the last Championship show pre Crufts there were quite a few dogs who had been stripped in preparation and quite a few out of coat. In part that did play a part in some of my fineer placings.
This was a difficult class to sort out with a number of dogs of differing styles.
This dog, on initial go around, did not particularly impress on the move, however given further opportunity fell right into his job and showed to me that he is a good sound mover. He is of lovely type with pleasing head and expression. Good neck and pleasing front. In good hard jacket and good hard condition. Correct body proportions and of decent bone and with nice tight feet. His hindquarters are moderate as required.