Second Place in Puppy - Dog, Judge: Nicola Howard (Tyneotter)
I would like to thank the club and committee for the invite to judge their show, this was my first judging appointment for several years so I particularly appreciated of my stewards, Katrina and Liz in keeping the ring running smoothly.
Thank you to all the exhibitors for making the journey and allowing me to go over their dogs. There was a lovely friendly atmosphere around the ringside.
On the day I thought the quality of the bitches surpassed the dogs overall. Movement seems to be an issue, particularly coming but I did find some lovely exhibits who covered the ground effortless.
Fitness and muscle tone was lacking in a few of the exhibits which I was surprised about and did factor into my decision making, they are ‘essentially a working terrier’ after all.
Coats were varied with a number in full coat, some in between and a few with little coats. Bites were good .I found one kinked tail.
Another 6month old G&T who was taller framed, however he was narrow throughout making him easily spanned, with a good length in neck and level topline.
He had a super harsh, double coat with a lovely thick pelt and nice carrot tail which he held well on the move.
He had a pleasing expression, a slightly longer muzzle than the first with a little more stop but still has lots of time to develop.
He was a little unsettled on the move today and was ‘crabbing’ but there were flashes of a nice length of stride in profile when he got going.