Second Place in Novice - 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.
This 10month old, lighter G&T was still very much a puppy who has plenty of time to mature. He was built on finer lines and was a little unsettled on the table in the puppy class and on the move in this class today. He has a lovely head and expression with a nice strong muzzle with neat ears. He was easily spanned today with a nice rib and moderate throughout. He had good tight feet. His coat wasn’t at its best today feeling slightly soft in texture with not much undercoat. He moved quite close coming and going, however I feel he just needs time to develop and mature as he has a lot of nice attributes.