Second Place in Open - Bitch, 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.
G&T bitch who was put down in good order today being in fit condition with an excellent tight double coat . She has a lovely head and expression, good strength in muzzle with little stop, ears held correctly close to the cheek. Good length of neck into a level topline with a correct tailset. I liked her overall length and balance in profile and found her easy to span.
She moved nicely in profile holding her topline well however is better going away than coming