First Place in Veteran - Dog or 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.
What a super class of veterans which was a pleasure to judge.
A very smart rising 8year old G&t dog who is not showing his age at all. He has a lovely otter head, being moderately broad in skull with a short strong muzzle. A narrow , racy dog who was easily spanned and carries his ribs well back with a firm loin. He has good topline and tailset with well padded neat feet. Today he was sporting a harsh tight double coat and was turned out to perfection. He moved steadily and held his topline in profile well, found him quite close coming but used his rear well.
He stood out in this veteran class and the overall picture also secured him RBD. BVIS and RBD.