Second 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 nice typical G&T bitch who had a super head and expression which was strong but not overdone. Her coat was pin wire with a good pelt. I liked her reach in neck,and found she was ribbed well back. I thought she was a little heavy in shoulder so wasn’t as clean on the move coming but in profile and going away she was driving nicely from her well angled, muscled rear.