First Place in Puppy - Dog, Judge: Miss Sally Leslie (Risdene)
Thank you for a super entry. At times I felt I had been let loose in a sweetie shop such was the quality of the exhibits before me. Indeed because I was spoilt I was hard on jaw and dentition faults and Borders that were more smart terrier than true Border in type. My experience over the years leads me to believe that such faults are heart-breakingly likely to continue to bite in the future if not stamped on. My main winners were true Borders. You read of “a-ha moments†and happily for me there were some rather nice ones here. Good times indeed.
I did enjoy this line-up of puppies headed by a potentially very nice dog, appealed in expression, good skull and correct in foreface, head well set on lovely neck and shoulders under a slight rising mane, super coat and pelt, balanced and well angulated all through, moved truly, I will look forward to seeing him progress as well as he has started