Second Place in Post Graduate - 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.
A male I have not encountered before, and what a nice surprise, an excellent blue and tan built on racy lines, narrow and active he sported a lovely otter head with good skull and foreface. Keen expression. Excellent narrow, straight front with good feet. Good body lines, easily spanned and comes to hand balanced he should soon move out of this class