Show Type: Breed
Venue: Victoria Village Hall, Kirkpatrick Fleming DG11 3AU
Judge: Mrs J Lilley (Kensing)
Entries: 74 dogs plus 1 NFC making 84 entries
What a privilege it was to judge Border Terriers actually at their home in the Borders! Thank you to all exhibitors for such a flattering entry of charming dogs and thank you to all the committee and officers for your welcome, hospitality and generosity. complete with a delicious lunch. Certainly it was one of the best halls that could be imagined for a breed open show with the option to judge outside had the weather been better. I was most impressed with the hard condition of the vast majority of the entry and particularly with the thickness of pelts and short thick carrot tails. There seemed to be a sporting friendly atmosphere throughout to give me such a memorable happy day. I must just add an extra thank you to my helpful steward, Katie Hamilton, and to Margaret Boulcott, for whose great kindness, hospitality and long distance driving skills I was so grateful.
Best In Show: Shiftyfox Fairymist
Reserve Best In Show: Lairehope Highland Chief Of Tweedburn
Best Opposite Sex: Lairehope Highland Chief Of Tweedburn
Best Dog: Lairehope Highland Chief Of Tweedburn
Reserve Best Dog: Remony For A' That
Best Bitch: Shiftyfox Fairymist
Reserve Best Bitch: Remony Frosted Ivy JW ShCM
Best Puppy: Glenbucket Highland Queen
Reserve Best Puppy: Glenbucket Highland Reel
Best Veteran: CH Lairehope Lord of the Glen At Tweedburn
Entries: 1 Absentees: 0
1st - Glenbucket Highland Reel (Mrs M J Alexander)
Just six months and already a sophisticated well behaved showman. Darkest of pigment and eyes, good mouth, shoulders and quarters, short thick well carried tail. A very good mover, who went with a spring in his stride. BPD.
Entries: 0 Absentees: 0
Entries: 3 Absentees: 0
1st - Ridgebow Two Hoots (Mr N & Mrs A Duxbury)
scored here on shoulder with excellent tailset and carriage. Has a lovely keen expression in his dark eyes. Rather betwixt and between coats currently. Forceful and energetic on the move
2nd - Otterpaws Mountain High (Mr & Mrs G Birrell)
Well shaped otter head and keen alert expression with good finish to muzzle. Excellent topline and the thicker pelt. He moved very well.
3rd - Brackenfell Born To Be Alive (Mr I Single)
Very accurate on the move, in mature harsh double coat, thick pelt and short thick tail
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st - Remony For A' That (Mrs A E Gregory)
He scored on his well made shoulder and hindleg here. Excellent pigment with a keen expression in his dark eyes, small neat ears, strong firm topline, in good double coat. Excellent mover with no exaggerations. RBD
2nd - Fieldsearch Firecracker (D Pearson & A Towers)
A little taller with well shaped head and bright alert expression, in splendid harsh mature double coat, in the hardest of muscular condition, very good mover
3rd - Fieldsearch Jump Jack Flash (A Pearson & D Towers)
litter brother to Firecracker with good finish to muzzle if slightly larger ears. He, too, moved well
Entries: 0 Absentees: 0
Entries: 0 Absentees: 0
Entries: 2 Absentees: 1
1st - Earthdog Outspoken (Pearson & Towers)
Good topline and shoulders with neat thickly padded feet, in harsh jacket. Good finish to muzzle if a touch chubby in cheek. A happy showman, just inclined to fly his tail with enthusiasm on the move.
Entries: 6 Absentees: 0
1st - Shiftyfox Tried And Tested (Mr G Wildey)
Living up to his name! So good for type, easily spannable with a racey outline, excellent pigment with good finish to foreface, good shoulder, hindleg and harsh jacket. Very good mover
2nd - Glenbucket Whisky Mac (Mrs A Howard)
with non-stop happily wagging short thick tail. Dark pigment, good finish to muzzle, neat feet.
3rd - Otterpaws Muninn (Mr & Mrs G Birrel)
Dark pigment and expressive eye, in good harsh jacket with neat well padded feet, ears could be smaller. He went well if not always choosing to make the best of himself
Res - Earthwise One To Beat (Mr E Houston)
Entries: 5 Absentees: 1
1st - Lairehope Highland Chief Of Tweedburn (Mrs C Archibald)
Well shaped otter head with small neat ears and a keen expression in his dark eyes. So good for size and type, well balanced and spannable with a harsh, just stripped, jacket. Well conformed all through with excellent shoulder and hindleg. He moved beautifully, effortlessly covering ground. BD & RBIS.
2nd - Chorbeck Space Cowboy JW (Mrs H Haughton)
Decent shoulder and quarters, in splendid harsh mature double coat and thick pelt with dark expressive eyes. He moved very well. 3
3rd - Tojamatt Rhythm N'blues at Raedwulf (Mr M & Mrs V Atkinson)
Such a good head, eye and expression, short thick tail in harsh coat. He, too, moved well.
Res - Howthwaite in Voice (Mr R J & Mrs E A Barrett)
Entries: 3 Absentees: 2
1st - Tyneaster Special Agent at Raedwulf (Mrs V Atkinson)
A happy personality with well shaped short thick tail constantly awag, in good harsh mature double coat. Very accurate on the move if not just not as typically active and energetic as he might have been.
Entries: 2 Absentees: 1
1st - Glenbucket Highland Queen (Mrs N Anderson & Mrs A Howard)
to whom I unashamedly lost my heart! Well shaped head with such a bright alert expression in her dark sparkling eyes that made me smile. Well balanced, easily spannable with racey outline and beautiful feminine head with good finish to muzzle. So good for make and shape, size and type, excellent topline, tailset and carriage. A happy, willing, personality plus showgirl, light on her feet, she went with a spring in her stride. Most exciting. BPB & BPIS Litter sister to the handsome BPD so many congratulations to their clever breeder.
Entries: 3 Absentees: 2
1st - Esyntona Codeword Vandamere (Mr M & Mrs V Atkinson)
Blue & tan with good head and a charming expression, in harsh coat with a well shaped short thick tail. Good topline, happy and enthusiastic on the move, she went very accurately if a little overkeen on her tailcarriage at times.
Entries: 7 Absentees: 4
1st - Keebank Snow Queen (Mrs L Keeffe)
Beautiful head, eye and expression She scored here on both layback of shoulder and spannability. She moved well with good thick pelt and harsh jacket with neat well padded feet.
2nd - Chorbeck Cosmic Girl (Mrs H Haughton)
Such an animated showgirl with the stronger topline. Dark pigment and eyes, well shaped feet and good coat of harsh texture. Very good mover.
3rd - Carrickfarm Macey (Mrs M Armstrong)
Light grizzle with lovely head and eye with the most charming of expressions. Coat coming in well. Very accurate on the move.
Entries: 6 Absentees: 0
1st - Merumhor Blue Jasmine (Mr C & Mrs J Martin)
Blue & tan, beautiful head with such an appealing expression. Well balanced and easily spannable with firm topline, good feet, layback of shoulder, tailset and carriage. She went well with good length of neck, where she scored here. See she is champion bred and it shows.
2nd - Whittonglebe Indigo (Mr G & Mrs J Mackenzie)
Lovely for size and type if none too keen to be handled at first but eventually braved it out, good shoulders. Just needs to gain a little extra confidence to make the most of her obvious potential.
3rd - Achnagairn Touch Of Class (Mrs A Fraser)
An excellent mover with a good finish to muzzle, lovely head, eye and pigment. She came in her undercoat.
Res - Chorbeck Angel Eyes (Mrs H Haughton)
Entries: 2 Absentees: 1
1st - Oakyard Objet D'art at Hollexby (Mr P Appleby)
Though unplaced in the last class of high quality yearlings, this one has a lot going for her with dark eye and pigment, in excellent coat and hard condition with firm topline, good tailset and carriage. A willing mover, going especially well behind.
Entries: 1 Absentees: 0
1st - Oakyard Objet D'art at Hollexby (Mr P Appleby)
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st - Glenbucket Highland Queen (Mrs N Anderson & Mrs A Howard)
2nd - Houndshope Mell Fell (Mr P & Mrs B Iredale)
A very happy showgirl with well shaped head and charming expression, in harsh double coat, good topline, tailset and carriage. Very good mover
3rd - Esyntona Codeword Vandamere (Mr M & Mrs V Atkinson)
Entries: 12 Absentees: 3
1st - Akenside Electra (Mrs L Gosling)
Good head and keen expression with good finish to muzzle, well balanced and easily spannable, excellent pigment. Well conformed with good shoulders and quarters, tailset and carriage with coat coming in well. A happy personality and a very good mover with tail constantly awag.
2nd - Whittonglebe Gem (Mr G & Mrs J Mackenzie)
Close up to the winner, in excellent coat with good tailset and firm topline. She, too, moved very well indeed.
3rd - Houndshope Mell Fell (Mr P & Mrs B Iredale)
Res - Achnagairn Tutti Frutti (Mrs A Fraser)
Entries: 9 Absentees: 3
1st - Shiftyfox Fairymist (Pearson & Towers)
An exceptionally friendly personality, easily spannable with lovely head, eye and expression with good finish to foreface. Excellent for size, type, make and shape with good layback of shoulder, firm topline, well set and carried tail. So impressive, particularly on the move with good length of stride in profile. BB & BIS. 2
2nd - Otterpaws Firebird ShCM (Miss A M Dixon)
well balanced and conformed all through with good shoulders, tailset and carriage. Lovely size and type, in harsh mature coat. Very good mover. 3
3rd - Achnagairn Prim N'proper (Mrs A Fraser)
Well shaped head with good finish to muzzle. Excellent tailset and carriage, just a touch longer in body than those above. A keen showgirl, who went with a rush! Basically a good mover.
Res - Ridgebow Rusty Rivet (Mr N & Mrs A Duxbury)
Entries: 5 Absentees: 3
1st - Remony Frosted Ivy JW ShCM (Mrs A Gregory)
in the best of harsh mature coat with strong thick pelt. Well shaped head with a near irresistible expression in her dark eyes, neat well padded feet, strong topline. She moved extremely well, looking as if she could go all day with good length of stride. Just to prove she is not only beautiful but useful being, I see, dam of the RBD RBB
2nd - Achnagairn Red Card (Mrs A Fraser)
Similarly in excellent harsh double coat with firm topline. Good tailset and carriage, she moved extremely well.
Entries: 0 Absentees: 0
Entries: 11 Absentees: 7
1st - CH Lairehope Lord of the Glen At Tweedburn (Mrs C Archibald)
Masculine dog, mature and impressive at 8 years old with beautiful head and keen appealing expression, excellent pigment and neat, thickly padded feet. Well balanced with racey outline, well conformed all through with good shoulders and quarters. Such a good mover. BVIS
2nd - CH Howthwaite In Violet (Mr R & Mrs E Barrett)
Blue & tan bitch, so happy with non-stop wagging tail. Very smart with good firm topline. She moved beautifully.
3rd - Minx's Diamond (Mrs M Anderson)
Very masculine with the excellence of his harsh mature coat and hard muscular condition belying his 11 years. He went well.
Res - Carrickfarm Mika ShCM (Mrs V M Armstrong)
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st. Pearson & Towers’ Fieldsearch brothers. So alike for size and type, just like a double dog!
2nd. Pearson & Towers’ father and son who went stride for stride happily together.
3rd . Birrell’s Otterpaws who share a grandfather. A splendid, workmanlike couple.