Second Place in Novice - Dog, Judge: Mrs. Joyce Martin (Merumhor)
I would like to thank the Northern Border Terrier Club for their kind invitation to judge at this show, my first breed club appointment. I was well looked after by the committee and their hospitality was wonderful. I would like to thank my 2 ring stewards – Tracy Peacock and Allen Horner – who were very efficient in keeping me right and kept everything running smoothly. It was a great privilege for me to have such an excellent entry and of such good quality to go over. Thank you to all those who gave me this opportunity and for taking my decisions so sportingly.
This 2 year old dark grizzle and tan was shown in a tight pin wire jacket of excellent quality, but not the loose pelt of 1st. He has a super head with a broad flat skull, a short strong muzzle and keen dark eyes giving him a varminty expression. He is a shorter coupled dog than one with a good front but would have liked to have seen a bit more angulation behind. He moved okay.