The Northern Border Terrier Club Open Show (16-04-2016)

Second Place in Minor Puppy - Bitch, Judge: Mrs. Kathy Newsome (Kighill)

Show Critique:

My thanks go to the Northern Border committee for their warm welcome and for the honour of judging their Open show. I really enjoyed my day, and the ladies put on a lovely lunch and Christine’s apple pie was the best pudding of the day. I received a lovely entry and I was very pleased with my winners. My thanks also go out to the exhibitors for allowing me to inspect their dogs on the day. My thanks also go to my two stewards who were a great help on the day.
It is only my opinion, but I think that the size of the border terriers is slowly returning back in line with the breed standard which I am pleased about as I thought that Border terriers were getting too long in the leg. Mouths were good, all dogs were entire, but just a few exhibits were a bit close at the rear. A few exhibitors could do with spending a little time learning how to tidy their dogs and how to get the best out of the dog on the day.

Placing Critique:

A sweet feminine head, correct mouth, very heavy on coat with had nice body lines and strong hindquarters, really pleased with herself on the move.