Southern Border Terrier Club

It was a great honour to be invited to Judge a Border Terrier Club Open show so I would like to thank the Southern Club for this opportunity. It was a day I had been looking forward too, so I would also like to thank the exhibitors for their entries, allowing me to access their dogs and for accepting my decisions. I was most grateful to my stewards Sian McKay & Marina Fleming who kept the ring running efficiently, and also live streamed the challenges and BIS.

BIS/ BB Ch Orangebox A New Hope At Itsaso ShCEx
RBIS/ BBD/ BOS Dassett Igglepiggle JW
RBD Botterox Flint
RBB Olliesorchids Vintage Fizz
BPIS/ BPB Ragatam Daydreamer
RBPIS/ BPD Ragatam Master Dreamer
BV Ch Cobstoneway Love Song JW ShCM Oldest Veteran Clydebeck Solitaire VW

Minor Puppy Dog (4, 1a)

1st Peacock’s Ragatam Master Dreamer

7 month grizzle dog, presented in a harsh double coat. Short well filled muzzle, dark expressive eyes, and neat well placed ears. Straight front, neat tight feet, and a good depth of rib, and is spannable. Free agile movement. BPD

2nd Sharp’s Manorcroft True Statesman At Martifers

6 month grizzle dog, liked him for size, he has an otter like head with good proportions. Neck well set on with enough length gradually widening into a good lay of shoulder, muscular loin correct tail set. Jacket has a harsh texture. Moved with a free stride.

3rd Morgan’s Beannachd Loch A Nagar

Puppy Dog (3,1a)

1st Sharp’s Manorcroft True Statesman At Martifers

Repeat entry (see Minor Puppy Dog)

2nd Morgan’s Beannachd Loch A Nagar (Morgan)

Repeat entry (see Minor Puppy Dog)

6 month grizzle dog with a kind expression, straight forelegs with enough width of chest. Moderate length of neck, and is narrow throughout with racy hindquarters. Coat coming on, more ring craft practice required to get the best out of this dog. Moved ok.

Junior Dog ( 7, 1a)

1st Hillman’s Botterox Flint

Like this dog for balance and size. He has correct lay of shoulder, enough forechest with front legs placed under body. Keen expression, dark eye and well filled muzzle. Narrow throughout and has a good bend of stifle with hocks well let down. Thick pelt with correct double coat. Moved with drive, keeping his topline. RBD

2nd Yates’s Bluebabel Border Song

This dog has a strong masculine head with a well filled muzzle, correct scissor bite. He has a straight front with tight feet, his neck is muscular and long enough, ribs are carried well back, spannable, and strong in loin. Good tail set, thick pelt and a lovely double coat. Moved well.

3rd Regan’s Digmoor Turn The Page

Res Spencer’s Glenaig Time Is On My Side

VHC Nelson -Tonge’s Bealhollow Peter Pan

Yearling Dog (2,1a)

1st Nelson -Tonge’s Bealhollow Peter Pan

Repeat entry (see Junior Dog).

He is a little rangier than I prefer, but he is balanced with a good lay of shoulder, level topline, spannable with racy hindquarters. Dark eyes, with a flat broad skull and ears are well set. Nicely presented dog, in correct jacket, moves out well.

Novice Dog (3, 1a)

1st Spencer’s Glenaig Time Is On My Side

Correct otter head with dark eye and neat well placed ears, good bite. Straight front with adequate width. Muscular neck, good body depth, short muscular loin, tail thick at base and of moderate length. Moved with a good length of stride.

2nd Read’s Roxambor Sun Dance Kid

Head well proportioned, ears set a little too wide. He has a good length of neck, is spannable, and has muscular hindquarters with hocks low set. Moved ok.

Post Graduate Dog (2,0a)

1st Gooding & Yates’s Ragatam Eros

I like this dog for his overall balance, he has a strong well developed muzzle with a keen expression. Good bone, straight forelegs a well sprung rib, narrow body, muscular loin, moved well flexing from a good bend of stifle. Presented in a harsh double coat with a thick pelt.

2nd Sharp’s Rossum Joker

His head is of good proportions although his ears are little low set. Neat tight feet with a straight front and enough width of forechest. Good length of neck and carries a level topline with good tail set. Thick pelt and his coat is in good condition. Moved well.

Limit Dog (6,2a)

1st Irving’s Dandyhow Postman Pat

Liked this dog as he is compact and of a good size. Moderately broad skull, with an intelligent dark eye, and a strong muzzle with slightly full cheeks. Straight front, good length of neck; ribs are well back with enough depth and spannable. He has a good bend of stifle with hocks well let down. Moved with a good stride. Presented in a tidy harsh double coat.

2nd Phillips’s Rockslade Romeo’s Revenge

Nothing is overstated with this dog with good balance, although lighter in bone than 1. He has a keen expression with moderate v shaped ears and a good bite. Neat tight feet with a straight front and elbows tucked in, narrow throughout, with correct tail set. Moved well.

3rd Hillman’s Botterox Chaos

Res Gwilliam’s Fisherbloom Don’t Stop Me Now At Louajak

Open Dog (6,3a)

1st Spafford’s Dassett Igglepiggle JW

One I have judged before and how he has matured. He has the correct otter head with keen expression, well developed muzzle, and ears fold level with skull. Narrow throughout with a good length of neck, ribs carried well back, a muscular topline and racy hindquarters. Pelt thick and pliable and is presented in an immaculate double hard jacket. He is spannable and this is when you notice how balanced he is. He moves effortlessly covering the ground with ease. BD, RBIS.

2nd Stevens’s Cobstoneway Stand By Me JW

Grizzle and tan with a broad flat skull, good strength in his muzzle with a dark eye and well placed ears. A little weak in pasterns, but has a straight front, a good length of neck into well placed shoulders, enough depth of rib and is narrow throughout. Good bend of stifle with hocks well let down and moves well.

3rd Hyslop’s Rock Sam At Raisbeck

Veteran Dog (1,1a)

Special Beginners Dog or Bitch (2,0a)

1st Oakman’s Howthwaite Gertrude

This young bitch has a feminine head with a lovely expression, short muzzle with a slight stop and moderate curve. She has the straightest of fronts with enough width and forechest. A good layback of shoulder, depth of rib, narrow throughout. Pliable pelt with coat is in excellent condition. Moved freely.

2nd Whisker’s Thistlestone Winter's Gold

Grizzle and tan, an intelligent expression, straight front, with small neat feet; good front and rear angulation, compact body level topline, spannable, muscular loin and hindquarters; although carries her tail a little high. This young handler has a good rapport with her dog and handled professionally.

Minor Puppy Bitch (6,2a)

1st Peacock’s Ragatam Daydreamer

This bitch impressed me with lots to like, she is alert with a lovely feminine head, V shaped well placed ears, a dark kind eye and a well filled muzzle. She has neat compact feet with moderate length of neck leading into a well laid back shoulder and return of upper arm, giving her enough forechest; ribs are carried well back, a level topline and racy hindquarters. Moved with good reach and drive. BPB, BPIS

2nd Larner, Philips, Jones’s Earthtaw Peony

Another lovely bitch, understated, she has an otter like head and a pleasing expression. Her front is straight with neat feet and strong pasterns; a good length of neck with good front and rear angulations. Carrying a thick pelt and is presented in a tidy double jacket. Moved freely.

3rd Speake’s Pipruda Pink Gin

Res Roslin-Williams’s Mansergh Final Fling

Puppy Bitch (3,1a)

1st Oakman’s Wreakevalley Flighty Miss

A grizzle and tan, head of good proportions, ears close to cheeks and set level with the skull. A moderate length of neck into a level topline, which she holds on the move. Enough depth of rib, with little tuck up. Correct tail, thick at base and of moderate length; hocks well let down, presented well in a harsh double coat.

2nd Sansom’s Raedwulf Moonshine At Tarkaswell

Flat broad skull with V shaped ears, slight stop with a moderate curve. Straight forelegs, strong pasterns; clean and muscular neck into well laid shoulder, spannable, strong in loin, correct tail set hocks well let down. Moved ok .

Junior Bitch (11, 6a)

1st Oakman’s Wreakevalley Flighty Miss

Repeat entry (see Puppy Bitch)

2nd Parsons’s Arunmere Artemis

This bitch has a feminine head with an expressive dark eye. Muzzle short with a flat skull; straight front medium bone, neck well set on and long enough, a good depth of rib, spannable, adequate bend of stifle, correct tail set. Coat coming along nicely with a thick pliable pelt. Lacked enthusiasm on the move today.

3rd Taylor’s Clydebeck Layla's Gem

Res Dawson’s Morley's Miss Zeva

VHC Hughes’s Arunmere Nighthawk

Yearling Bitch ( 3,1a)

1st Whisker’s Thistlestone Winter's Gold

Repeat entry (see Special Beginners)

2nd Dawson’s Morley's Miss Zeva

Repeat entry ( see Junior bitch)

This grizzle and tan has a thick movable pelt and excellent jacket. Correct otter like head with dark eye set well. She is narrow throughout, spannable with a good depth of rib carried well back. Strong muscular loin racy hindquarters and hocks well let down. Moved well although a little close behind.

Novice Bitch (5,2a)

1st Peacock’s Ragatam Dalwhinnie

This bitch has a kind expressive eye with a moderate width of skull and ears folded close to cheeks, enough length of neck, clean forequarters, is narrow throughout with ribs carried well back. Hocks are well let down, spannable with a thick pliable pelt, and harsh coat. Moved freely.

2nd Speake’s Pipruda Pink Gin

Repeat entry (See Minor Puppy bitch 3rd)

At just 6 months she has a enough depth of rib, shoulder blades converging at withers, although a little short of upper arm; narrow rangy body, medium bone, and spannable, coat coming on coat coming on nicely with a thick pelt. Moved well.

3rd Read’s Roxambor Magical Mystery

Post Graduate Bitch (7,1a)

1st Symons’s Olliesorchids Vintage Fizz

Feminine head with keen expression, this lovely bitch is alert with a straight front with enough width, good length of neck well set onto correct lay of shoulder and return of upper arm giving her enough forechest . Her ribs are well sprung and she is compact in body with muscular racy hindquarters and correct carrot like tail. Excellent harsh double coat. Moved with extension and drive.

2nd Hughes’s Arunmere Annie Oakley

This grizzle and tan with dark eye, a well filled muzzle and moderately thick ears. Body rangy and narrow throughout; has correct height to body length ratio. Level topline, spannable Carrying a thick pliable pelt, although her coat is a little sparse is of good texture. Moved freely.

3rd Phillips’s Brankell Angeleyes At Nantcoch

Res Oakman’s Howthwaite Gertrude

VHC Gwilliam’s Ragatam Isla At Louajak

Limit Bitch (9,6a)

1st Dawson’s Fiagai Mara Sunset

This bitch has an otter type head with strong well filled muzzle and keen expression. Nothing is overdone she has a straight front with enough bone, her body is of good depth and narrow throughout. Muscular hindquarters and stands on small compact feet. She has a thick movable pelt. When she moves you can see she could do a day’s work.

2nd Spencer’s Glenaig Gleeful

Presented in a super jacket and thick pliable pelt. She has a dark intelligent eye, v-shaped ears with slightly full cheeks. Straight forelegs, good body depth, ribs carried well back, a heavier type than 1st, she is still narrow throughout with a level topline, hindquarters muscular and racy but slightly cow hocked.

3rd Yeates’s Bluebabel Gypsy Heart

Open Bitch (8,5a)

1st Tanton-Joy’s Ch Orangebox A New Hope At Itsaso ShCEx

This grizzle & tan is in excellent condition. Good head proportions with short strong muzzle, dark eye and correct bite. Straight forelegs placed under body with strong pasterns, good depth of body, ribs well back, spannable, strong in loin, muscular racy hindquarters. Loose thick pliable pelt, beautifully presented harsh double coat. This bitch really draws your attention on the move, with her balance, drive, and effortless movement.BB, BIS

2nd Sansom’s Tarkaswell Sea The Stars

This bitch has a dark expressive eye, short muzzle, slightly full checks, well-placed ears. A good length of neck, clean well laid shoulder, body deep and narrow with level muscular topline, racy hindquarters, good bend of stifle, hocks well let down. Presented in an excellent jacket with a thick pelt.

3rd Larner’s Hawcoat Patience

Veteran Bitch (5,3a)

Both these bitches are in excellent condition, a credit to their owners

1st Stevens’s CH Cobstoneway Love Song JW ShCM

This bitch has a typical otter head with her dark eye and well filled muzzle. She has a straight front, good depth of rib well sprung, spannable with a level topline and muscular loin; good bend of stifle and hocks well let down. Correct tail set of moderate length Moved soundly with good balance.

2nd Taylor’s Clydebeck Solitaire VW

Correct head proportions with moderate sized ears, dark kind eye; medium bone, good fore and rear angulation, ribs carried well back, level topline and correct set on of tail. Carrying a harsh double coat in good condition. Moved well.