Wickford Basildon & District Canine Society

Wickford, Basildon & District canine Society Open Show 17th May 2025 Barleylands Farm Centre.

 A huge thank you to this friendly society for inviting me to judge at their lovely, well organised show at this really nice venue and thank you to the committee for a wonderful spread that was there to greet judges in the morning, and a fabulous lunch after judging, it was the best I have ever seen at a show and all of the hard work and effort is really appreciated. A huge thank you to my brilliant steward Sarah Collier for keeping my ring flowing well. I had a lovely day and I am most grateful to all of the exhibitors for the honour of judging their dogs. It was lovely to see some of my breeds go through to good placings in the groups.

Border Collies

Puppy (3) 1. Mead’s Bazentills Encore (AI) (IKC), Well balanced and feminine B/W bitch nice head, correct bite, Dark Eye, well set erect ears, good length of neck leading into a well laid shoulder and good length of upper arm, good depth of brisket and well ribbed back, firm loin, good length of tail and tail set, nice feet, moved freely and soundly. BP & BOB went on to get Reserve best puppy in the Pastoral puppy group.

2. Lewis’ Shemella Sky Full Of Stars, B/W 6 month old bitch, a real baby but she had a nice head for her age, dark eye, well set ears and a good bite with a nice depth of underjaw. She had a good length of neck and a well laid shoulder and a good front, level topline, in lovely condition, moved well.

3. Pudney’s Bazentills A Star Is Born For Zanyway (Imp IRE)

Junior (3)

1. Mead’s Bazentills Encore (AI) (IKC), (Winner Puppy)

2. Lewis’ Shemella To The Moon And Back, B/W Litter sister to my second in puppy, 6 months and a lovely baby, lovely head, Dark eye, correct bite, well set mobile ears, good length of neck and a good layback of shoulder good length of upper arm, good depth and spring of rib for her age, well ribbed back with a short loin, good front & rear angulation, moved well.

3. Spurr’s Dreamwork Notorious

Limit (1,1abs)

Open (2, 1abs) 1. Spurr’s Dreamwork Collatr’ral Beauty, Feminine 7 year old well balanced red merle bitch with a nice feminine head, with well set mobile ears, well set oval blue eyes, balanced head and foreface, good underjaw and correct bite. She had a good length of neck and a good layback of shoulder and corresponding upper arm, a good depth of brisket and spring of rib, elbows held in and strong straight forelegs with nice feet, balanced front and rear angulations and a good tail set and length of tail, she moved really well. Just preferred the outline on my BOB. Pleased to award her RBOB.