It was a great honour & pleasure to be invited to judge the club’s 25th Anniversary show.
My Thanks to the committee and officials for making me feel so welcome, and for their kindness and hospitality during my stay.
My thanks also to all the exhibitors for the excellent entry.

There were some very nice quality exhibits on show, and I was particularly impressed with the higher bitch classes.
The males, I have to say, were very mixed in type, and to produce an even quality line up in some classes was quite difficult. Many failed badly in tail carriage, and this certainly spoils the overall picture, also the eye & expression I was looking for was absent in so many. Movement overall was adequate, but several appeared loose in front, and moved closely behind. I had to make allowances for the time of year, regarding coats, as many were not in full bloom.

Bitches were of a higher standard in general, and this is often the case, wherever one judges.

Puppy bitch produced a quite outstanding speciman in Mc Grath’s Wincani Touch of Elegance Seryphina, a merle of superb quality. She has a wonderful make and shape, good in head, eye and expression, terrific reach of neck, and excellent hindquarters. Her colour is all that a merle breeder could ever hope for…. A very comfortable B.P.I.S. Winner and one I would loved to have brought home with me. A certain champion in the near future!

The Green Star Dog was Carr’s Donohill Ole Ole a sable/white of good size and substance, pleasing in head with a well filled foreface, and flat skull, he is perhaps a little too deep in stop, but he had a correctly placed and shaped dark eye, giving the expression I had been looking for, he moved soundly with correct tail carriage, he was carrying a very heavy coat, which perhaps needed a little more attention to grooming, but his quality stood out.
I was later told he had gained his title on the day, so my congratulations go to his owner.
Reserve Green Star Flints Highnol Future Vision. Sable & White who has a lot to like about him, he was shown in good coat and condition, and he has a very good head type, with correct stop, pleasing dark eye, good body length, and depth of rib, Moved soundly, he was well presented, and deserved his win.

Open bitch was certainly the class of the day.
Green Star Best in Show was Ware’s Gemastra Pearl of Wisdom at Wassail
Top quality Blue bitch, who has a lovely make & shape, and I consider she is the ideal size for her sex, she has a very good head pattern, good underjaw, flat skull, correct stop, and she has a truly feminine expression, ears which she constantly used, and she simply floated across the ground when she moved, with her tail carried correctly.

A pleasure to go over Reserve Green star & Reserve B.I.S. was Farrels Ch Belrah Casual Surprise
Another high quality Sable/white, this bitch has all the essentials, shown in good coat & condition, which was beautifully presented. Pleasing in head type, good body, and well angulated hindquarters, neat well placed ears, which she can use, sound in movement, this was a close decision between these two lovely bitches, I just preferred the slightly more feminine outlook of the winner.