Southern Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club

CRUFTS 2008

I would like to thank those who entered under me at Crufts. It was an honour & a pleasure to judge at this prestigious show. A large entry of 83 surely bodes well for the future of the Dandie.
In the younger classes, I was surprised & disappointed how many front feet were not straight, & there were too many level front teeth throughout the entry. Tailset & carriage need to be watched in future breeding. A tail carried too high really spoils the unique outline of the Dandie.
Back movement has certainly improved over the last ten years. There were a lot of novice handlers to whom I wish good luck. They did well. There are still a huge variety of types in the breed, some of which are not true to the Standard. What needs striving for is consistency combined with quality. I was delighted with my main winners who were lovely examples of the breed.
VD (3) 1 MacInnes’ Ch Glencobo Wrekin Lad at Bettymac, looking good & happy at 9½ years old. Beautiful head & neck set into well set shoulders, correct shape body, well muscled legs. Good pepper coat. Moved soundly; 2 Perry’s Somercloud Tinkerman, good coated pepper. Correct shape, wonderful teeth, moved well; 3 Coleman’s Follycot Frank Lee, nice head & expression, correct textured pepper coat. Preferred shape of 1 & 2. PD (6,1a) 1 Tinsley’s Cloverwood High Flyer, rich coloured mustard with gorgeous head & eye, giving him a beautiful expression. Long neck & neat shoulders, correct body shape. A little leggy at this stage & rather proud of his tail; 2 Cooper’s Margham Feather Duster, has all the essentials. Nice head & eye, super teeth, good length of body & well set tail. Just moved enough with his novice handler to see he was sound. Should do well with more practice; 3 Butcher’s Puddockswell Gorgeous George for Daiszanna, lovely head & expression on this good coated mustard. Correct shape & size. Moved soundly. JD (6) 1 France ’s Torbrae Dance N Dazzle, very shy & immature feminine mustard, but she has a lot of quality. Beautiful outline, good head, eye & fine ears, correct coat coming. Moved soundly. Needs more time & tuition; 2 Cox-Purcell’s Cloverwood Red Alert at Puddockswell, lovely head & expression, good length of body with correct shape, nice colour & texture mustard coat. Another who, with practice, should do well; 3 Cooper’s Margham Feather Duster. PGD (5) 1 Brookes’ Cassencarrie Cardamon of Berdinbrook, small workmanlike sound Dandie. Neat front, good muscle throughout. Correct pepper coat. Ears could be finer; 2 Eves’ Penactiv Dream Dealer of Sylvanken, good head with amazing expressive eyes. Body length OK, rich coloured mustard coat. Walked well on well padded feet; 3 Haffenden’s Hawksmill Ginn And Tonic, very glamorous mustard. Large head with profuse topknot. Beautiful expression, good neck. Moved better behind than in front. LD (9,1) 1 Deacon’s Mishahda Midas Touch, very nice masculine dog. Beautiful head & expression, large teeth, good neck & shoulder placement, correct body length & shape. Rich mustard coat of correct texture well prepared. Sound from all angles; 2 Weatherstone’s Hendell Beau Brummel, smaller mustard out of coat. Beautiful head & eye, neat thin ears, good neck & shoulders. Walked soundly keeping his body shape; 3 Cadwallader’s Bettymac Sun Samba, nice dog, lovely male head with good expression, deep chest, body shape & length correct, carried tail well. Preferred front of 1 & 2. OD (6,1) 1 Buist & Jamieson’s Ch Inzievar Silver Gilt, a dog who is now at his best. Gorgeous masculine head & eye, good earset, lovely neck set into good shoulders. Correct shape body, well muscled throughout giving him sound movement. Super pepper coat well presented. CC & BOB; 2 Tinsley’s Ch Cloverwood Blackpepper, totally different type. Fantastic expression on good head. Narrower neck & shoulders. Correct body shape, lovely neat feet, very glamorous. Moved beautifully with not a hair out of place. RCC; 3 Tinsley & Macbeth’s Ch/Can Ch Glahms Royal Canadian, beautiful male head & expression, good neck & shoulders, correct topline. Rich mustard coat. Proud of his tail which spoils his overall picture. Moved soundly.
VB (3) 1 MacInnes’ Bettymac Elizabeth, pepper, seems too young to be a veteran. Lovely feminine head & expression, good teeth, correct depth of rib & body shape, nice short tail carried correctly. Walked well; 2 Bennie’s Bettymac Victoria Mae, pepper sister to 1, sweet feminine head & expression, good front, neat feet, nice shape. A little nervous, but moved soundly; 3 Hamilton ’s Penactiv Monday Monday at Margham, much larger pepper bitch. Good head & eye, nice length & tailset. Not moving well. PB (4) 1 Kinsey-Morgan’s Inzievar Gold Edition, very immature little mustard, 11 months. Pretty feminine head & eye, good shoulders, nice length & shaped body, good tailset. Nice textured coat for baby. Sound movement; 2 Hunter’s Puddockswell Hootin Annie at Etsill, good head with expressive eyes, lovely mustard coat. Topline needs to improve. Moved soundly; 3 Cox-Purcell’s Puddockswell Legend Belle, pretty mustard with lovely head & expression. Neat feet. Sound but needs more handling to see the best. JB (11,1) 1 Deacon’s Cassencarrie Habit Forming, very nice pepper who flows around the ring. Feminine head & eye, well set shoulders, nice deep ribcage with correct topline, very sound. Should do well; 2 France ’s Torbrae Daisy Dreamin, sister to JD, feminine bitch with lovely head & eye, thin ears. Correct body shape & tailset. Her day will come; 3 Denham’s Dentgate Sercerity, pretty head & expression, good shape & nice coat. Preferred movement of 1 & 2. PGB (9,4) 1 Rolland’s Dengold Morning Cloud, small pepper with super head & lovely expression, bite correct, nice neck & correct shoulders, good body shape & tailset correct. Moved well; 2 Denham’s Dentgate Serendipity, nice type of Dandie, good head, shape & neat feet, lovely pencilled pepper coat, well muscled & sound; 3 Milliner’s Dengold Gypsy Moth at Millerim, domed head, kind eyes, good mouth. Nice overall shape. A little heavy in shoulder. Moved OK. LB (13,6) 1 Mannia’s Wazzly Persephone at Kirskill, really liked this pepper bitch. All female, beautiful head & expression, nice shoulders correctly set, good body shape & length, neat feet. Well muscled & sound; 2 Jarvis’ Mosterlada Shooting Star, another good bitch. Would like a larger skull. She has beautiful eyes & thin ears giving nice expression, lovely shape which she kept on the move. Nice mustard coat. Very sound; 3 Hughes’ Maganbars Play Misty For Me, nice type of bitch, good head & expression, neat ears & correct teeth, deep ribcage & correct shape body, carried tail well. Very nicely presented pepper coat of correct texture. OB (6,2) 1 Tinsley’s Ch Cloverwood Border Belle, an altogether beautiful girl. Loved her feminine expression, nice neck into neat shoulders, good length & depth of rib, correct shape & short tail. Beautiful mustard coat expertly prepared. Looked a picture when walking, sound as a bell. CC; 2 Cameron’s Ch Inzievar Silver Bonnet, sister to DCC, & very similar in stamp. Well proportioned head with gorgeous expression, super teeth, good neck & well set shoulders, correct body shape. Still a little shy in the ring but well muscled & sound; 3 Hislop’s Ch Inzievar Sterling Silver, another lovely pepper. Good head & eye giving a melting expression, deep rib & correct rise over loins. Moved better behind than in front.
MARGARET NICHOLSON