"I appreciated the sporting way in which exhibitors accepted my decisions as substitute judge. This was a quality entry which I’m sure the designated French judge would have appreciated and many good dogs has to be content with low placements or even go cardless.

Two other general observations. It is a few years since I last judged the breed and in that time mouths seem to have deteriorated to a significant extent. I found many misaligned lower incisors and quite a few undershot bites. This is something breeders needs to pay
more attention to than they are obviously doing at present. My second comment is that far too many exhibits, especially bitches, were seriously overweight with rolls of fat wobbling around as they moved, spoiling the chances of otherwise very nice specimens."