"My sincere gratitude to the Boston DCS Committee for inviting me to judge and my grateful owners for allowing me to go over their dogs. Temperaments were as I would always expect from Newfoundlands, exemplary.

I must express my concern on two points. There were far too many loose eyes on show today, it may have been due to the warmth in the hall, but having judged in halls before, I have never seen so many. Secondly, the tail carriage, when moving was higher than I would expect. One dog even had it's tail over the back. Personally, I do not think the tail should be more than slightly above horizontal. I do wish that when presenting a dog the handlers would stop stringing the dog up by its collar. This causes the dogs brow to come forward giving the stop a very severe appearance, somewhat akin to a St. Bernard. Despite these points, I thought the breed, particularly the bitches, was still in very good condition."