"Firstly I would like to say a big thank you to the Secretary and Committee for asking me to judge at their show, the hospitality was great and I really enjoyed my day. To my stewards Mark and Joyce Collins a very big thank you for your invaluable help, you can steward again for me anytime, you just kept the ring flowing so well! Finally I must thank the exhibitors for giving me such a good entry for this my first set of CC’s. I have watched your breed and studied it for a long time so I was delighted to be given this opportunity to judge your dogs. Thank you. Your sportsmanship was second to none throughout and I thank you for the comments made to me afterwards.

Overall I thought the quality was good and my winners pleased me greatly, but there were a couple of things that I thought needed watching one being my nemesis Shoulders, because without the desired layback of shoulders the dogs front is incorrect and what follows behind is all over the place. Tails were on the whole good and when judging the ones with the not so good tail set my mentors (well known in your breed) kept coming into my mind to judge the whole dog and not just its faults, which why my placings may have surprised one or two of you but I did what I wanted to do. Coats were amazing on the whole, one or two animals had left theirs at home probably very sensible in the heat we have been experiencing recently! I was absolutely delighted to see my BOB go Group 3 and although I did not see it my BP go 2 in the Puppy Group, well done to you all.

Again thank you for your entries and taking my decisions so well, I really enjoyed judging your breed today."