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Judges report added 13th April 2008 see below
What a tag line: 'The Greatest Dog Show in the World', but the UK can be really proud that Crufts is definitely a 'world class' show with over 160,000 visitors (10,000 more than expected) and 23,000 dogs entered for the competition. It was so busy that on the third day, Saturday, they closed off the Arena area due to overcrowding and the DDW Team can vouch for the fact that it was packed!
  Best of Breed Ch Inzievar Silver Gilt 
All those pre-Crufts ideas of picking up a bargain, finding that special little pair of grooming scissors, refurbishing the whelping unit etc soon were dissipated by sore feet and arms pulled out of their sockets. Why was everything that one needed so far away from the Dandie Benches in Hall 2? The final straw, perhaps contributed to by the newly-launched-at-Crufts 'Croft Lightweight Show Grooming Table' that wasn't (test the weight before you buy!), was the realisation that two Pedigree carrier bags containing only chicken gravy bones and green lipped mussel chews for the Senior Dandie Dinmont Webmaster were just too heavy to carry back to the benches and eternal thanks go to the anonymous Pedigree employee, normally on the factory production line, who just enjoys helping folk and who volunteered to carry everything back to our benches.
 Our Judge, Margaret Nicholson, found her Best of Breed and Dog  CC in Ch Inzievar Silver Gilt, bred and handled by Frances Chapman-King and owned by Mr G and the Late Mrs I Buist and Frances' late mother Mrs Jamieson. The Bitch CC was awarded to Ch Cloverwood Border Belle owned, bred and handled by Glen Tinsley. Best Puppy, bred and owned by Glen Tinsley, handled by Mike Macbeth of Canada, was Cloverwood High Flyer.
Reserve Dog CC was Glen's Ch Cloverwood Black Pepper and Reserve Bitch CC was Thomas Cameron's Ch Inzievar Silver Bonnet.
Judges Report:
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
Full results available from the Fosse Data Crufts Website here
Simon Rishton's Photo Gallery of Crufts 2008
Ineke ter Heershe's Photo Gallery of Crufts 2008
Photos © Paul Keevil
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