| BUBA 2014 | Date : 06th December 2014 | ||||||||||||
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I would like to say a big thank you to the officers& committee for inviting me to judge here. BUBA has always been one of my favourite shows. Thank you also to my two super efficient stewards who looked after me so well as I was feeling under the weather on the day. Thank you to all the exhibitors who accepted my decisions very well & I found the atmosphere to be very sporting. Having not judged for a few years I was looking forward to seeing how the breed was doing. It was also interesting having recently judged in Australia at the 50th Anniversary Club Show. I found the breed very mixed here on the day & trying to find the type I like was quite challenging. Heads were in my opinion not as good as the last time I judged. A lot of dogs had small skulls & very untypical expressions. I do think a Shih Tzu should be able to move with drive & found movement to be poor in quite a few exhibits with poor shoulders & very straight hindquarters lacking in angulation. However, I found some high quality Shih Tzus & particularly the higher awarded ones were great specimens of the breed & I was delighted with my line ups. |
