The Norfolk Terrier Club Juniors

Junior Handling Results

The Norfolk Terrier Club of GB

75th Anniversary Weekend

Championship Show

22nd September 2007

Judge: Mr Ian Rasmussen (Australia)

JUNIOR HANDLING ASSOCIATION CLASSES

 

I would like to thank the Norfolk Terrier Club of Great Britain for inviting me to judge the Junior handlers at their 75th Anniversary show. I found the quality of the handlers to be exceptionally good in a world where it is getting more and more difficult to encourage youngsters into our sport. All of the competitors could compete successfully in my own country, and with the depth of quality handling it made my job even more difficult. As we all know, Norfolk's are not always the easiest of breeds to handle if the dogs decide they do not want to be there. Towards the end of the classes it became obvious that some of the dogs were not all that thrilled and it made the handlers work even harder to keep the dogs focused. I took into account the amount of effort that the handlers made to keep their dog’s attention as well as their actual handling skills. If a dog does not want to free stand and stands there with its tail down, it is no use to keep on baiting and hoping. When that happens, you may need to Top and Tail the dog even though it is not the preferred method of showing a Norfolk. My final decision to decide my winners ended up coming down to who had the most rapport with their dog and the efforts the handler made to keep the dog focused on the job at hand.

 

Junior Handling 6 - 11 Years

1st Ebony Owen

2nd Chloe Horne

 

Junior Handling 12-16 years

1st Kristian Hitchen BJH

2nd Rachael Benney

3rd Emily Dale

 

 

Pictured from left: Chloe Horne - 2nd 6-11yrs, Judge: Ian Rasmussen, Ebony Owen - 1st 6-11yrs. Kristian Hitchen - 1st 12-16yrs and BJH.

Emily Dale - 3rd 12-16yrs, Judge: Ian Rasmussen, Rachael Benney - 2nd 12-16yrs, Kristian Hitchen - 1st 12-16yrs.