Membership is subject to approval by the committee. Please note the application MUST have a proposer and seconder who are existing members of the Club. If you have any difficulty with this and already own a Border Terrier, ask your breeder who may be a member. Members who may be able to assist will be present at most dog shows that hold classes for the breed. You may also contact the Club Secretary for assistance.
The Club’s conception was a straightforward affair whereas its birth was both difficult and protracted. In the early and mid 1970s there was a growing band of Border enthusiasts in Central Scotland, many of whom turned out regularly at the local shows where the breed was scheduled (and often when not scheduled to compete in Any Variety classes) and it was the friendships formed at this time which gave rise to the idea of a breed club for Border Terriers in Scotland. The prime movers in promoting this idea were John Fulton and Jennie Ritchie, both well known for their Woodneuk Border Terriers. The first meeting was held in March 1976 at Larkhall and the main business of the meeting was to agree to go forward with the formation of a breed club and Mr Fulton was elected as interim President with Mr Walter Gardner as Vice-President and Mrs Janet Russell as Secretary/Treasurer. It was noted that, Tea was provided by the ladies and donations from those partaking of tea amounted to £3.38.5p. The donor of the half pence has never been revealed.
The Club’s application for registration was submitted to the Kennel Club shortly afterwards and was advertised in the June issue of the Kennel Gazette. The next meeting took place in November 1976 when a committee of 12 was elected and proposed rules were discussed. Feelings ran high on some aspects of the rules but agreement was reached. In addition this meeting was advised that following the entry in the Gazette the KC, informed of the registration process for the Club to continue although they also advised that there had been objections.
An early requirement was establishing 25 Founder Members and of those still known to have an involvement with the Club are our President, Jim Stewart and our Vice-Presidents, Ena Stewart and Christine Lindsay. During the period prior to registration the Club ran a series of matches with other clubs and raised modest funds to allow shows to be financed when registration was finally achieved. This happened in January 1980 but in its early days the Club seemed to lose some impetus beyond merely being named. At the AGM in December 1981 the Chairman, Mr Gardner, reported that he had nothing to report as the club had held no events. At the same meeting Mr Gardner was elected President and Dr Arthur Sneeden was elected as Chairman with Mrs Lindsay as Secretary/Treasurer and the club really started to get into gear. A match with the Cairn Terrier Club was held within months and two shows held within the year; a Limited Show held in October 1982, judged by Mrs Elaine Cuthbertson and an Open Show held as a part of the West of Scotland Combined Terrier Club’s show judged by Mr Gardner. The first Newsletter was produced in May 1982 (typed on foolscap – remember that?) and these have been produced for members since. Championship Show status followed very quickly with the first show held at Selkirk in October 1985, the judge being Mrs Jean Jackson.
Joint criteria, which has been adopted by all seven UK Border Terrier Breed Clubs.
Please find below details of the criteria which we will apply when drawing up the Scottish Border Terrier Club 2017 lists.
Applications/updates to be received by the Secretary, Bill Shorthose no later than 21st November 2016 for consideration for the 2017 lists.
A1 List Indicates persons who have previously been approved by the Kennel Club to award Challenge Certificates in the breed and have the support of The Scottish Border Terrier Club
CRITERIA:
All Judges To have previously been approved by The Kennel Club to award Challenge Certificates to the breed, have carried out the appointment and have the support of the club.
A2 List CRITERIA: For persons who fulfil all the requirements for the A3 list and who have been assessed in accordance with Kennel Club requirements and accepted by The Kennel Club for inclusion on an A2 list and have the support of The Scottish Border Terrier Club.
A3 List Indicates persons who the Club would support as being suitable to award CCs in the breed but not yet approved by the Kennel Club for inclusion on the A2 List
CRITERIA:
A3 list criteria - Breed Specialists (re numbers judged; all the other requirements of the A3 list criteria to remain the same as before):
To have the support of the club and have:
Been active in Border Terriers for a minimum of 10 years
A minimum of 7 years experience of judging the breed
Judged at least 1 Breed Club Show and/or 2 Breed Club Supported Entry Shows at each of which at least 40 Border Terriers were entered and present
Judged at least the number of Border Terriers in breed classes as currently required by the Kennel Club for the Stud Book Band allocated to the breed (Band D - 160 dogs as at 2015) over an adequate geographic spread of venues (the exact wording of this amendment subject to agreement/ratification by all seven Border Terrier Clubs in due course)
To have attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the relevant examination on the Kennel Club Regulations and Judging Procedures. (K.C. Policy as of 1.7.2001)
To have attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer on Conformation and Movement. (K.C. Policy as of 1.7.2001)
To have attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the 'Hands on' assessment of judges' knowledge of Conformation and Movement, covering Points of the Dog, The Structure of the Dog and The Conventional Measurements of the Dog. (KC Policy as of 1.1.2007 for A3 Breed Specialists lists)
To have attended at least two breed specific seminars run in accordance with the relevant Kennel Club Code of Best Practice and the applicant passed an examination and/or assessment where applicable - KC Policy as of 1.7.2001)
Submitted an application/questionnaire if requested to do so
Undertaken to write show critiques as customarily requested by the weekly dog press
Been an owner or breeder of at least 3 Border Terriers when these dogs obtained their first entry in The Kennel Club Stud Book (Save in exceptional circumstances)
Stewarded over a minimum of 12 days at either Limited, Open or Championship shows
In the case of overseas judges, broadly similar criteria will apply
A3 list criteria - Non Breed Specialists (re numbers judged; all the other requirements of the A3 list criteria to remain the same as before):
To have the support of the club and have:
A minimum of 5 years experience of judging the breed
Judged at least 1 Breed Club Show and/or 2 Breed Club Supported Entry Shows at each of which at least 40 Border Terriers were entered and present
Judged at least the number of Border Terriers in breed classes as currently required by the Kennel Club for the Stud Book Band allocated to the breed (Band D - 160 dogs as at 2015) over an adequate geographic spread of venues (the exact wording of this amendment subject to agreement/ratification by all seven Border Terrier Clubs in due course)
Attended at least one Border Terrier Breed Specific Seminar run in accordance with the relevant Kennel Club Code of Best Practice
Passed a Border Terrier breed examination or assessment if applicable
Submitted an application/questionnaire if requested to do so
Undertaken to write show critiques as customarily requested by the weekly dog press
B List
Indicates persons who have been approved by the Scottish Border Terrier Club to judge the breed at Open Shows or at Championship Shows without CCs and have completed the Club's questionnaire.
CRITERIA:-
B List Specialist Judges
To have the support of the club and have:
Been active in Border Terriers for a minimum of 5 years
A minimum of 2 years experience of judging the breed
Judged at least 30 Border Terriers in breed classes
Attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the relevant examination on the Kennel Club Regulations and Judging Procedures: Requirements of a dog show judge (applicable to all B List Breed Specialists applicants from 1 January 2013) - item 3.1 on the Border Terrier Club Judges Questionnaire
Attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer on Anatomy, Conformation and Movement (applicable to all B List Breed Specialists applicants from 1 January 2013) - item 3.2 on the Border Terrier Club Judges Questionnaire
Attended a seminar given by a Kennel Club Accredited Trainer and passed the "Hands on" assessment of judges' knowledge of Conformation and Movement, covering Points of the Dog, The Structure of the Dog and The Conventional Measurements of the Dog (applicable to all B List Breed Specialists applicants from 1 January 2013) - item 3.3 on the Border Terrier Club Judges Questionnaire
Attended at least 1 seminar on the Border Terrier Breed Standard - item 3.4 on the Border Terrier Club Judges Questionnaire
Stewarded over a minimum of 2 days at Limited, Open or Championship Shows.
Submitted an application/questionnaire if requested to do so
Undertaken to write show critiques as customarily requested by the weekly dog press
In the case of overseas judges, broadly similar criteria will apply
B List Non Specialist Judges
To have the support of the club and have:
A minimum of 5 years experience of judging any other breed
Judged at least 30 Border Terriers in breed classes
Attended at least 1 seminar on the Border Terrier Breed Standard
Been placed and currently remain on the A or B List of a breed club for at least 1 other breed
Submitted an application/questionnaire if requested to do so
Undertaken to write show critiques as customarily requested by the weekly dog press
C List
Persons included on the C List are aspirant judges who do not fall into any of the previous categories and who have completed the Club's questionnaire
CRITERIA:
C List Specialist Judges
To have the support of the club and have:
Been active in Border Terriers for at least 3 years
Submitted an application/questionnaire if requested to do so
Undertaken to write show critiques as customarily requested by the weekly dog press
C List Non-Specialist Judges
To have the support of the club and have:
A minimum of 3 years experience of judging any other breed
Been placed and currently remain on the A, B or C List of a breed club for at least 1 other breed
Judged at least 12 Border Terriers in breed classes
Submitted an application/questionnaire if requested to do so
Undertaken to write show critiques as customarily requested by the weekly dog press
Lists of names, addresses and telephone numbers of Judges are available from the Secretary.
Please note:-
If you have submitted a questionnaire and wish to check whether you have been placed on any of the Club's lists, you may contact the Secretary (as no letters will be sent out), but neither the Secretary, nor any member of the Committee can enter into discussion concerning a particular applicant’s inclusion or non-inclusion on the lists.
The submission of a completed questionnaire will allow the Scottish Border Terrier Club’s Judges Sub-Committee to consider the candidate for inclusion on the Judges Lists, but does not guarantee or imply inclusion to any of the Club’s Judges Lists, whose stated criteria the candidate may satisfy.
Each year a new Judges List is drawn up by the Club. This is a requirement of the Kennel Club and the Lists are widely distributed to Canine Societies in the expectation that, when selecting judges for our breed, they will give due consideration to those who have met our criteria and receive Club support. Only those on our Judges List are eligible to judge at our Club shows.
Having taken into account the requirements of Kennel Club policy, the increased expectations of exhibitors that judges have knowledge and competence when carrying out their judging appointments and the objectives of the Club, we are pleased that the seven Breed Clubs have common criteria, so an equal minimum standard is applied across the breed. It remains the responsibility of individuals,however, to ensure that their CVs are submitted, and are kept up to date, in order that due consideration may be given to their application for inclusion on a List. Such inclusion in a previous year is not necessarily a guarantee that inclusion is automatic for future Lists.
The criteria will be implemented for compilation of the lists for 2017. Those who aspire to the B List are advised that some extra requirements have been added but the implementation date has been delayed to allow time for applicants to meet all the criteria. Those who are presently on a B List will require to have met the minimum criteria prior to inclusion on a B List.
The Scottish Border Terrier Club also has a Questionaire which we ask all aspirant judges to complete.
The Scottish Border Terrier Club exists to promote and protect our breed, see our constitution and code of ethics. The club runs 3 conformation shows per year and a member's rally event. We hold our AGM in January, usually immediately after our Limited Show. All the events are very friendly and new owners & members are encouraged to come along and be part of them. Pictures and details of our most recent events can be found on our Events page.
