Sheila Jakeman - Utiliy Group Judge - Saturday

0:00Sheila, an amazing group of dogs for the utility, a group here at Crufft, first of all, how difficult was that? Well, it's always difficult because so many of them are good and you know that you're going to disappoint so many. I wanted to bring in a dozen, but you can't bring in that many, you know? So you wittle it down and then you watch them again and see which one has got the most dist, if you like. Now, as far as I can remember, that was the longest wait when you looked at the ones that you pulled out before you made your decision. You could see it, you couldn't hear a penny drop in the area. I know, it wasn't quite, wasn't it? Why was it taking you so long? Was it because they were such a good group? I really liked the Dalmatian and she was messing around and I gave her time to come back and pose again because I wanted her first or second, but the snouts were so beautiful and it was never put a foot wrong. So snouts are first, Dalmatian second.

1:01What is it about that breed particularly? I mean, obviously you know the breed standard very well, but for the casual viewer, what is it about that breed that makes them so popular and how do you... I think they're so smart and they're compact, they're not too big a dog, they're biddable, there's sort of everything going for them really. Well, great choice, really well done. Thank you.