He went to his first show in France at Colmar. It was a CACIB show and the judge was Frau Assenmacher from Germany.

Gordon won Best Young Dog and Best of Breed; was short listed in the final 10 in the adult Group 1 (Pastoral/Working group) and was 1st in the Group 1 Pastoral Youth Group.

'Gordon' wins 1st Young Dog French Kennel Club Show, Lyon. Judge Monsieur.D Chagnard (France) who wrote

 "small dog 35.5cm but wonderful excellent bone , nice construction even if he is a small dog, very nice head, very expressive head, nice ears  well placed, excellent up and down line, dog really elegant".