Leeds City & District Canine Association

LEEDS CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW.. LONG HAIRED DACHSHUNDS. JUDGE VIVIEN PHILLIPS

THE GRASS WAS QUITE LONG IN MY RING AND SO IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS MOVEMENT. SOME EXHIBITS REALLY STRUGGLED AND LOOKED ALMOST UNSOUND. I MADE ALLOWANCES FOR THIS AND IN SOME CASES MOVED A DOG AGAIN… MY WINNERS WERE VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED WITH AN ELEGANCE IN HEAD AND WELL RIBBED WITH GOOD STRONG QUARTERS AND TIGHT FEET.. I DID , HOWEVER, FIND SOME SHORT RIBCAGES AND SOME FAIRLY FLAT FEET.

PUPPY DOG (2) 1 ROBERTS’ SWANSFORD GABRIELDOR. TWO VERY NICE PUPPIES HEADED BY THIS 6 MONTH OLD YOUNGSTER. SHADED RED WITH A SUPER ELEGANT HEAD AND LONG NECK FLOWING INTO GOOD SHOULDERS WITH PLENTY OF KEEL AND WELL RIBBED WITH GOOD BONE AND STRONG HINDQUARTERS. MOVED WELL FOR A BABY IN SPITE OF THE GRASS. BEST PUPPY. HARRIS & MCLAUCHLAN’S ZARCREST HUW GRANT. ANOTHER PROMISING SHADED RED BOY. MUCH OF THE SAME APPLIES THOUGH HE NEED TO TIGHTEN UP IN FRONT AND CAME TOWARDS ME RATHER WIDE.

JUNIOR. (1) DARE’S LARKHUND BLACK PANTHER DARSOMS (IKC) STOOD ALONE. THIS 12 MONTH BLACK AND TAN HAS A SUPER HEAD AND EYE. LONG NECK INTO CORRECT SHOULDERS. GOOD KEEL AND RIBBING. HE IS LONG ENOUGH BUT WITH A GOOD RIBCAGE. GOOD OUTLINE AND RETAINED HIS TOPLINE ON THE MOVE IN SPITE OF THE DIFFICULT TERRAIN. STRONG HINDQUARTERS. CHALLENGED HARD FOR THE RES. CC. MUST HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE.

POST GRADUATE DOG. (4) 1 & 2 LITTER BROTHERS. 1. GARLICK’S RANGLEWOOD HARVEST SONG. BLACK AND TAN OF GOOD CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT. LIKED HIS SIZE AND OUTLINE. GOOD HEAD AND NECK. SUFFICIENT KEEL. GOOD FEET. RIBS COULD GO FURTHER BACK. STRONG IN FRONT MOVEMENT , OK BEHIND . NOT HELPED BY LONG GRASS. 2 BUSHELL’S RANGLEWOOD HARVEST HOPS. ANOTHER 2 YEAR OLD BLACK AND TAN . MUCH OF THE SAME APPLIES. HEAD OF MY WINNER HAD A LITTLE MORE ELEGANCE.. THIS DOG WAS NOT HAPPY AT FIRST ON THE TABLE, BUT MOVED OUT QUITE WELL WHEN HE SETTLED. 3. STREET & TOFT’S RANGLEWOOD LAWSONIA.

LIMIT DOG (2) 1. METCALFE-BILGIN’S METADALE MONTEREY JACK.. NICE SIZE ON THIS RED. ELEGANT HEAD AND GOOD EYE. NECK LONG AND INTO CORRECT SHOULDERS. GOOD FEET AND TOPLINE.. RIBS COULD GO FURTHER BACK.. DIFFICULT TO ASSESS MOVEMENT IN THE LONG GRASS AS HE IS LOW TO GROUND. 2 WEDGE’S PEVERLEIGH AUTUMNAL LOUIS AT DOLANS . MUCH OF THE SAME APPLIES. GOOD FRONT AND FEET AND RIBBING COULD GO FURTHER BACK ON THIS RED YOUNGSTER. MOVED WELL. NOT QUITE THE ELEGANCE IN HEAD OF MY WINNER.

OPEN DOG. (3) 1 ABS. 1 DARE'S DARSOMS ZOCRATEES, SUPER DOG WITH AN ELEGANT HEAD. LONG NECK FLOWING INTO CORRECT SHOULDERS. MOVES AS THOUGH HE IS ON WHEELS! WELL RIBBED WITH GOOD TIGHT FEET. WELL MUSCLED IN HINDQUARTERS WHICH HE USES WELL. CC, HIS 4TH AND BOB. 2. GARLICK’S RANGLEWOOD ARASHI. THIS 5 YEAR OLD SHADED RED WAS ABUNDANT IN COAT AND SO AT FIRST SEEMED HEAVIER.. HE IS VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED WITH A GOOD HEAD AND EYE. EXCELLENT SHOULDERS AND RIBBING. STRONG HINDQUARTERS USED WELL ON THE MOVE. GOOD TOPLINE. RESERVE CC

VETERAN DOG. COOK & RHODES’ ABYDACHS RIDES THE STORM TO BOURNDER A NEARLY TEN YEAR OLD RED. A CREDIT TO HIS OWNER. HE IS IN SUPER CONDITON AND EXCELLENT ON THE MOVE.. ELEGANT HEAD AND NECK FLOWS INTO GOOD SHOULDERS. RIBBING GOES WELL BACK AND RETAINS HIS TOPLINE ON THE MOVE. FEET A TAD FLAT BUT HE IS 9. PUSHED HARD FOR THE RESERVE CC. BEST VETERAN

PUPPY BITCH (3) 1. WEDGE’S DANTON FIRE DANCER AT DOLANS. VERY PRETTY RED BABY. ELEGANT HEAD AND GOOD FRONT AND SUFFICIENT KEEL . RIBS GO WELL BACK. MOVEMENT A BIT ERRATIC IN THE LONG GRASS. 2. BOYLE’S ZARCREST ANGELINA JOLIE. ANOTHER ELEGANT YOUNGSTER, SHADED RED WITH SUFFICIENT KEEL AND WELL RIBBED. RETAINED HER TOPLINE BUT CAME TOWARDS ME A LITTLE WIDE IN FRONT. 3 NICHOLSON & NICHOLSON ZARCREST JENNIFER LAWRENCE AT BETSYMIRE

JUNIOR BITCH. (1) 1 MCGAVIGAN & PETTIGREW’S CLENTRY CAMELLIA FOR PETTIGANS. ANOTHER PRETTY RED WELL MADE YOUNGSTER. WITH GOOD RIBS GOING WELL BACK. GOOD FOR SIZE.  TIGHT FEET . DIFFICULT TO ASSESS MOVEMENT IN THE LONG GRASS, BUT SHE HELD HER TOPLINE AND MOVED OK ONCE SETTLED.

POST GRADUATE BITCH. (4) 1 CALLOW’S GARTHORNE CHARLOTTE. SHADED RED ANOTHER WELL MADE ELEGANT BITCH. VERY GOOD FRONT AND FEET. RIBS GO WELL BACK.. STRONG HINDQUARTERS, THE BEST TODAY,. WELL MUSCLED AND STRONG ON THE MOVE. CHALLENGED FOR RES. CC. 2. GARLICK’S RANGLEWOOD TRICK OR TREAT. A WELL MADE BLACK AND TAN ELEGANT BITCH WITH A GOOD HEAD FRONT AND FEET. STRONGLY RIBBED, MOVED WELL. NOT QUITE THE STRENGTH BEHIND OF MY WINNER.

3 WEDGE’S FAULKSFOLLIE MISS MINAVER AT DOLANS.

LIMIT BITCH (3) 1 GEESON’S ABYDACHS KUMALA, ELEGANT SHADED RED OF GOOD SIZE AND CONSTRUCTION. CORRECT SHOULDERS AND TIGHT FEET. MOVED OUT WELL WITH A GOOD OUTLINE BUT OF HEAVIER MOULD SO FOUND THE LONG GRASS A CHALLENGE IN PARTS. CONSIDERED FOR THE RESERVE CC. 2 METCALFE-BELGIN’S METADALE MARCELLA AN ELEGANT 3 YEAR OLD RED WITH A GOOD HEAD AND NECK. GOOD FRONT AND FEET. LONGER CASTE THAN THE WINNER AND RIBS COULD GO A TAD FURTHER BACK. MOVED OUT WELL ONCE SETTLED IN THE LONG GRASS. 3 WEDGE’S METADALE MICA AT DANTON.

OPEN BITCH. (5) LOVELY CLASS THIS, 1 GARLICK’S RANGLEWOOD LAUREN 4 YEAR OLD SHADED RED. LOVELY BITCH WITH ELEGANT HEAD AND GOOD EYE . LONG NECK FLOWING INTO GOOD SHOULDERS. TIGHT FEET AND EXCELLENT RIBBING. WELL MADE THROUGHOUT AS WERE ALL FROM THIS KENNEL. GOOD WELL MUSCLED HINDQUARTERS WHICH SHE USED WELL TO FLOW ROUND THE RING. CC WHICH I UNDERSTAND WAS THE COVETED THIRD! 2. MCNAUGHTON’S CH CEDAVOCH CIRCE. ANOTHER LOVELY RED BITCH. OF GOOD SIZE WITH AN ELEGANT HEAD AND NECK. GOOD FEET AND WELL MADE FRONT. RIBBING GOES WELL BACK. SUPER OUTLINE AND STRONG HINDQUARTERS WHICH AGAIN SHE USED TO FLOW ROUND THE RING. A LITTLE UNSETTLED AT FIRST AS HER HANDLER HAD COME FROM ANOTHER RING. VERY CLOSE DECISION IN A STRONG CLASS, JUST LOVED THE HEAD AND EXPRESSION OF MY WINNER. RESERVE CC. 3. BURKE & MASTON’S BONAVOIR ERMINTRUDE.

VETERAN BITCH NO ENTRIES.