Hitchin & District Canine Society

Thank you to the committee for the invitation to judge at this very well run show and to the exhibitors for turning up on a not so pleasant day outside! 

Papillon 

Junior (1, 0)

1st) Matthews’ Berestead Haute Couture, lovely 13 month old r/s/w bitch, beautiful to go over & so fine and dainty all through. Excellent muzzle being fine & with thin lips. Good ears with some nice fringing coming, enough neck & with to her front, well ribbed and level in topline. Well carried tail & such a sound, accurate mover. This is the second time I have judged this bitch and she is improving all the time. RBOB. 

Post Graduate (2, 0)

1st) Davidson’s Cinstarshe Red Emerald, 2.5 year old r/s/w & really enjoying her day out, lovely head and eye, excellent mouth and good large ears. Nice to go over, well bodied, firm topline and neat underline. A sound mover and well presented.

2nd) Tidmarsh’s Cintarshe Red Garnet for Creliatown, likes the shape and size of this bitch & not surprised to see she is Red Emerald’s sister. They share many of the same attributes & are certainly fine, dainty & ‘butterfly-like’ in their outlook on life. Thought today perhaps she wasn’t going quite so well away & back as her sister, but she is a lovely mover in profile & well handled.

Open (3, 0)

1st) Slater’s Baillion Black Obsidian for Zizula, b/w chap of almost three years; lovely head and dark eye, ears well set & could be used a little more, enough neck but front of good width with some depth to chest. Very well bodied with good ribs and topline, tail well set & carried correctly with a good plume. Firm enough when driving away and returns very true in front. Sound and stylish in profile, perfectly presented and a pleasure to award him BOB.

2nd) Davidson’s Cintarshe Red Perri, think I have also judged this chap before and have done him well, a full sibling of Red Emerald though a year older & he shares many of her attributes. So little to dislike and all of a piece, perfectly put down in a beautiful jacket of silk; just felt today he wasn’t quite as settled on the move as Black Obsidian, but a very nice one.

3rd) Tidmarsh’s Creliatown Magellanica 

Pug 

Junior (3, 1)

1st) Dabb’s Regencylodge Nazereen, a real cutie! Cobby and such a well built fawn, good head and eye with open features & enough wrinkle, good skull and neat ears. Well bodied and lovely to go over, excellent depth to chest & firm topline, good tail curled and carried well. A sound, accurate mover and very eye catching. Liked her colour and good trace, neat feet and well boned. RBOB. 

2nd) Fitsall’s Abukadra Tutti Frutti, fawn of 15 months and what a character! Liked her a lot and she too boasts a beautiful head and eye, neat ears and good clearly defined wrinkle, but not overdone in any way. Slightly taller and longer than the winner, but very well constructed and sound all through, particularly liked her going in profile where she carried herself well & was full of confidence and importance. Well handled. 

Post Graduate (2, 1)

1st) Fitsall’s Abukadra Electra, fawn sister to 2nd in puppy & very similar, slightly more advanced and this stage of development and more the finished picture. Excellent head and eye, with good open features and correct pigmentation. Good front and forehand, level in topline, tail well set and carried correctly, such a sound mover driving away and returning true in front, beautiful in profile and handled sympathetically. Liked her a lot and a pleasure to award her BOB. 

Open (1, 0)

1st) Fitsall’s Adoram Shady Lady, just three years old and typical of the famous kennel name which she carries. Loved her shape and size, beautiful head and eye though perhaps not quite the expression of the winners, beautifully cobby and thick set, well boned and lovely in topline, neat tail with good curl and carried correctly at all times. A lovely mover & her young handler presented her in first class order with a display of super, sympathetic handling. 

Evan L Ryan (Cavalli/Cavallibrook)