Midland Counties Canine Society

Samoyeds, Midland Counties 2024

Minor Puppy Dog (5)

1. Nikara It’s Keats

A dog that has come a very long way for his age. He is very well built and constructed and is a powerful and purposeful mover. Highly typical head with excellent small ears, well set. Correct stop. Attractive expression with a smile on his face. Excellent pigmentation. Enough neck. He will still have to grow a little more leg with maturity. Excellent topline. Very good front with a good fill between his front legs and ideal width all the way. Deep and capacious chest. Excellent topline and tailset. Balanced angulation behind. Excellent coat. He moved with soundness and precision from all angles. Best Puppy

2. Samhaven Driftin High to Shianise

A well grown dog, I liked his length of leg and his body proportions. Another with a very pleasing expression and strong pigmentation. Good ears, but he is not always using them to his advantage. Moderate front angulation. Very pleasing neck and topline, well set and carried tail. Balanced angulation behind. He kept his balance on the move and moved well, still not as well as the winner.

3. Luistarr I Predict A Riot at Serrenus

Puppy Dog (3)

1. Nikara It’s Keats

2. Samhaven Driftin High to Shianise

3. Dynar My First Kiss

Junior Dog (1)

1. Dynar My First Kiss

I found this dog somewhat foreign to my eye and he is not at his most flattering stage at the moment. His head has a long way to go to develop and his ears are not his fortune. Pleasing neck, quite good shoulders, but rather straight in upper arm. Firm topline. Good tailset. His coat is completely without a top coat making him look like a furball and of an alternative colour. He is a big mover from the side, I would not want any more.

Post Graduate Dog (2)

1. Santaviga Endo Cordova

A dog combining masculinity with elegance. Square in his outline, I would prefer some more length of body. He has a strong, masculine head with a good skull, ears a little wideset. Expressive eyes and very good pigmentation. Pleasing rise of neck. Firm topline. Very moderately angulated both ends, but balanced. Just enough width in front and forechest. Excellent coat quality. He moved as well as his angulation allowed from the side, pleasing going away, but needs to stabilize in front.

2. Annecy’s Mischievous Max

Standing I preferred this dogs outline as he is slightly off-square and has more angles. His head fits his body and is well proportioned. Pleasing neck. Excellent topline and tailset. OK coat. Needs more volume in his front and could be quite a lot sounder coming and going. Keeping his balance in movement from the side.

Limit Dog (4)

1. Vandreem Imperial Breeze over Berezniki

A beautiful dog of excellent type and quality. He has the ideal proportions and very much the type I am looking for in the breed. Excellent head and expression with a smile on his face. Small ears, well set and carried. Pleasing rise of neck. Firm topline, well set tail. Moderate, balanced angulation both ends. If anything he could have a bit more angulation of stifle. Very good coat and colour. Used his legs very well indeed from the side and from the front, reasonable from behind, but carried himself just medium well on the move.

2. Rosskaja Here Comes Trouble for Syanaria

Another dog who appealed a lot for his outline and proportions. Well up on legs and just somewhat longer than high. Strong, masculine head. His ears could be somewhat higher set. Beautiful neck, topline and tailset. Well angulated both ends. Excellent coat structure and a with an amount that enhances his outline. Unfortunately not moving anywhere near as well as the winner and was mostly interested in pacing, but kept his balance on the move.

3. Lovely Snow Diamonds Kristoph to Vandreem

Open Dog (9)

1. Ch. Holy Archie Orleansnow

A beautiful dog. He combines being masculine with elegance and quality, standing so very well over his legs and feet, if of a slightly different type that his competition. Strong masculine head with ideal width of skull and well set ears. Dark, slightly slanting eyes, excellent pigmentation. Strong neck with excellent length that he used at all times. Firm topline. Well set and carried tail. Well angulated both ends. In a very good coat that enhanced his outline rather than disguised it. Excellent powerhouse mover from all angles. He is a truly excellent representative of his breed and sex. CC & BOB.

2. Lumistarr This is How We Do It

Another very attractive dog, well balanced and proportioned. Another with a very pleasing masculine head, very good ears and expression. Pleasing rise of neck. Firm topline, well set and carried tail. Balanced angulation. Not quite the bone nor the pasterns of the winner. Excellent topline and tailset. Well angulated behind. A sound and functional mover from all angles.

3. Ch. Vandreem Imprerial Ripasso JW

Veteran Dog (2)

1. Ch. Neopisuemiy Schastlivchik D’stary S Hutora Dyanki

A very attractive dog with a beautiful balance and especially great side movement. White with biscuit ears. He is not big, but big enough and definitely masculine. Attractive head with very good ears. Just enough space between his eyes. Lovely pigmentation. Very good rise of neck, lovely topline and tailset. Well angulated both ends. In an excellent coat. I could watch a dog that moves like this forever as he is so perfectly coordinated and balanced and strides out so well in both ends. Also perfect in movement coming towards me. ResCC.

2. Zakaytia Angel of Mine

Another attractive and well preserved veteran. Well proportioned. Not the ear placement of the winner, rather wide. Strong neck. Firm topline, well set tail. Moderate, but balanced angulation both ends. Could be stronger in pastern. Kept his outline on the move, but could not compete with the winner in movement. Lovely coat, well presented.

Special Beginner (1)

1. Annecy’s Mischievous Max

Minor Puppy Bitch (2)

1. Rosskaja Ginato Clementino

Attractive, feminine bitch, well balanced and proportioned crème bitch. She has a well shaped head with excellent skull and good earset. Dark eyes and excellent pigmentation. A little anxious in her expression. Strong neck. Well set. Excellent front with very good forechest. Deep and capacious boy, excellent topline, very good tailset. In a puppy coat awaiting a top coat. A very positive mover from all angles.

2. Rosskaja Ginjo Pearl for Snowbiscuit

Another very attractive puppy of very pleasing proportions. She has an attractive head and expression and a smile on her face. Ears not quite stable as of yet. Good rise of neck. Firm topline, well set tail. Awaits some more length of leg. Kept her outline and balance on the move, but did not stride out as well as the winner.

Puppy Bitch (2)

1. Samhaven Kumo

A nicely balanced bitch, well proportioned. She has good width of skull and well set ears, but could still do with more space between her dark eyes, Excellent pigmentation. Good rise of neck. Firm topline, well set tail. Lovely coat. When getting into a proper trot, she moved well.

2. Dynar Absinthe Hemingway

An eye-catching bitch with big movement. Her head is less than typical with a narrow skull and a rather foreign expression. Good rise of neck. Pleasing outline and tailset. In a good coat. She kept her balance on the move. Her tail is carried rather high and gets a bit in the way of the outline.

Junior Bitch (2)

1. Dreambig Evija

 A very eye-catching bitch, truly filling the eye, she is very finished in her overall balance. Typical, feminine head with beautiful eyes, well spaced ears. Her stop appears excessive due to a lot of hair on her brow, but is really just normal. Strong neck. Well set. Firm topline, excellent tailset. Balanced angulation both ends. She was rather unfocused on the move, but in glimpses moved really well, stable in front, a bit wide behind.

2. Gwyneira Scarlet Witch JW

Another attractive bitch but looked rather unfinished compared to the winner. She has a feminine head with well spaced eyes and a very good expression. Ears on the large side. Medium neck. Balanced angulation both ends. Pleasing body proportions, but I would not want her any longer. Firm topline, well set tail. Coat under development. Another who was rather unconcentrated, but moved well enough.

Post Graduate Bitch (6,3)

1. Jewel Child of Joy Orleansnow

Big bitch of maximum size, but still feminine, especially in her head. Very good skull and well placed eyes. Very good pigmentation and a smile to her face. Ears a bit larger than necessary. Moderate angulation both ends. Excellent length of leg. Firm topline, well set and carried tail. Deep and capacious body. Excellent coat. Moved medium well from the side, but carried herself very well.

2. Silbertips And All That Jazz JW

A bitch of correct size, but with just enough length of leg. Very good skull and ears. Dark eyes, a bit full. Very good rise of neck. Firm topline and well set tail. Balanced angulation both ends. Very good coat quality. Standing she looked the winner of the class, but could carry herself better on the move and appeared then rather anonymous.

3. Annecy Dream of Reality

Limit Bitch (6,2)

1. Silbertips Star Attraction at Zakaytia

Bitch of excellent type and size. Well up on legs and well proportioned. The best head in this class with good width of skull and well placed ears, well rounded and small. Strong neck, well set. Firm topline, well set tail. Moderate but balanced angulation both ends. She moved well from the side, reasonable coming and going. Beautiful coat and pure white colour.

2. Siberianmist Lagertha

Another attractive bitch with quite a pleasing head with well spaced ears, but larger. Dark eyes and good pigmentation. Enough neck, moderate angulation in front. Could do with a little more body length, but well developed in depth and width. Firm topline and tailset. Not in the best coat on the day and it frankly did not suit her all that well. Quite a good mover from all angles.

3. Taronakits It’s Kalyra at Samarind JW

Open Bitch (12,2)

1. Ch. Nikara Sweet Dreamsfor Kimeekasams

A lovely bitch. She is feminine and elegant and of ideal size for a bitch, but above all a fabulous mover from all angles. Typical head with lovely eyes and ears and a good width of skull for a bitch. Excellent pigmentation. Enough rise of neck. Excellent topline and tailset. Moderate, but balanced angulation both ends. I would not mind a bit more angulation behind, but it sure did not affect her movement as she is a truly outstanding mover from all angles and without competition when it came to that. CC

2. Ch. Nikara Secret Love by Norjack JW

Another eye-catching bitch of obvious quality. Another with a very typical head if a little more prominent in her eyes. Firm topline, excellent tail, well set and carried. In a lovely coat, excellently presented. Enough length of leg. Another very good mover from all angles, still not up to the winner.

3. Artsam Adored

Veteran Bitch (6,3)

1. Ch. Right One for Mezen Yoshi and Us Santaviga

A beautiful bitch of very classic type and quality. So well proportioned and balanced. Typical, feminine head with well set, small ears. Very good length of leg and an excellent neck. Firm topline, well set tail. Balanced angulation, standing very well over her front legs, could have some more angulation behind. In a full undercoat, top coat acceptable on the day, if not ideal. She moved with suppleness and smoothness, carriage and excellent extension both ends. ResCC.

2. Kalinski Dushka Maia

An eleven year old bitch in excellent condition and form. It is almost impossible to believe that she is that old. She also has an expressive head with dark eyes, if rather large ears. Beautiful neck and front. Excellent topline and tailset. In a ship shape coat. Strong bone. She moved well from the

side and in front, still not as good as the winner and certainly not from behind.

3. Ch. Nikara Secret Dreamer

Espen Engh, Norway (judge)