Boston & District Canine Society

Boston & District Canine Society.

4/7/24

My thanks to the committee for this my first appointment giving Challenge Certificates in a breed that I have followed for many years. Thank you to my stewards on the day.

Thank you to the exhibitors for the opportunity to judge such a quality entry. In many classes I had some hard choices to make.

It was marred slightly by receiving an anonymous message prior to judging, slating a dog in the breed and saying they hoped I would not award it top honours, anyone who knows me will be aware that I do my own thing when judging and this would have no effect on my placings whatsoever. So sad though in a numerically small breed to have one bad apple

Mrs Jayne Alpe - Judge.

Puppy Dog (1)

1. Grant-Parkes – Parabar Posy’s Pawnee – 9 month old quality puppy, excellent breed type, correct head shape with dark eye and good expression. Ear carriage correct. Mouth correct. His coat was hard and weatherproof. Moved very soundly with Drive. BPIB

Junior Dog (1)

1. Grant-Parkes – Parabar Puzzling Piper – nice type with good head shape and proportion, dark eye. Correct bite. He moved well with purpose and kept a good top line . Correct double coat and colour with good thumbprint. Balanced outline. DRCC

Yearling Dog (3)

1. Grant-Parkes – Parabar Puzzling Piper – (Repeat)

2. Hughes – Poolheywood Barney JW – Good type, with nice head, moved well, bite correct. Would prefer a darker eye to enhance expression.

3. Cooper – Swanndale Walter Tybalt

Postgraduate Dog (1)

1. Cooper – Swanndale Walter Tybalt – 3rd in Yearling. Good head shape, correct bite, moved ok, light in bone and not enough strength of muzzle. Nervous dog needs more ring training.

Limit Dog (1)

1. McBride – Utthanshavan Wolf Moon Man – Good breed type, with a very typical head shape, dark eye, correct bite and ear carriage. Excellent moving dog who covered the ground well.

Open Dog (3)

1. Felstead – Ch Lankeela You Go Boss at Foveaux JW - Stunning Liver Dog who excelled in movement, with both reach and drive and kept a level top line, which won him the class and BOB. Lovely shaped head, with good expression and ear carriage. Coat hard and good colour Mouth correct and he was full of breed type so very worthy of DCC & BOB

2. Whiteman – Ch. Madincrowd Edred – Excellent head and body shape, with good movement, correct bite, ear set good. Would prefer a darker eye to complete the picture.

3. Thwaite & Hayes – Ch. Ribblespride Crakemoor

Veteran Dog (1)

1. Fairest – Ch. Henson Fairest Lad – 9 year dog of good breed type, with sound movement. Head shape good, ear carriage and bite correct.

Special Beginners Dog (1)

1. Hughes – Poolheywood Barney JW – (2nd Yearling Dog)

Minor Puppy Bitch (1)

1. Jones – Barleydust Fancy Foxtrot – Feminine baby, with a lovely head, with dark eye and correct earset, mouth good. She moved very well and kept a good top line. Hard coat and good tan colouring. Beaten in the challenge by maturity.

Puppy Bitch (2,1)

1. Davies – Parabar Posy’s Pocahontas Piparlo - well balanced puppy who had a super head shape, with dark eye and well set ears. She moved soundly and true. Full of breed type BPB

Junior Bitch (1)

1. Thwaite – Tudorbrook Morgana at Ribblespride – What a happy girl, who is one to watch for in the future, she moved so well with drive and purpose, held her top line and had that look at me attitude. Feminine but correct head, with dark eye and nicely set on ears, mouth correct. Well balanced.

Yearling bitch (1)

1. Bailey & Hancock – Selestar Lemon Drizzle – Head OK with correct earset and bite. Moved OK, would prefer more bone and strength all round.

Postgraduate Bitch (1,1)

Limit Bitch (2,2)

1. Jones – Mahogany Dawn of Barleydust – very nice headed Bitch who took this class on her movement. Mouth correct and well placed ears. Coat good and hard with dark tan.

2. Fairest – Skipest Summer Breeze – Shorter coupled bitch with a good head, mouth and bite I would prefer darker tan. Moved ok

Open Bitch (3,0)

1. Felstead – Ch. Foveaux Queens Gambit - This bitch has breed type from tip of her nose to tip of her tail. She moved with reach and drive and held her top line. Excellent head, dark eye, correct earset and bite and totally feminine. Good coat of correct colour and texture. BCC

2. Felstead – Ch. Selestar Salix Lutea with Foveaux - a beautiful bitch with excellent head, earset correct, bite correct. Good coat and colour, movement sound and powerful, just dropped her top line slightly. As I found out later she is passing on her qualities as she is the dam of 1. RCC

3. Thwaite & Hayes – Ch. Ribblespride Ladytron

Veteran Bitch (1,0)

1. Whiteman – Ch. Madincrowd Bathsheba JW – 10.5 year old bitch and still totally sound on the move keeping her top line. Head shape excellent, correct earset and bite. A lovely bitch with breed type and a worthy champion. BVIB

Special Beginners Bitch (1,0)

1. Bailey & Hancock – Selestar Lemon Drizzle – (1st Yearling Bitch)

Good Citizens (2,0)

1. Jones – Mahogany Dawn of Barleydust (1st Limit Bitch)

2. Bailey & Hancock – Selestar Lemon Drizzle (1st Yearling Bitch)