Romsey & District Canine Society

ROMSEY & DISTRICT CANINE SOCIETY 05/10/2025 Judge: Miss Claire Prangle( Heathclare) I would like to thank Jeni and her team for a great day and to my stewards who did a fabulous job. ITALIAN SPINONE PUPPY (1) 1)Page’s - Diggmere Uno Georgio (BP) Very nice seven month old boy with a pleasing head, lovely shape to eye that gave him a soft kind expression, good depth to muzzle and a lovely large nose. Excellent front assembly maturing with straight fore-legs, good shoulder assembly and rear quarters for his age, he also had good muscling throughout which was pleasing. Once settled moved well and co-ordinated around the ring, very promising baby. SPECIAL YEARLING (0) POST GRADUATE (0) OPEN (1) 1)Allum’s - Sh:Ch Macarica Fair and Square JW (BOB) A lovely four-year-old when viewed from any angle, gorgeous feminine head with correct planes and good squareness to muzzle. Lovely eyes of correct shape and colour giving a soft kind expression, good earset. Her strong well muscled neck smoothly ran into her excellent front assembly with straight fore-legs and good pasterns. Lovely feel to her well developed body and bone throughout, super depth to her chest, ribs were correctly set well back and were well sprung, pleasing hindquarters, moved well from all angles with excellent footfalls. LAGOTTO ROMAGNOLO PUPPY (2) (2ABS) SPECIAL YEARLING (1) 1)Bishop’s - Bedeslea Prada Linea Ross A very smart looking young lady of correct size who gave a squarely built appearance as desired by the breed. Pleasing head of good broadness and depth, she had strength to her strong muzzle which was of good length. Nice eye of correct colour and rims giving a smart alert expression, pleasing earset, her clean muscular slightly arched neck smoothly ran into her excellent developing front assembly, she had the loveliest of tight feet. Excellent compact body which felt strong and good throughout for her age, correct tail-set and a tail that never stopped wagging which was lovely to see, super feel to her woolly coat which was of good texture, she moved well around the ring, pleased to award her RBOB. POST GRADUATE (1)(1ABS) OPEN(2)(1ABS) 1)Norbury’s - Bedeslea Pradasphere JW. I found out afterwards that this young lady was sister to my previous class winner hence why so much of my notes were the same in their head,expression, neck, body etc, so I shall not repeat what I wrote, I just preferred the strength of her rear quarters, foot falls on the move and the overall strength of this young lady for best of breed, but I am nick picking as both are super youngsters that are so full of promise and I wish you both luck. NOVA SCOTIA DUCK TOLLING RETRIEVER PUPPY(2) 1)Ryder’s - Shorrocks Game Changer At Finnkova. This class presented me with two lovely babies one at the top end of puppy and the other just beginning her journey both I thought were cracking youngsters. The winner was an 11 1/2 month old very smart young man who was full of quality, he was a good medium size with a super head of correct broadness, pleasing shape to muzzle, good almond shaped eyes with the correct rim colour that gave a super expression to me when I looked at him, well set ears. His clean strong neck of good length led into an excellent developing front assembly with good shoulders and straight fore-legs, I liked the depth to his chest already and the strength of loin, he had good correct top line. Pleasing hindquarters developing and there was a lovely feel to his bone throughout. He moved well in profile. I was very pleased to award this class and the next along with BPIB & RBOB to this very promising dog. 2)Fisher & Wallsworth’s - Tollpepper Morning Dawn. Just six months old and what a lovely baby I could’ve wrapped her up and took her home, she had the prettiest of heads a very alert melting expression from her eyes, she was nice medium size with a good front developing and pleasing straight fore-legs and stood on the neatest of feet. Pleasing maturing body throughout, with a lovely lush coat coming through, for her age she moved really well from all angles holding a good top-line, I wish you good luck with her as I think you’ll have a lot of fun days as she matures. SPECIAL YEARLING (3) 1)Ryder’s - Shorrocks Game Changer At Finnkova( See puppy write up) 2)Townsend-Bean’s - Arthundur Firecracker Lovely 16 month old medium size girl with a pleasing well shaped head with good broadness. Super feminine alert expression from her almond shaped eyes which were a good colour, good well set ears of correct shape, she had a lovely feel to her bone and to her correctly developing body throughout, I was also impressed by her muscling which was a credit to her owner for her tender age. Presented in lovely coat and condition and I liked her tight round well arched feet. On the move I was very impressed with her good foot falls and holding her top-line and she also showed lovely reach and drive from all angles, she was just unlucky to meet a super puppy in this class but I could not deny her the next class due to her movement. 3)Shore’s - Briztollie I Have A Dream POST GRADUATE (3) 1)Townsend-Bean’s - Arthundur Firecracker (see 2nd in Special Yearling write Up) 2)Nutland’s - Arthundur Dandelion Wishes Another nice girl who had a lovely balanced head giving a pleasing expression from her eyes of good colour and size, she was well muscled through out and her straight coat was presented in good order and condition, liked her good deep chest, level top line and strong loin, she moved okay. 3)Hunt, West’s & McDowell’s - Wakaduze Dotame OPEN(2) 1)Never’s - Tollelkin Dream Cove At Sheldrake JW AW (BOB). Lovely medium compact mature four-year-old girl who was presented in excellent lush coat that was in super condition. Her pleasing head was of correct shape with good broadness, her well set almond shaped eyes gave an her an alert expression, they were also the correct colour. She had a good shape to her muzzle and a lovely big nose and pleasing triangular shaped ears. Her strong medium length neck led smoothly into her well developed pleasing front assembly and straight fore-legs, she possessed good depth to her chest, well sprung ribs, strong well muscled loin, lovely width to her strong hind-quarters and super well bent stifles. Throughout her body had the lovely feel of strength and good hard muscling and I was impressed by her super bone as well. When viewed from all angles she moved with good reach and drive holding an excellent top line. I was very pleased to award her a well deserved best of breed. 2)Ryder’s - Arthundur Dream Come True At Finnkova Another very nice mature girl with a good clean head and correct eye of good colour which gave her a pretty and alert expression, pleasing front assembly with a deep chest, good top line. Presented in excellent coat and condition, she was not as muscled as my winner and didn’t move with the same fluidity. POINTER PUPPY(3)(1ABS) 1)Parkin’s - Fleurfield Henrietta Hayes At Ellapoint(BPIB & RBOB) & PG4 Super nine month old girl who presented a very smart outline with everything flowing smoothly from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail. Lovely balanced head with a good eye giving a feminine kind expression, correct muzzle and ear-set. Her body was in pleasing firm condition all over, her clean muscular neck smoothly ran into her shoulder of good length and onto her excellent front assembly, nice depth to chest for her age and spring to her rib, pleasing rear quarters, good tail-set and I liked her cat like feet. Moved with great confidence and smoothly for a baby, should have a bright future. 2)Pope’s - Fleurfield Penelope Potter Little sister to my winner and another with a lovely head, clean neck, pleasing front and rear quarters coming. Moved well once dog and handler settled, I believe this handler has just starting showing and I hope she pursues as she has a very nice puppy and could have a lot of fun. One tip and this is just my opinion do not wear black as your dog has part of a black patch on her top line and this affects the look of her top line. SPECIAL YEARLING(3)(1ABS) 1)Wilcox’s - Harvestslade Fire And Ice Through Merynjen JW - Smart young man of almost 2 years who I have done well for in the past as a puppy and it was nice to see him today and to see how he has matured. He presents a very nice clean outline with a pleasing head, good eye & ear-set. His strong well muscled neck smoothly ran into his well developed body, lovely depth to his brisket, good straight fore-legs and the neatest of feet, his good muscled hind-quarters enabled him to move with elegant ease holding a lovely top line when viewed from all angles to take this class. 2)Matthew’s - Sonham Just The Ticket (AI) - What a lovely elegant eye catching young man who presents a very smart picture who appealed greatly to me today but sadly on the move he let himself down as he was having none of it. I very much liked his head which was of equal proportions with a pleasing muzzle and ear set. His muscled neck of good length smoothly ran into his correct maturing front and body. Lovely feel to his bone and muscle throughout, he is only young and once he has learned to settle into his movement, he will have a lot of good days. POST GRADUATE(2)(1ABS) 1)Parkin’s - Keepersfield Simone - Very nice four year-old lady who possessed a lovely clean outline, pleasing balanced head and I loved the soulful expression from her eyes. Her clean neck smoothly ran into her nice front assembly and straight fore-legs. Good top line and rear quarters super muscling throughout and she moved smoothly and well at all times. OPEN(2) 1)Perren’s - Evaluna Chasing Rainbows With Hookwood JW(BOB)- Very nice four year-old girl who today appealed greatly to me in her outline of graceful curves although she needs to watch her weight as it might spoil this look. Super balanced head of good proportions with a pleasing eye giving a very soft expression surrounded by lovely dark rim around them this matched her nose colour as well. Clean slightly arched neck smoothly ran into her good strong front assembly, straight fore-legs and the neatest of tight oval feet, another with lovely feel to her bone and muscles throughout. I liked her excellent wide hindquarters and her well let down hocks, she moved with a lovely free flowing graceful style holding her top-line at all times to take a well deserved best of breed. 2)Goodwin & Smallwood’s - Tyremy Glory Daze - Another young lady of three years with a lot of similar remarks to above, but sadly today she was not moving with the same fluidity as the winner. ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL PUPPY(0) SPECIAL YEARLING(3) 1)Taubman’s - Meonstoke Wild Thyme( BOB) A very nice class of litter mates I particularly liked the first two who were sisters both presented a smart compact and balanced outline with pleasing feminine heads lovely almond shaped eyes with both giving me a kind expression, lovely ear sets as well. I also liked the top-line, spring of rib and rear quarters on both, what split the sisters today was my winner was lovely neck into her shoulders as sadly number two was carrying far too much weight, both moved well and both were presented in lovely coat and condition. 2)Turvey & Murray’s - Meonstoke Wild Cherry At Harvancourt - see critique above. 3)West’s - Meonstoke Woodpecker At Grosbreuil POST GRADUATE(5)(1ABS) 1)Taubman’s - Meonstoke Wild Thyme see critique from previous Class 2)Williams & Toublic’s - Cobhay Heavenly Hydrangea JW BEL JCH BJW 24 Two year old girl who presented a nice balanced outline, good shape to her eyes that gave a kind expression pleasing ear-set of good length, moved well. 3)Hydon’s - Loxbourne Hustle And Bustle IR JR CH OPEN(4)(1ABS) 1)Williams & Toublic’s - Cobhay Dashing Dandelion JW - Very nice two year old girl who presented a good balanced outline, she was well muscled throughout and had a lovely feel to her bone. Pleasing quarters fore and aft, she moved well holding a good top-line and was presented in lovely coat and condition. 2)Taubman’s - Meltarose Madeleine At Meonstoke - Another lovely girl of almost 6 years and I see from my catalogue she is the mum of my best of breed and I could see where my best of breeds outline, head, ear-set and neck into shoulders come from. She was another presented in tip-top condition and moved very well. 3)Williams & Toublic’s - Cobhay Fancy Phlox SPANISH WATER DOG PUPPY(1) 1)Searle’s - Cravessa Snoopy - BOB, BPIB, BPIG & BPIS The minute this young dog of almost 7 months stepped into the ring I was hooked, I just loved him, he looked so full of quality and naughtiness at the same time. When first looking at him when he was stood, he presented to me a dog of good size full of strength, hard and robust. He had a strong and handsome head with a good flatness to his skull and from his oval shaped eyes of good colour he gave a look at me expression and I did, good V shaped ears. His strong short neck smoothly ran into his super maturing front and straight fore-legs and he had the loveliest of tight feet. Chest and ribs were developing well, he had a good level back and hindquarters especially his second thigh, which was very good for his age. Already superbly muscled throughout but for me today it was when he moved, it was so active, energetic and full of strength at all times and he had superb foot falls when viewed from any angle, he had such style on the move, I was pleased to award him BOB & BPIB and later in the day I had no hesitation in awarding him the Gundog puppy group from a quality lineup and I also gave him adult group four from super entry as he thoroughly deserved it and I was thrilled to watch him take best puppy in show, I wish the owner all the best with this exciting young man. What was also nice on the day was the amount of exhibitors that came up to me saying how much they liked this dog and agreed with my choice interestingly I have never had that before an open show. SPECIAL YEARLING(2)(1ABS) 1)Searle’s - Cravessa Snoopy - Repeat of Puppy Class POST GRADUATE(4)(2ABS) 1)Bennett’s & Newport’s - Lendever’s Valiant Hero - RBOB Two very nice dogs were presented today, my winner was a dog of almost 4 who was a nice medium shape with a lovely a balanced head, good oval shape to his eyes and well set V shaped ears. His strong clean neck smoothly ran into his good front assembly, he was well muscled throughout and had a pleasing depth to his chest. Once settled he moved very well. 2)Searle’s - Adormidera Apache Rose At Cravessa A very nice lady of almost 6 who presented a nice clean and robust outline, I liked her head with her lovely feminine expression from her dark oval eyes. She was well muscled throughout and her quarters fore and aft were pleasing and she moved with great confidence around the ring. OPEN(1) 1)Searle’s - Rommy De Ubbadat JW ( Imp Esp) Three year old girl girl who again presented a nice overall shape with a good top-line, depth to chest, spring to ribs, pleasing quarters fore & aft, another from this kennel that was presented in super hard muscular condition all credit to the owner and she moved well with good brisk action around the ring AV GUNDOG VETERAN(7/9 YRS)12(5ABS) 1)Harker’s - SH CH Hernwood Achilles At Ettrick JW One of my favourite classes to Judge and today I had a lovely class of veterans that were full of quality throughout and headed by a most gorgeous Gordon Setter of eight years who was so well put together and his stylish outline impressed me greatly, his lovely head was showing a hint of grey that gave him such a distinguished look, he had excellent forequarters and super hindquarters. His body was in excellent firm hard condition throughout and his beautiful rich coat was presented in tip-top condition and he moved like he owned the ring, It was very stylish and free flowing from all directions. Very pleased to award him the class and I believe this win gave him the final points for his veteran warrant. Many congratulations well deserved. 2)Challis’s - SH CH Vizslanya Aragonia JW ShCEx OSW. Another lovely dog of seven years who was so full of quality and who stood the ground well. He had a super lean head and I really liked the look of nobility he was giving me from his eyes which just added to his lovely look overall, his muscular neck led into a good front assembly, excellent body and hind quarters. He was in hard muscular condition throughout and moved with elegant ease. 3)Harris’s - Bridgella’s First Edition With Konakakela JW ShCEx OSW SPECIAL VETERAN( 10+ YRS)(1)(1ABS) GUNDOG GROUP 1)Bellamy’s - SH CH Moontorn Better Half Of Me JW ShCEx OSW This eye catching Flat-Coat Retriever headed one of the best Gundog groups I have had the pleasure to Judge and thoroughly deserved too, She was so full of quality from the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail, I just loved her. She possessed a most beautiful head of good length and shape with a loveliest of feminine and intelligent expressions from her eyes of correct colour. I liked her large black nose and well set ears. Her clean neck of good length smoothly ran into her super correct front assembly with her straight fore-legs and the neatest of well arched feet. She had lovely depth and broadness to her chest and a good spring to her ribs and squareness to her loin, fabulous strong muscular hindquarters with well let down hocks, there was a lovely feel to her bone and her body was in superb condition and she was presented in tip-top condition, but for me in this excellent group it was her movement that I found outstanding when it was viewed from all angles it was straight and free flowing and the rapport between dog and handler on the move was a pleasure to watch, I had no hesitation in awarding this cracking dog the gundog group. 2)Ball’s - Shearstone Live In The Dream At Fivelms. What an exciting young lady this Golden Retriever was and incredibly she was only 14 months old, I found her beautifully balanced when viewed from all angles, gorgeous maturing head with lovely chisselling, dark alluring look at me eyes of which I did surrounded by super dark rims. Correctly set ears of good size, her clean muscular neck led smoothly ran into her lovely maturing front and straight fore-legs, good elbows and the neatest of cat like feet. Her lovely maturing body showed super balance with depth and spring to her ribs already, strong loin, lovely top line and tail-set, really good muscular hindquarters and super stifles already. On the move she was straight, balanced and precise, her coat was presented in top-top condition, I was very impressed with her overall look for her tender age and delighted to award her a well-deserved group two, good luck for your exciting future. 3) Murray’s - Irish Setter- Henaleas Maximilian With Derrydore JW I judged this dog last year as a puppy and gave him puppy group 2, so it was a lovely to be able to judge him again and to see how he has come on. He is maturing into a lovely compact dog who was nicely balanced throughout with a pleasing head of good length and broadness, he has lovely unshelled dark almond shaped eyes that gave him a soft and gentle expression and he has good low-set long ears. His clean muscular slightly arch neck smoothly ran into his front assembly, he had nice depth to his chest and spring to his rib and pleasing hindquarters of good width. He was well muscled throughout with a good feel to his bone and his rich mahogany coat was presented in tip-top condition, he moved with good co-ordination when viewed from all directions to take third place in this very strong group. 4)Searle’s - Cravessa Snoopy See breed notes for Spanish Water Dogs GUNDOG PUPPY GROUP 1) Searle’s - Cravessa Snoopy - See breed notes for Spanish Water Dogs 2) Fosters - Irish Setter- Ixia Boys Don’t Cry At Shanoah I have seen this puppy at shows and have admired him from the ring side particularly on the move so I was delighted to have the opportunity today when he came through to the group to be able to Judge him and I was not disappointed at all, I thought he was a stunning young dog and so full of promise. He presents a handsome outline, gorgeous maturing, lean head of good length and so full of refinement already, the loveliest un-shelled dark almond eyes giving a look at me expression and I did, very inquisitive raised brows, good depth to muzzle and length to fore-face. His muscular clean slightly arched neck of good length smoothly ran into his excellent maturing front assembly, body, chest, and spring of rib which were all developing well, lovely top line which he held on the move, good width to his loin and pleasing muscling throughout. He has a lovely rich Chestnut coat coming through pleasing hocks and the neatest cat like feet and for his age of 11 months he moved extremely well with good co-ordination when viewed from any angle, he was just unlucky to meet number one today but I do think he is an exciting prospect and I do hope that he fulfils his early promise good luck. 3)Jackson-Haines Leighsham Sweeney Todd I couldn’t deny this gorgeous baby boy of almost 7 months of age a place in this very strong puppy group today, I just thought he was a lovely golden retriever. He has the most handsome of maturing heads already with lovely eyes of good colour surrounded by dark rims, pleasing depth to muzzle, well set ears of good length, his front assembly, body and hindquarters all maturing nicely, he presents a very nice outline already and for a baby he moved well with a good stride that was straight when viewed from all angles holding a lovely top line. 4)Parkin’s - Fleurfield Henrietta Hayes At Ellapoint - Pointer - See breed notes