Southampton & District Canine Association

Southampton & District CS Open Show April 6th 2026

Judge: Averil Cawthera-Purdy

It was both an honour and a pleasure to be invited to judge the Toy Group at this well run and well supported show. I was very well looked after throughout the day and my special thanks to the Secretary, other members of the committee and my two lovely stewards for looking after me so well throughout the day. Special thank you for the scone which was delicious!

Toy Group

A strong group, with some quality puppies placed who are going to give their owners some real fun.

TG1 Green & Leonard’s ETT Lady In Black at Witchstone. I fell in love with the total quality of this young lady. She exudes femininity and fine elegance but with a strength and purpose that leaves you in no doubt she could do the job she was bred for. Her head is textbook with a beautiful eye and lovely ear. However, it is her lines that truly excel, from her arched long neck through a beautiful and correct topline with a matching chest into tuck up line below she is all curves to her correctly rounded croup which means her tail set and carriage could not be anything other than low set and carried. On the move she takes it up another gear as you realise that with these lines she can and does give what the standard asks for and is truly akin to an extended trot, with matching drive from rear giving smoothness and flow and excellent foot fall. At one with her handler and giving her all for him. I will follow her future career with great interest.

TG2 Rhodes’s CKCS, Calonlan Zeus JW. This lad is all quality, beautifully proportioned and well put together, all things I love to see. Good mover. Pleasing head and expression, lovely topline and tail carriage. I have done his sire well previously, pleased to see that the son is even better.

TG3 Clarke’s Cotone de Tuleur Int/Bel/Nld Ch Cotonkiss Heaven Help Us VW NLW23 Lux VCh. Meets the standard so well, correctly constructed with a good outline and pleasing head and expression. Moving out with style in all directions. He totally belies his 9 years. A credit to his owner.

TG4 Orchard & Holyland’s Russian Toy, Cze Ch Vivaprima Turmalin Royal (Imp LVA). About to turn 3 yrs with lots of quality and style about him. Correct in head and expression, with lovely arch to his neck. Well balance throughout. Correct level topline held well at all times and good movement in all directions.

Toy Puppy Group

TPG1 Wildig, Wildig & Carys’s Affenpinscher Carycares Hot To Go. This beautiful pup is going to live up to her name. She is so correct in all respects. Liked her head and expression, cheeky anf all monkey. Well put together with a firm and level topline which she held beautifully on the move. Correct tailset giving her a lovely outline in stance. On the move she shows a correct lively stride with no hint of hackney yet plenty of lift. She is going to be such fun!

TPG2 Tower’s Bolognese, Enjanicka Toscana Ocio. A lovely pup who should also give his owner breeder plenty of fun in the ring. Nicely square in outline with excellent pigmentation. Well constructed and good on the move. Well presented coat of the correct flocked texture.

TPG3 Giambona’s Coton de Tulear Mopseycoton Mini McCoy at Trinashores. Another pup with lots in his favour. I liked his correct make and shape and his good movement. In good coat of the correct texture, well presented.

TPG4 Rhodes’s CKCS, Calonlan Bianca. About to turn 12 mths, perhaps a little immature at present. Good head proportions with melting expression. Typy and sound, liked her balance, well constructed, good level topline, which scored in her class and correct tail carriage.

Affenpinscher

PD/B (4 Entries) Abs: 2.

1st: Wildig, Wildig & Carys’s Carycares Hot To Go. BOB See TPG1

2nd: Mitchard’s Carycares Dropped A Clanger With Wizabeanie. Not surprised to find he is the litter brother of the winner. Another lovely pup! Similar comments apply, not quite the star quality as yet of his precocious sister.

OD/B (2 Entries) Abs: 1

1st: Mitchard’s Wizabeanie One Banana. 3 yr old with a good masculine head and expression. Correctly proportioned and well balanced through if perhaps a tad over angulated behind.

CKCS

PD/B (11 Entries) 4 Abs

1st: Rhodes’s, Calonlan Bianca. BP See TPG4

2nd: Case’s Ginajay Fairy Dust. Liked her sweet head and expression. Good topline and tail carriage, a tad longer in loin than is my preference, but she has time to balance out. Moving out nicely in all directions which gave her this place.

3rd: Waterman’s Vonnyisle Vienna at Burleybeck.

JD/B (4 Entries) Abs 0

1st: Shrimpton’s Kassan Kankan to Cobbets. Fell for this Tri’s lovely headpiece with melting expression, so feminine. She is well made and correct for size. Moved out well and a clear winner.

2nd: Waterman’s Bankshill Living The Life at Burleybeck. Quality exhibit if on the small side, liked her make and shape. Good topline, moving soundly with good tail carriage which was a deciding factor in this place.

3rd: Bennet’s Arroline Incognito at Remmya.

PGD/B (2 Entries) Abs 0

1st: Yeates’ Arroline Onyx of Merryanna. This 2 yr old B/T won here on his stronger movement. I liked his size and shape. He has a good head and expression.

2nd: Gladwin’s Chukimars Poseidon Prince. Lovely head and expression but today he just wasn’t very happy I’m afraid.

Open D/B (6 Entries) Abs: 2

1st: Rhodes Calonlan Zeus. BOB TG2 See above

2nd: Day’s Julchrisgor I Am Sweet. And she is! Again liked her type, pleasing head and expression, well constructed and balanced a good mover.

3rd: Smith’s Heilgr Maybach (Imp SRB)

Chihuahua (L/C)

PD/B (2 Entry) Abs 1

1st: Culverhouse’s Lykath’s Anduril. Soundly made and moving out well. Liked her size, good topline and outline, well balanced in head with good ears and the start of nice fringing. BPIB

JD/B (2 Entries) Abs 1

1st: Holland’s Darnleys Barbie by Prinkcess. Good head and expression nicely balanced, if a little high on leg for my preference. Moved out well here.

PGD/B (2 Entries) Abs 0

1st: Skinner’s Mujerosa Miss Talkulah JW. Feminine, liked her size and sound construction. Lovely topline. Moved well. Good tail carriage.

2nd: Skinner’s Mujerosa Lucky For Me JW. Feminine and soundly constructed and moving well. Just pressures the outline of winner, but close up.

OD/B (3 Entries) Abs: 0

1st: Skinner’s Mujerosa Hats Off To You JW. Well made of pleasing type and balance. Good coat and plenty of fringing. Correct in topline. Moved well. BOB

2nd: Cater’s Lykath’s Light of Earendil in Pixels JW, Close up to winner with a good head and expression, well constructed and a good mover. RBOB

3rd: Culverhouse’s Lykath’s Anduril JW

Chihuahua (S/C)

JD/B 1 Entry

1st: Skinner’s Davixity At Papi at Mujerosa. Precocious young man. Strong level topline with lovely head and good tail carriage. Well put together and moves well once he gets his act together.

PG D/B 2 Entries 1 Abs

1st: Hollister’s Hollichi Designer Baby. Very stylish, up to size but well put together and moving to prove it with a good topline and tail carriage. Pleasing head and expression. BOB

O D/B 3 Entries 1 Abs

1st Hollister’s Hollichi Ren’s Legacy RBOB

2nd Hollister’s Copymear Cleopatra at Hollichi. 

Two quality S/C ladies both good for size and shape. Both with attractive heads and expressions, I particularly liked 2nd’s head but the winner carries herself better and makes the most of herself on the move.

Coton De Tulear

P D/B 1 Entry

1st Giambona’s Mopseycoton Mini MaCoy at Trinashores BPIB (see TPG 3)

J D/B 2 Entries

1st: Cheshire’s Xanthos Von Cotonfeeling (Imp DEU) RBOB

2nd: Hancock’s Coton Karma’s Shoot Me Down Bear at Cindaires (Imp DNK)

Two quality exhibits both excellently presented. Both have good pigmentation and pleasing heads. Winner has the slightly better body shape and today was the more settled and accurate in the move.

PG D/B 1 entry

1st: Craik’s Mopseycoton Cutti Cooki. Excellently presented, feminine well constructed young lady with much to her credit. Well put together, moved well once settled.

O D/B 3 entries 1 abs

1st: Clarke’s INT/BEL/NLD Ch Cotonkiss Heaven Help Us VW NLW23 Lux VCH BOB (See TG3)

2nd: Harris’ Mopseycoton Dinkie Dynomit at Cotonamour. Feminine and meeting the standard well. Not as steady on the move in today’s windy conditions.

English Toy Terriers

PG D/B 1 Entry

1st: Jackson’s Dandytweed Lily The Pink. Rising 2yrs and with plenty to like. Her head meets the standard well. She is nicely constructed and moved well.

O D/B 3 Entries

1st: Green & Leonard’s Lady In Black at Witchstone BOB (See TG1)

2nd: Dennison’s Ch Ettology Bounteous Barney JW RBOB. You certainly don’t expect to have dogs of the callibre of these two to decide between even at a Premier Open Show. A most worthy Ch who gives so much of what the standard calls for. Masculine but not either heavy or overdone. Correct on head and expression with correct eye and ear. Well constructed, with good shoulders, and correctly angulated behind but I felt that today the smoother lines and more powerful rear drive gave the edge to the bitch.

3rd: Phillips’ Ettology Big Bang JW

Japanese Chin

PD/B 4 Entries

1st: Reeves-Sargent’s Alstella Golden Warrior. Scored in head and expression with lovely typical eye. Good shape with correct coat and tail carriage. Moved well once he settled. RBOB BP

2nd: Cox’s Sangria Star Starstruck. Lots of quality in this pup I liked her size, shape and good movement. Not quite the head qualities of the winner.

3rd: Reeves-Sargent Alstella Saskia.

J D/B 1 Entry

1st: Reeves-Sargent’s Alstella Golden Warrior.

O D/B 1 Entry

1st: Reeves-Sargent’s Sharlana Midnight at Alstella. Scores in femininity, soundly constructed and in full correct coat. Good head and expression. Moved out well. BOB

Miniature Pinscher

J D/B 1 Entry

1st: Soper’s Alcarazita Conrad Gates. Red. Up to size lad but scores for his sound construction and movement. Well balanced. RBOB

PG D/B 1 Entry

1st: Soper’s Dobenar Leonidas. B/T at 3 yrs. Quality lad, correct for size. Good conformation and movement. Pleasing head and expression. BOB

Papillon

JD/B (2 Entry)

1st: Matthews & Turner’s Feyeta’s Witchy Woman. Soundly made and proving this in her movement. Liked her for size, good topline and outline, well balanced with pleasing head. RBOB

2nd: Edwards’ Lastayla Playful Pongo. Sound lad with good head and expression. Moved well. Up to to size for me.

PGD/B (2 Entries) Abs 1

1st: Ockenden’s Jaynepaps Alula Australis at Nobane. Way up to size for me but in her favour she is soundly constructed and a good mover.

OD/B ( Entries)

1st: Matthew’s Baillion Be Unique. Lovely head and expression. Well made of pleasing type and balance. Good coat and plenty of fringing. Correct in topline. Moved well. BOB

2nd: Cox’s Briar Rose For Ringland. Beautiful Veteran and probably one of the last to carry this illustrious affix. Loved her feminine head and expression well constructed and a good mover.

Pug

J D/B 3 Entries 1 Abs

1st: Beech & Schofield’s Bubbapug Jelly Baby. Just turning 14 mths. Scored in head and expression. Good ear and nice eye. Correct for body and nicely angulated. Moved out to win here.

2nd: Ede-Rolfe’s Croftren All That Jazz. Feminine head and expression. Nicely bodied. A tad longer in body than my preference. Good front.

PG D/B 2 Entries 1 Abs

1st: Reid’s Bubbapug Empress Pudding. Lots of positives in this young lady. Good make and shape with pleasing head and expression. Typical movement. Good rear front just a tad wide at times. Good topline BOB.

O D/B 1 Entry

1st Reid’s Bubbapug King of Puddings. Older half brother to above. A good masculine head and expression but not the ear of his half sister. Well put together but couldn’t match his sister’s outline today. RBOB

AVNSC Toy

PD/B (1 Entry)

1st: Towers’ Enjanicka Toscana Ocio BAVNSCTP (See TPG2)

JD/B ( 1 Entry)

1st: Repeat Puppy

OD/B (2 Entries) 1 Abs

1st: Orchard & Holyland’s CZE Ch VivaprimaTurmalin Royal (Imp LVA) BAVNSCT (See TG4)

AV Toy

PD/B (9 Entries) 2Abs

1st: Mitchard’s Caryclares Dropped a Clanger with Wizabeanie. Repeat.

2nd: Liverton-Ovey’s Halosey All The Stars Align. Sweet headed Blenheim, who went unplaced in CKCS Pup, but has lots of positives. Well proportioned with a good front.  Rear needs to strengthen.

3rd: Skinner’s Jap Chin Somergemz Mister Tibbes at Mujerosa

JD/B (4 Entries)

1st: Hills’ Sharhazlah’s Devil On Fire. Pom. Good head and expression with correct eye ear placement. Compact with a high set tail and well carried plume. Fine bone and well ribbed. Good coat, just starting to change. Right for age.

2nd: Hancock’s Coton Karma’s Shoot Me Down Bear at Cindaires (Imp DNK) Repeat.

3rd: Bennett’s CKCS Arroline Incognito at Remmya.

PG D/B 1 Entry

1st: Hollister’s Hollister Designer Baby. Repeat

OD/B (5 Entries) 2 Abs

1st: Mitchard’s Wizabeanie One Banana. Repeat.

2nd: Beagent’s Havanese Adorele What a Rumpus. Typy lad. Well constructed and moving soundly.

3rd: Hollister’s Copymear Cleopatra at Hollichi.

Averil Cawthera-Purdy

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