Three Counties (Ch - 09/06/2012)

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German Spitz Klein

Temperaments were great as were mouths, nothing to worry me at all. Things that did were poor movement, untypical heads & short ribcages which go with long couplings.

PD (7) 1 Dickinson’s Wychlea Fox In The Mirror, very typy orange, lovely foxy head & expression, well bodied, good forechest, good spring of rib well back, good tailset, legs feet, super temperament. Moves well. Needs to tighten behind. BP; 2 Serman’s Rochedo Bill The Badger by Tymy, b/w parti, not in his best bib & tucker but is well bodied, short coupled, good rear angulation. Moves well. Pleasing head & expression, displays true Spitz temperament; 3 Highmoor’s Printzagems Zak Icelett. JD (1) 1 Dickinson’s Paulgeo Abbots Boy, wolf/s, rather out of coat but well bodied & angulated. Good tailset, pleasing head, neat well placed ears, moving well on good legs & feet. PGD(1) 1 Mole’s Chilite Shooting Star, attractive orange good head & expression, well placed ears, well boned, neat feet, well balanced boy, in good coat, good body, moving straight fore & aft. LD (6) 1 Halligan’s Nardik New Moon at Icabel, most attractive boy, in full bloom of good harsh coat. Good head & expression, balanced, well sprung body, short coupled, good tailset. A lovely picture he retains on the move & in this he scores. CC; 2 Morgan’s Cyfelin Jack Frost at Ahlenagen, sable with black mask, well placed ears, well proportioned head. Preferred expression of 1. Very well bodied, in good hard nick, balanced, short coupled, well boned, stands four square, moving freely. RCC; 3 Kemp’s Orion Black Dazzle at Yanlan. OD (3) 1 Hill & Gilraine’s Ch Cyfelin Rudna Romeo, balanced sable with black mask, masculine head, well placed ears, coat of good texture covering good body & tailset. Pleasing front assembly, free moving; 2 Highmoor’s Ch Printzagems Verve, black, very nice head & expression, in good hard nick, good short coupled body & tailset, well balanced, a real showman; 3 Halligan’s Icabel Shine On.

PB (4) 3 puppies here, all diverse in type, all lovely & among the best movers today. 1 Hawker’s Chilite Eagles Paw, o/w parti, in super coat, lovely head & expression, well placed ears, well bodied, moving well on neat legs & feet, sweet temperament. Will watch her with interest; 2 Shepherd & Macbain’s Chilite Indian Bow, from same stable as 1 but rather different in type. Smaller, well balanced br/w parti, coat of good texture, attractive head & expression, well made body, moving very well. Preferred 1 in type; 3 Kemp’s Yanlan Front Page.JB (4) 1 Penwarne’s Sheldamar Voodoo Doll, very typy black, lovely expression & ear placement, well bodied & balanced, presents a lovely picture, active mover; 2 Wright’s Chilite Indian Shadow, brown, not quite as well balanced as 1 but pushed her hard. Pleasing head & expression, well made & moving well. PGB (4) 1 Hawker’s Chilite Indian Orchid, small, well coated b/w, feminine head & expression, neat ears, well made body, neat legs & feet, good tailset completes balanced picture. Very good mover as is usual from this stable. Would like her bigger; 2 Hill’s Cyfelin Rudno Juliet, pale gold of different type. Well bodied, upstanding girl, good legs & feet, good head, kind expression, moved well; 3 Sheasby’s Baobab Barley Sugar. LB (6) 1 Delve’s Claran Pavlova, stunning cream, excelling in type, not carrying a huge coat but of correct offstanding texture. Totally feminine, not overdone in any way, well balanced, nice neck used to advantage. Lovely body, bone & feet, moved well fore & aft. Gives her handler 100 per cent which gave her the edge over dog for BOB. CC; 2 Hill’s Tymy Tourbilloin of Kilima, substantial o/s, well made throughout, in lovely bloom after her litter. Well boned & a good mover, very nice head & expression. Pushed hard for RCC; 3 Wright’s Chilite Lunar Moon. OB (3) 1 Penwarne’s Sheldamar Spell On Voo, well balanced coal black, in super correct coat & good hard condition. Lovely head & expression, neat well placed ears, well bodied, super legs & feet, a free moving girl. RCC; 2 Hill’s Edburton Llyngoes at Cyfelin, totally different in type. Sweet bitch, nearly a veteran, cr/s, well made with substance. Out of coat at present. Super mover on good legs & feet.

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