Birmingham National (Ch - 12/05/2013)

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German Spitz Klein

I enjoyed the good entry. Quite a few were too short on the leg for perfect balance. However I found a lot of quality dogs.

JD 1 Ch Longsdale’s Willie Win, 17 months, lovely shape, sturdily built & with good movement. In excellent coat, good head proportions. Ears a little big & wide set. Full of quality & very worthy of the title he carries; 2 Holbain Just Ted, 14 months brown, just a touch long for balance & not in his best coat. Sound, correct bone & good movement. Scored in tailset & shoulders over 3 Holbain Just Like Bill. PGD 1 Stormavon Shout At The Moon for Yanlan, compact dog, good temperament. A little too domed in skull & dentition not quite perfect. Squarely built. Could be firmer in rear. Good coat. LD 1 Goldritz Stole The Sun, cream, lovely shape & stylish on the move, sturdy bone & well put together. Sound & spirited on the move carrying himself well. I liked him a lot; 2 Rochedo Bill The Badger by Tymy, b/w, I liked his size, bone & square build. Good head & ears. Just a little loose in elbow which showed in his front movement. Not in full coat but it is of excellent texture; 3 Chilite Shooting Star. OD 1 Ch Printzagems Verve, black, compact & squarely built, sound & unexaggerated. Good ears, held topline well, full of type & quality. CC; 2 Applebanks Thruppence, almost 5 years, lovely type with excellent head & ears. Not quite as square as 1 but full of quality & in excellent coat. Preferred 1 slightly in hindquarters; 3 Cyfelin Jack Frost at Ahlenagen. VD 1 Ch Flactem Domino, 7 years, lovely b/w in superb condition & ultra sound. Very good head, lovely to see correct dentition in healthy pristine white condition. Carried himself sell. I wish his eye was a better shape but appealed greatly & pressed the Open winner very hard. RCC.

MPB Difficult choice between two very different puppies. 1 Kartmel Distant Breeze, 6 months raw puppy without much coat but she is square. Sufficient leg, sound & good tailset, neat ears on good head. Needs a little more schooling; 2 Flactem New Addition, 8 months brown. I preferred her head & bone but she is a little too short in the leg for balance accentuated by being too heavy in body. Not the carriage of 1. PB 1 Runfold Diamond Lil, 10 months black, square, well boned, sound. Although not in her best coat had the best balance in this class; 2 Chilite Hopi, 10 months br/w, squarely built but I would prefer a little more leg & stronger bone. In good coat, went soundly. Preferred skull & ears placement of 1; 3 Radajasa Double Agent Eos. JB Very good class, I liked all three. 1 Holbin Likeher, & I did! Excellent carriage on the move, 14 months, lovely proportions & balance, excellent movement. Not in full coat but full of type, sturdy & square with excellent head & eye. When in full coat & mature in body should go far; 2 Oberitz Firebee, pressed very hard. 14 months, lovely black, in better coat than 1 but just throwing her front about on the move. I liked her general build. Top quality bitch who should end up at the top; 3 Lusam Teazy Weazy. PGB 1 Cyfelin Titania, beautiful wolf/s, top size but beautifully balanced & moving well. In excellent form, full of type. She nearly had the RCC but rather threw her chance away in the challenge; 2 Wychlea Vixen In The Dark, black, beautifully sound on the move, lovely head, coat & tail. I would prefer just a little more leg for balance but what a lovely type she is with super coat texture; 3 Radajasa Double Agent Nyx. LB 1 Oberitz Cocoa Bean, brown, excellent balance & superb coat texture. Lovely head, very sound & spitz-like on the move. In the challenge she just slackened a little in topline; 2 Cyfelin Rudna Juliet, another very sound moving exhibit from this exhibitor. Square & with sufficient leg length. Not quite in her best coat but pressed hard. Lovely bitch; 3 Lasaulette Tipp Top Tilly of Clarmer. OB 1 Ch Longdales Jen You Win, stood out here even in this quality class. Beautiful proportions, excellent movement, full of breed type & in wonderful form. I don’t think I have ever seen her before but she excited me with her quality & performance. CC & BOB: 2 Ch Tymy Footsteps, black, lovely type & scoring in head, eye & ears. Just a little too heavy in body which detracted from her balance. Coat of good texture, sound on the move. Foot perfect in the challenge which won her the RCC; 3 Ch Printzagems Viva La Diva for Musique.

FRANK KANE