BUBA (Ch - 01/12/1990)

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BUBA 1990
A total of 86 dogs made for an interesting afternoon's judging, especially since I attended almost no shows in 1990. Very few oversize dogs were entered under me, possibly because my views on the subject are known. Some of those which were only ¼-½" were placed because of general type and soundness. I also put the smaller mittels under the klein measure, knowing that several have been said to be too small for mittels. In fact only 2 were of klein size, which underlines how dangerous it can be to rely on 'eye'. Mouths were very much better than they have been in the past and hind action was greatly improved but front movement still leaves much to be desired. I was very concerned about the number of wavy coats; the standard is quite specific calling for a 'long, harsh-textured, perfectly straight top coat - the importance of 'straight' is emphasised by 'perfectly'. Wavy is quite simply wrong.

MITTELS
PD (3)
At 6 & 7 months old, all understandably had incomplete coats. However, the coats were all both soft (which may change) and wavy (which won't)
1-Shepherd's Jenkim Pearly Prince
A well-boned, typy cream with a lovely head. Very sound.
2-Beck's Jenkim Pearly King
Nice head & expression, moved well, leggier than brother & with larger ears.
3-Beard's Wyndlee Black Knight
Very typy black, already somewhat oversize

JD (8)
1-Dyer's Jenkim Red Gold at Javarm
A glamorous gold with an excellent harsh coat, good body and tail. excellent mover.
2-Gunnel's Toywood Star Turn
A sable with plenty of coat of correct texture, well constructed body and good movement. Well up to size.
3-Beard's Wyndlee Black Knight

PGD (8)
1-Dyer's Jenkim Red Gold at Javarm
2-Beck's Valene Wizard
Glamorous golden sable with an excellent coat, very nice head & ear set. Good mover.
3-Connor's Wyndlee Paperback Writer at Galvizach
No notes.

LD (7)
1-Beard's Wyndlee Bad Moon Rising
Cream with super, harsh, straight coat. Nice head, well-constructed body, good tail, good movement
2-Beck's Valene Wizard
3-Newlove's Rikarlo Huggy Bear
An excellent mover despite being very overweight. Very nice type.

OD (6)
1-Gunnel's Paper Tiger at Toywood
An eyecatching cream & white particolour of correct size with superb coat & body.Super type & absolutely sound. BOB
2-Harris's Rikarlo King Creole at Touvere
Always beautifully presented. Excellent coat, good body, lovely head. Moved less well than 1st on the day
3-Beard's Wyndlee Minstrel
No notes.

PB (3)
1-Beard's Wyndlee Moonflower
A nice type with straight coat & very good movement. Nice coat & good tail carriage.
2-Dyer's Jenkim Pearly Queen
Well constructed cream with a nice head & expression & good movement. Wavy coat & would prefer smaller ears.
3-Lewis's Wyndlee Lady Guinevere
Well up to size at 6 months with a very full, if slightly wavy, coat. Would like more stop

JB (4)
1-Smart's Kartmel Jive Bunny at Rikarlo
Superbly coated golden sable. Good head & ear placement, nice tail, good body & movement. Best Bitch
2-Vine's Wyndlee Gin Sling
A beautiful type, well constructed & very sound with a beautifully straight top coat but no undercoat to make it stand off - a temporary handicap of course.
3-Beard's Wyndlee Moonflower

PGB (6)
1-Vine's Wyndlee Gin Sling
2-Beard's Wyndlee Freida
Difficult to assess movement in a yo-yo! Nice head & expression, well constructed, rather soft coat.
3-Wyndlee Silver Vixen
No notes

LB (4)
1-Smart's Valene Hexa at Rikarlo
Good size, very nice type, good head & expression. Very sound.
2-Beard's Wyndlee Cream Silk at Romanmoor
Out of coat, moved well. Excellent tail set, good head & expression
3-Beck's Zeabri Kiwi Twister
No notes.

OB (2)
1-Robinson & Molloy's Robmoll Sophie Ann
Very 4-square cream coming back into full coat, nice head & expression
2-Beard's Wyndlee Penelope Pitstop
Moved well in the brief interludes between messing about. Nice type, excellent coat texture.

Janet Edmonds (Judge)