East Of England (Ch - 07/07/2012)

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German Spitz Mittel

PD (3) 1 Hewett’s Spellcast Shout About It, 6 months black dog, super head with lovely wedge, moderate stop, dark eye & pigment, nice ears & placement, good depth of chest & moderate tuck-up. In very good coat & condition, promising future. BP; 2 Chambers’ Musique Worth The Wait, brown dog of 9 months, very good head shape with nice wedge & moderate stop, nice ears finishing off a well balanced attractive head, compact body giving a nice square outline. Also moved very well; 3 Mountain’s Hocombewood Charlie Brown. JD (4) 1 Swani’s Spellcast Team Talk, 13 months, very good outline & super mover, very good head shape with excellent dentition, well set ear of good size & shape. Best mover in class & best profile; 2 Smith’s Spellcast Jivetalking, litter brother to 1 with similar qualities, two very good exhibits. Nice head & body, very good depth of chest & moderate tuck-up with high set tail nicely curled; 3 Pearce & Francis’ Studholme Rolls Of Thunder at Longsdale. PGD (5) 1 Garbutt’s Nixtev Polarize, 2 years, lovely head & expression with correct dentition & nice neck, good depth of chest & sound body, moved soundly coming & going. A worthy RCC; 2 Orchard’s Spilmah Grouville, 19 months, nice square outline, nice head on a well made body. Also moved well; 3 Williams’ Druitz The Student Prince. LD (5) 1 Winser’s Nixtev Notorious of Lysebourne, good shape, very nice head shape & pigmentation, good ear placement & usage. Sound body & best mover in class; 2 Chambers & Highmoor’s Druitz Hufena la, 2 years, nice typical head with very good pigment & excellent dentition. Toes in a bit whilst standing, but moves correctly without toe in. Good square shape with nice tailset & carriage; 3 Alfred’s Liubice Just William. OD (4) 1 Williams’ Druitz Black Prince, super black dog with a lot of ring presence, showed in peak body & coat condition, lovely head with nice flat skull & a moderate stop, nice small ears in correct position, dark eye & pigment, perfect dentition, good depth of chest & stands foursquare, lovely moderate tuck-up, high set tail, forming a square compact outline. A pleasure to go over & to award CC & BOB; 2 Hewett’s Ch Spellcast Secrets And Lies, super head & earset, very good proportions of body, excellent dentition & pigment. Very good front & rear which shows when standing & on the move. Up against quality opposition which was on top form today; 3 Mulholland’s Ch Zephon Spookz The Tempest.

PB (4) 1 Williams’ Hocombewood Party Popper at Druitz, very attractive sable of 6 months, nice young head with clean eyes & a bit of sparkle, nice small ears well set & used, stands foursquare & is very much a baby, nice tight high set tail, moved well. Lost out on BP to a physically more mature dog; 2 King’s Spellcast Talk To Da Tail, cream bitch also just 6 months, attractive head with good ears & earset, nice moderate stop & lovely eye shape, very good pigment & excellent dentition, nice shape to body as is the 1. Both very promising puppies; 3 Williams’ Hocombewood Black Beauty at Druitz. JB (4) 1 Pooley’s Spellcast Talking Secrets with Azkaban, black 13 months bitch, nice head with good pigment , good earset & correctly shaped eyes, very good dentition, good depth of chest & moderate tuck-up, nice outline & moved well; 2 Clayton’s Studholme Penny A Kiss, 15 months cream bitch, good head shape & earset, well pigmented flews but a bit low on nose pigment today. Tear staining needs some attention, very good depth of chest & a sound mover; 3 Moir’s Jansanleis Mayhem. PGB (5) 1 McLaren’s Ichmoran Primrose Polka, attractive 20 months br/w parti, lovely compact square body shape, good head with good earset & pigment, excellent dentition. Best mover in class; 2 Clayton’s Studholme Kiss Of Fire, cream bitch, good depth of chest with moderate tuck-up, nice head, ear shape & ear placement. Nice front & rear angulation. Moved well; 3 Alfred’s Rossfort Black Girl at Teamor. LB (3) 1 Orr’s Rossfort Andante With Sobriety, cream 2 years, very good head with nice wedge & moderate stop, excellent pigment, dark eye & dentition, very good depth of chest & tuck-up. Very good mover; 2 Mountain’s Daraydala Pink Fizz at Hocombewood, 5 years, very good head with a nice wedge shape & moderate stop, nice well placed small ears, very good depth of chest & tuck-up, very good mover. Difficult to split 1 & 2; 3 Moir’s Jansanleis Mayhem. OB (3) 1 Moir’s Ch Nixtev Liberty at Jansanleis, white 5 years, attractive well balanced head with clean medium sized dark eyes of ideal shape. Nice small ears adding to the balance. Lovely stand off coat giving a very nice finish to a well shaped sound body. Just the right balance for a bitch. Perfect dentition. Shown in excellent coat & condition. CC & pushed hard for BOB in the challenge; 2 Garbutt’s Nixtev Lexis, litter sister to 1, quality bitch, very good head with lovely dark eyes & excellent pigment, good depth of chest & tuck-up, up against a top quality sister which relegates her to a RCC; 3 Thurston’s Caoilta Iceni for Liubice.

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