Driffield (Ch - 23/09/2012)

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German Spitz Mittel

MPD (3) 1 Garbutt's Nixtev Tyxeros, 7 months cream, good shape, coming into coat, his first show & he was a real good boy, lovely pigment, nice bone, very good tailset, neck of moderate length, pleasing head, moved very well for one so young. BPD; 2 Hewett's Spellcast Shout About It, 9 months black, nice shape, pleasing head, good ear, eye shape & set, good tailset, neat feet, enjoying himself a little too much & movement let him down. PD 1 S Shout About It. JD 1 Smith's Spellcast Jivetalking, 15 months black of good shape, size & bone, moderate forechest & neck, typical head with desired expression, coat of excellent colour & texture, in lovely condition, in tune with handler, moved well. RCC; 2 Chambers' Musique Worth The Wait, 12 months brown, enjoying himself, lovely head, small ears, short coupled, in firm condition, temperament was definitely happy, no sign of nervousness or aggression. It was a shame he enjoyed himself too much although the handler assures me all the browns are like this for a while, moved OK. PGD 1 Swani's Spellcast Team Talk, black, needs to settle a little more because he is a very nice boy. Good shape & size, very typy, correct length to height ratio, well muscled & conditioned carrying just the right amount of weight, in tune with handler, well set neck & firm level topline, coat of excellent colour & texture, in lovely condition, sound youngster, moved well; 2 Williams' Druitz The Student Prince, of nice shape, good moderate forechest & tuck up, pleasing bone. Movement let him down; 3 Heslop's Flamuna Franz Ferdinand. LD (5) 1 Garbutt's Nixtev Polarize, cream, short coupled, almost square in firm condition, good bone, very good clean dentition, lovely standoffish coat of correct texture & groomed beautitfully as always from this kennel, moved OK; 2 Mulholland's Zephonnebula Rubiestar, 5 years black, very good head, small ears, lovely shape dark eye, very square in outline, tailset OK, of correct size, lovely bone. Movement let him down; 3 S Team Talk. OD (3) 1 Mulholland's Ch Zephon Spookz The Tempest, cream dog of 5 years, sibling to my limit. Very worthy ch, worth of his CC here, pressed very hard for BOB but just lost out to the bitch, well balanced, almost square, good bone, very good head shape, dark eye, extremely good pigment, moved very well both coming & going retaining good shape. CC; 2 Williams' Ch Druitz Black Prince, black in good condition, nice shape & size, pleasing head, very good eye, extremely good clean dentition, movement was his downfall; 3 Purves' Bulabs Polarbear.

MPB (3) 1 Duncan's Spellcast Talk Of The Town, 9 months, pleasing head, nice dark eye, correct length of neck. Needs to tighten up in front; 2 Andrews' Ogsljus Against All Odds at Claran, charming little lady of 7 months & her first show, was a real good girl, on her toes & watching it all with keen interest, excellent tailset, lovely coat & condition, shown & presented to perfection, moved well for first time out.PB 1 Williams' Hocombewood Party Popper, well balanced o/s of 9 months, almost square in outline, head, eye & ears are a delight, nice shaped feet, good bone, moderate tuck up, moved very well retaining her topline at all times. RCC; 2 Pooley's Spellcast Talking Secrets with Azkaban, nearly 16 months black, pleasing head, eye & ears, good bone, high tailset, moved well. PGB (4) 1 Richardson's Wyndlee Lawdy Miss Clawdy at Jomivhar, pleasing bitch, excellent tailset, neck of correct length, feminine head, good bone, lovely moderate tuck up, moved well retaining her topline; 2 Purves' Bluabs Endora, cream, eye shape OK but wish they had not used so much tear stain cover up. Pigment very good, good shape, very good tailset, moves very nicely both coming & going & retains her topline; 3 McLaren's Ichmoran Primrose Polka. LB 1 Connor's Galvizach Limited Design, 5 years s/w, judged her when she was a puppy but she has come on with age maturing beautifully, typical head giving a true wedge, her expression is a delight, very good off standing coat of very good texture, high set tail, good hind & forequarters, moderate tuck up & well ribbed up, ratio is about right & has very good pigment, compact & in firm condition, moves as I would expect with a lovely brisk action with no exaggeration & is straight both coming & going. CC, her 3rd, worthy ch, & BOB. OB (2) A. GCB (1) 1 W Lawdy Miss Clawdy at J.

NORMA NAYLOR