Birmingham National (Ch - 12/05/2013)

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I did enjoy the Mittels. It has been a while since I judged this variety & I thought they had improved with more depth of quality.

MPD 1 Wyndlee Jester, 8 months brown, lovely shape & balance, sound on the move, quality throughout with excellent coat texture, well boned, good carriage. BP; 2 Studholme Dark Moon, 8 months, bigger dog, just a little longer for balance but sound & well built. Can firm up a little. Not the head quality of 1; 3 Daraydala Carlos at Hocombewood. PD 1 Studholme Kiss Of Ozzy, 10 months cream, excellent proportions, flat skull, good ears & foreface, excellent movement & carriage. In the challenge for BP didn’t carry himself so well; 2 Zephon Akio at Lindcoly, 11 months sable, in lovely coat, strong bone, good head type. Needs a little more length of leg to balance him. JD 1 Nixtev Torvald, white of 14 months, lovely young dog of excellent proportions, sturdy & square, very sound. Lovely head & eyes, excellent ears, very good coat texture, wonderful eyes & pigmentation. Not in full coat but has enough to show texture. Should have a great future. CC & BOB; 2 Hocombewood Hot Toddy for Lindcoly, 15 months choc/s, smaller dog, excellent coat, squarely built, good head & ears; 3 Hocombewood Charlie Brown. PGD 1 Spellcast Jivetalking, lovely dog of excellent outline & good coat, very good bone & feet, excellent coat texture, full of quality. Can tighten up a little in front movement yet but excellent type throughout; 2 Flamuna Revelations at Runestone, sable, in good coat, good head & ears. Not as short as 1 & I would prefer a little more rear angulation & more definition at the hock; 3 Abbicher Thriller. LD 1 Spellcast Talk To Da Paw at Trebettyn, excellent shape & balance, good leg length, good head & eyes, good coat. Carired himself well on the move, good length of leg. Just needs a little more finish to body & coat to go further; 2 Studholme Rolls Of Thunder at Longsdale, squarely built but a little top heavy for his leg length. Excellent head & ears, good bone & feet, went soundly. Pressed hard; 3 Caoilta Wicca. OD Good class, top 5 all very close. 1 Ch Spellcast Secrets And Lies, lovely size & balance, ultra sound, kept his shape at all times. Excellent coat texture but needs a little more to finish the picture. RCC; 2 Nixtev Polarize, very sound & full of quality. Excellent head & ears. Just preferred the proportions of 1. Excellent coat; 3 Wyndlee Ghostly Magic. VD 1 Desaria Darby for Daraydala, almost 12 years, lovely to see him sound & brisk on the move. Square, good coat, good skull & eyes. Not with his full quota of incisors now but a credit to the breed & owner.

MPB 1 Rossfort Soba Of Sobriety, 8 onths, beautifully square & sound, good proportions, high set tail. Raw but full of type; 2 Wyndlee Jenny, 8 months brown, lovely type which I thought would be my winner but a little heavy in body for balance & not as confident as 1 on the move which showed in her topline; 3 Wyndlee Jet. PB 1 Bulabs Staring Stephenie for Lindcoly, almost 12 months, a little long for balance & needing to tighten up in topline & movement. Good skull, eye & ears. Needs a little more fill in under the eyes. At a difficult adolescent stage now & needs some time to knit together. JB Excellent class, 3 top quality bitches. 1 Nixtev Tantalize, 14 months white, lovely quality & excellent proportions, very sound, scored in ear placement in a very close decision with 2. Like her litter brother is top quality. RCC; 2 Spellcast Talk Of The Town, 16 months black, beautiful bitch, just a little neckier than 1 & a touch wider in ear placement but I was splitting hairs to separate them; 3 Nixtev Selenia with Longsdale. PGB 1 Studholme Kiss Of Fire, cream of good proportions, out of coat but sound moving with good head & good bone; 2 Rossfort Black Girl at Teamor, black, sound, good coat texture & pretty head. Too heavy in body & therefore looking a little short in leg; 3 Spellcast Talking Secrets with Azkaban. LB 1 Druitz Follow That Dream, brown, a little heavy in body for balance but good coat texture. Excelelnt head & sound; 2 Flamuna Curtain Call for Rosechow, black, in outline I thought she would be my winner but on going over her a little lacking in substance & a touch narrow all through. Will have better days with more body on her. OB1 Ch Jansanleis Mayhem, cream, lovely proportions, excellent movement, very good head & eye, full of quality & type. Had the finish to win CC from her nearest challengers. Lovely bitch; 2 Rossfort Andante with Sobriety, lovely bitch on a slightly smaller scale. Lovely bone, very good head. Just preferred leg length & rear action of 1; 3 Ir Ch Wyndlee Maggies Farm at McPaws.

FRANK KANE