WKC (Ch - 21/08/2016)

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I felt ear set and size is something breeders need to consider, with many exhibits having very wide set, large ears, which does change expression, and a couple had level or close to level bites.  Whilst the breed standard calls for a short neck – it does call for a neck and some were stuffy and had restricted front movement. 

VD – no entries

PD (3,0) 1.  ROGERSON’s Longsdale's Rumour Has It With Nosrego NAF TAF, excellent bone to tight feet.  Compact shape, but retains good angulation and defined short neck, correct wedge head, excellent pigment very good oval eye.  Ear high set but a little on large size.  Alert and attentive to handler, very sound all ways. 2. CHAMBERS’ Druitz By Design For Musique, close decision, both very nice pups with differing strengths, gorgeous deep brown, excellent coat, very compact square body, but just felt would benefit from little more neck.  Lovely high set tail.  Correct wedge head, short blunt muzzle, would prefer eyes a shade darker.  Sound mover from all directions.  3. ROBERTS’ Longsdale Turning Tables. 

 PD (2, 0) 1. HEWETT & BARNES’ Spellcast Talk Tidee, another lovely brown, would not want to see him grow any more, in excellent coat which makes him look bigger.  Short firm back, lovely high set tail.  Well angulated and head carried on short neck.  Correct blunt shape for head, good dark oval brown eye, flat skull and high set ears.  Moved ok but needs to firm up little in front.  2. CONNOR’s  Galvizach Daraydala, shade longer cast, and lower set tail.  Preferred front angulation and neck of winner.  Head is attractive blunt wedge, with excellent pigmentation, short muzzle. Little wide in chest.  Moved ok behind tends to high step and plait in front.

JD (1,0) 1. Spellcast Talk Tidee.  

PGD (3,1) 1. HUGHES & FORRESTER’s Grizwold Muraco Moon Over Candease , taller cream, ok for angles, good neck.  Head and expression were not typical as skull was somewhat round and eyes were round and large.  Neat ears but set very wide.  Little erratic on the move.

LD (6,0) 1. MULHOLLAND’s Zephon The Last Samurai black of excellent type, correct square compact shape, well boned, short firm back, high set tail. Excellent head of typical wedge, high set neat ears, flat skull.  Excellent coat and condition, good angles, moved well, DCC & BOB. 2.  HALL’s Sobriety Grizzly Bear for Pufnstuf JW, bigger chocolate who excels for breed type.  Very good angulation, short back, high set tail, in excellent condition and coat. Cracking head lovely wedge, short muzzle, flat cheeks, excellent eye shape and colour, neat high set ears.  Moved very well, shame there is just little too much of him.  3. CLAYTON’s Studholme Dark Moon. 

OD (4,0) 1. SMITH’s Ch Spellcast Jivetalking, another quality dog, of excellent type, in very good coat, well boned, short and compact body, excellent tail set.  Very good angulation and short neck.  Lovely head of correct wedge, good eye shape and colour, being picky ears could be a little higher set.  Moved very well, close decision with limit dog, RCC. 2. CHAMBERS’ Ch Musique Worth The Wait, lovely rich brown, in fabulous coat and condition, super bone.  Well angulated and moved well.  Short back to well set tight tail.  Correct masculine wedge head, with flat skull and neat ears, being picker eyes just a shade round.  A quality dog – would just like little more of him. 

VB – no entries

MPB (2,1) 1. PEARCE & FRANCIS’ Longsdale's One And Only, attractive cream, lovely four square stance, good coat, feminine throughout.  Well defined wedge head, good almond eye ex pigment, flat skull, high set ears.  Well angulated and good neck, firm back to high set tail, moved well and very confident, RCC.

PB (3, 0) 1. HEWETT & BARNES’ Spellcast Now Ya Talkin, quality chocolate who is very mature in body and head.  Compact square shape, ex head, flat skull, high set ears, almond eye of dark brown.  Moderate angulation front and rear, high set tail.  Sound mover in excellent coat, CC.  2. CONNOR’s Galvizach Daraydala Top Class, another quality puppy, not quite as mature as winner.  Compact outline, excellent coat and presentation.  Head has good breadth to flat skull, ears are of good size and set, muzzle needs to strengthen.  Moved well. 

JB no entries.

PGB (4,1) 1.   CLEWER’s Bullbo Over The Moon, cream, square in outline, well angulated and correct neck, firm short back to high set tail, well presented and in good coat.  Feminine wedge head, flat skull, dark almond eye, good pigment, ears a little large and wide set.  Ok for bone. Moved soundly.   2. DAVIES’ Zephon the Firestorm at Undeg, well boned and carrying good coat, attractive colouring.  Firm back, high set tail, not quite the angulation of 1.  Head a little more rounded in skull and ears set wide, eye are a little rounded.  Very broad in chest and tends to stand a little wide, and move same in front.  3. BELLINGHAM’s Grizwold Moons Mystic Charm. 

LB (3,0) 1. POOLEY’s Spellcast Talking Secrets With Azkaban, sadly rather out of coat on the day, is good size bitch, well angulated front and rear and with firm back and short neck.  Attractive head, good blunt wedge with almond dark eye, well set ears, good jaw.  Moved well.  2. HUGHES & KING’s Zephon Akane, attractive wolf sable – not quite angulation of winner.  Compact body, firm back, well set tail.  Feminine head, ears rather large and prefer stronger underjaw, good eye colour. Moved ok but rather high stepping in front. 

OB (5,1) 1. BARNES, MANN & HEWETT’s Spellcast Talking About Me, lot to like about this bitch, she is square in outline has correct angulation and high set tail, good chest.  Head is a little rounded in skull and ears could be set closer together to improve expression. Not in fullest of coats. Moved well.  2.  BLIGHT’s Flamuna Curtain Call For Rosechow, Another well-made bitch somewhat lacking in coat on the day.  Short compact shape, high set tail.  Good bone and angulation.  Head has broad skull, though little rounded and would like little more strength to muzzle.  Another with ears set rather wide.  Moved ok.  3. KING’s Druitz Cariad Bach Of Grizwold ShCM.

Judge Toni Jackson