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Had a great day judging at Poole Canine Club, with a good entry of 34 Whippets although there were 9 absentees. There were Whippets that I've had the pleasure of judging previously but they just didn't show of their best today as it was very humid and sticky both inside and outside.Delighted that both BOB and BP won their respective hound groups. There were 8 breeds in the main group, although only 4 stayed for the Puppy Group. But hey, who cares, you've got to be in it to win it.
Hopefully, I'll have managed to copy and paste that bit of my critique as I was judging Pomeranians and Afghans too. It's already been emailed to the dog papers.
Whippets
A lovely entry and my decisions were received in a very sporting manner. There was evidence of a couple of bad mouths, one overshot and one level bite which was mainly due to a lack of underjaw. Unfortunately some of the exhibits didn’t enjoy the humid conditions in the sports hall and this showed in lacklustre movement. I did find some very straight shoulders which meant that there was little front extension. If the dog doesn’t have front extension then however good they may be at the rear, they cannot drive with the hindquarters, equally some exhibits had a lack of drive. Some exhibitors had a tendency to overstretch their dogs. If your dog fidgets it usually means they are not comfortable.
Puppy (5,1)
1st Reed & Spooners’ Dejare Ma Petite Amie. Red fawn bitch of good size, pleasing head and expression. Had the right length of neck and shoulder placement, balanced body, moving soundly. BP &PG1
2nd Hills’ Buebezi Exhibitionist
3rd Boughtons’ Meandi Dare To Dream
Special Yearling
1st Chamberlain & Hillyers’ Star of the North. 17mths fawn dog Well shaped head, also with good length of neck into well laid shoulders, balanced in body, required depth of chest and good hind quarters, well muscled but without exaggeration, allowing him to move with drive and extension. I was seriously considering him for BOB but he did not move at well in the challenge being affected by the heat.
2nd Reeds’ Dejare Cobweb
3rd Boughtons’ Jencosky Silver Dollar TAF
Post Graduate
1st Bridges’s Devonstown Star Mover. In this class she certainly was. Lovely compact bitch of nice size with all the required attributes. Being ultra critical I would have preferred a little more front extension, but overall she was the best mover in the class. She beat 2 on her hind movement as in everything else they were well matched. Her handler needs to pay attention to his handling technique by not overstretching her.
2nd Jones’ Aphrael Caoilinn of Chelynnah.
3rd Waltons’ Copsebury War Of The Roses
Open (12,5a)
1st Shepherds’ Buebezi Cahoots With Oxana. I bet by this time the exhibitors thought that it might yet be another fawn going to be the winner. Not in this class. This brindle young man had all the qualities I admire. He is well balanced with lovely shoulders, allowing him to extend his front legs in the free easy action which is required by the standard. Additionally, he has lovely pasterns, lovely body shape with his chest extending right to the top of the elbow. His hind quarters are well muscled enabling him to move with drive. No doubt the best mover of the day coping well with the humid conditions whereas his competitors didn’t. No hesitation for BOB going on to win the hound group.
2nd Meads’ Jasbri The Love Bug
3rd Westropps’ Ruffdale Raffia
Must be getting the hang of this copying and pasting stuff at long last.
