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WEST HIGHLAND WHITE WELKS 14 Judge(s): MRS PAT BARRELL West Highland White Terriers Thank you to all exhibitors for allowing me to judge your dogs. I was surprised to find out how much the breed has altered, namely the heads – lack of stop, flat dome & round eyes. Teeth have improved since I last judged & I only found one incorrect bite. Glad to see though they were all clean. Coats were very mixed in texture, but what has happened to the 5cm 2in length stated in the Standard? There was variation in size & quite a few were lacking in substance. Movement on the whole was OK. What did worry me though was the amount of chalk or similar substance in the fringe over the eyes, some of the dogs had chalk in their eyes. Should they have so much fringe over their eyes (they are not Old English Sheepdogs) the eyes should be seen. Lastly my thanks to my two stewards who kept the ring running smoothly. MPD 1 Hammett’s Hollowview Brannigan, raw puppy, good head & pigment, harsh coat, correct bite. Does not want to grow much more. PD (4) 1 Dale’s Hopecharm Ed Turner at Lynnsto, good head, correct shoulders, running into straight back. Movement OK. Coat medium; 2 Squire’s Kimgarwyn Pickle, slightly larger than 1. Good shoulders, straight back, correct bite; 3 Ash’s Hillcloud Jupiter. JD (3) 1 Dale’s Lynnsto Candyman, does not want to grow any more. Good shoulders, straight back, correct mouth & bite, head OK, good movement; 2 Coles’ Reifrandies Esprit D’Amour, needs to settle. Correct bite, straight back. Rather larger than 1. Movement OK; 3 Bartley’s Davot Chief Whip Atelib. PGD (3,1a) 1 Corri’s Inverglen Lowe ‘N’ Behold, good head, correct mouth & bite, straight back, good substance, correct movement; 2 Windram’s Leonardo Ventura, good head, correct mouth & bite, correct size, movement OK. LD (7,2) 1 Kabel & Bouwhuis’ Llovall A King Of Hearts, beautiful & correct head, good stop, dark eye, small ears, correct mouth & bite. Hard coat, good substance, movement OK. Wish he was mine. CC, BOB & G2; 2 Thompson’s Ashgate US Apollo, attributes of 1, but I preferred the head of 1. Lovely dog. RCC; 3 Hughes’ Brychdyn Diamond Geezer. OD (2,1) 1 Jennings’ Ch Comdale Johnny Boy, good type, harsh coat, nice head, correct bite & size, movement OK. MPB (3,1) 1 McBean’s Pryorvale Whisper, lovely puppy, good coat, mouth & bite, good short back, good movement, shows promise. BP; 2 Davidson’s Braxquin Forget-Me-Not, attributes of 1. Slightly bigger. PB (3) 1 Bartley’s Atelib Moon Aura, nice puppy, correct size, good coat. Head not bad; 2 Rose’s Jopeta Just The One, needs to settle. Good size. Coat will come; 3 Eason’s Hopecharm Indy Stars over Andjoliam. JB (3) 1 Dale’s Lynnsto Candy Crush, smart bitch, good head, short back, correct mouth & bite, up to size, moves well; 2 Foster’s Thozow Forget Me Not, slightly larger than 1. Good coat, straight back, nice head, movement OK: 3 Harper’s Westigo Cheeky Girl. PGB (8,1) 1 Minett’s Matheron For’n Affair with Duskhunter, correct size, good head, mouth & bite. Short back, good shoulders, hard coat, movement OK; 2 Harper’s Westigo Sheeza Delight, good coat, correct shoulders, short back, movement OK; 3 Hunt’s Kellethrigg Lucky Charm. LB (6) 1 Jennings’ Comdale Charlie Girl, hard coat, short back, tail on top, nice head, good mouth & bite, correct movement. RCC; 2 Davidson’s Lynnsto That’ll Do Nicely at Braxquin, good coat. Larger but all attributes of 1; 3 Rose’s Jopeta Jorja On My Mind. OB (3) 1 Gaydon’s Ch Town Tease, short back, small tail, good coat, great mouth & bite, good substance, great head. CC; 2 Smith’s Faymar Fine Romance, most difficult class, just preferred 1 on the day; 3 Morton’s Brychdyn Carrie On Swifdon. P BARRELL |
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