Welsh Terrier Crufts 15 Judge's Critique

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KC Breed Standard Crufts 15 Judge	WELSH CRUFTS 15 Judge(s): MRS N EVANS BEST OF BREED MAL/TH/INA/VN/CHE CH AMAN RAIDER OF THE LOST ARK Dog Owner: MS F P & MR J M CHONG & WONG BEST PUPPY SONORRA BLAZING HOT Dog Owner: MR & MRS CONNELL DOG CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE MAL/TH/INA/VN/CHE CH AMAN RAIDER OF THE LOST ARK Dog Owner: MS F P & MR J M CHONG & WONG BITCH CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE LUX/NED/DAN CH KATE OF THE SOUTHERN POINT [ATC AR02267NLD] Bitch Owner: MR SMEETS, ABMEYER & WOLTERS RESERVE DOG CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE CH/IR CH KEBULAK TRIGGER HAPPY Dog Owner: MR A R POTTS RESERVE BITCH CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE STANSTEAD MISS WHIPLASH Bitch Owner: MISS L D GRAHAM DO YOU WISH THAT THE KENNEL CLUB WOULD PUT IT'S OWN HOUSE IN ORDER? Please Sign This Petition To Stop The Practice Of Professional Handlers Judging Whilst Still Plying Their Trade Is It Acceptable To Award BIS To A Dog That Refuses To Be Examined?read more PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ABOVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS USE AN ALTERNATIVE NAME. YOUR ADDRESS AND EMAIL ARE NOT SHOWN TO THE RECIPIENTS. THIS CRITIQUE AND ALL CONTENT ON TERRIER WORLD IS FREE TO READ, PLEASE SUPPORT MY PETITION. Tony Manning WELSH JUDGE CRUFTS 15 Welsh Terriers I felt privileged to be invited for the second time to judge Welsh Terriers at Crufts & enjoyed my day. Also thanks must go to my very efficient stewards. I was pleased with my winners, but found a lot of exhibits lacked the true Welsh type, several were too big & lacked substance & bone, in fact they were more like Wire Fox Terriers in black & tan clothing, also movement left a lot to be desired through a lack of mainly rear angulation & muscle, this is a working dog & movement should be free & active & this can only be achieved by having correct angulation both fore & aft. Sadly with that said the quality overall has diminished since I last judged them two years ago. I really feel breeders/exhibitors should take particular notice of the Standard & honestly compare their own dogs to this. PD (3) 1 Connell's Sonorra Blazing Hot, lovely Welsh type with clean head, good ear carriage, dark eye, alert expression, good reach of neck into good shoulders, short level topline, well ribbed back, tail well set & carried well, straight front with good bone, well angulated quarters, in good coat & well presented, moved out well. BP; 2 Spragg’s Westpenn Lazy Poker Blues, bigger but good type, good head with flat skull & strong jaw, well placed ears & good expression, nice neck, good front & rear angulation, tail on top, coat is coming, moved OK but had his mind on other things sometimes; 3 Thompson’s Sonorra Mr Bramble, nice type, head could be longer, & a bit more refined, would like a bit more neck, level short coupled topline & nice rear angulation. Moved OK. JD (2) 1 Witmond’s Boowire Ignite My Fire at Tiltser, good clean head, nice ear carriage, dark eye, flat skull, good expression, up to size & looks rangy at the moment, nice neck but upright shoulders, good angulation fore & aft, in good coat & moved well; 2 Nemesszeghy’s Terrierix Great Expectations, nice type & size, enough head, good reach of neck into good shoulders, level topline, good quarters & tailset, nice rear angulation, moved OK, would benefit with more body condition. PGD (6) A very difficult class to judge through lack of quality especially movement. 1 Crabtree’s Brocolitia Revenge, good type, nice head, could be cleaner in skull, good ear carriage & expression, very good coat texture & colour, movement OK but wide in front; 2 Jones’ Felstead Caio Dyma Fi at Cwngion, nice type, good head & ear carriage, dark eye, good expression, nice neck, level topline, short coupled, could do with more rear angulation, moved OK, good coat & colour; 3 Shackell & Redman’s Romaunt Waking The Dead, could be better in head, nice neck, correct tail set & carriage, moved OK. LD (2) 1 Bradley & Williams’ Aman Man That Can’t Be Moved, lovely outline with level topline, good clean long head, good ear carriage & dark eye, reachy neck into good shoulders, short coupled with tail on top, good quarters, good coat & colour, moved well; 2 Milosnovak’s Indy Od Guvernora, different type, good head proportions, well carried ears, would like cleaner skull, cobby with good bone, nice neck & level topline, tail on top, good coat & colour, moved OK, would like a better front assembly. OD (4) 1 Chong & Wong’s Mal/Th/Ina/Vn/Che Ch Aman Raider Of The Lost Ark, lovely type & size, good head with flat skull & strong jaw, small eye with lovely ears & carriage giving good expression, long neck into excellent shoulders, short coupled & well ribbed back, level topline with tail on top & good shelf behind, good angulation fore & aft, moved well. CC & BOB; 2 Potts’ Ch/Ir Ch Kebulak Trigger Happy, another good dog who is bigger, lovely head of good length, good ears & dark eye, lovely neck & good shoulders, well ribbed back with level topline, good tailset & carried well, good angulation fore & aft, well presented, moved well. RCC; 3 Sinitsyna’s Rus/Blr/Cz/LT Ch Elffin Ap Gwyddno, good type, head of good proportions, good ears, would like a clean skull, would like more neck, level topline & good tailset, good coat & moved OK. VB (1) 1 Lester’s Saredon Princess Pam, lovely type, nice head, good ears & expression, good neck & shoulders, level back, good quarters, tail on top, good coat & colour, well presented & moved well, could lose some weight. BV. PB (3) 1 Spragg’s Westpenn If You Be My Baby, very promising puppy, lovely head, good ear carriage & dark eye giving good expression, level topline, short coupled & well ribbed back, good rear angulation, well set tail, moved well; 2 Varey’s Marinsk Don’t Stop Me Now, another promising pup, nice clean head but would like better ear carriage which may settle, lovely neck & shoulders, short coupled with level topline, good coat & colour, well presented, preferred rearquarters of winner; 3 Heath’s Cannyyatton Flora Lilli, lean head with flat skull but lacks length, nice ears well placed, nice neck, good shoulders, level topline with tail on top, a bit long in loin & straight behind. Moved OK. JB (1) 1 Nemesszeghy’s Terrierix Gorgeous Gigi, very nice type, good head & ears, nice neck, good shoulders, level topline, well sprung rib, tail on top with good shelf & rear angulation, good coat, moved well. PGB (3) 1 Graham’s Stanstead Miss Whiplash, excellent type, lovely clean head of good proportions, lovely ears & carriage, good expression, reachy neck into good shoulders, straight well boned front, well ribbed back with good strong quarters & tail on top, good textured coat & colour, moved well. RCC; 2 Thomas’ Saredon Desert Bloom at Somerwel, pretty bitch of nice type, good head & expression, level topline, good quarters, moved OK, better trimming would help; 3 Humphries’ Ser Bonche Cynhaeaf Aur, head OK, nice ears, dark eye, nice front, level topline, good tailset, would prefer short loin, moved OK. LB (2) 1 Cassidy’s Alokin At Sunrise, small bitch, nice head, level topline, good front & bone, a lack of shelf behind the tail, moved OK, good coat & colour; 2 Ashton’s Kitesprite Flights Of Fancy, OK head & ears, eye could be smaller, nice neck, level topline, good tailset, straight rearend & high hocks, movement poor. OB 1 Smeets, Abmeyer & Wolters’ Lux/Dutch/Dan Ch Kate Of The Southern Point, quality bitch of super type in great form, lovely head, good neck into good shoulders, level topline, good bone, well sprung ribs, strong loin, tail on top, very good quarters & angulation, well muscled, well presented with good coat texture, just to be hypercritical would prefer smaller ear. Good movement fore & aft. CC. NORINA EVANS Go To Top Of Page
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Welsh

Crufts 15 Judge's Critique

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Crufts 15 Judge

WELSH CRUFTS 15

Judge(s): MRS N EVANS

BEST OF BREED
MAL/TH/INA/VN/CHE CH AMAN RAIDER OF THE LOST ARK Dog Owner: MS F P & MR J M CHONG & WONG
BEST PUPPY
SONORRA BLAZING HOT Dog Owner: MR & MRS CONNELL
DOG CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
MAL/TH/INA/VN/CHE CH AMAN RAIDER OF THE LOST ARK Dog Owner: MS F P & MR J M CHONG & WONG
BITCH CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
LUX/NED/DAN CH KATE OF THE SOUTHERN POINT [ATC AR02267NLD] Bitch Owner: MR SMEETS, ABMEYER & WOLTERS
RESERVE DOG CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
CH/IR CH KEBULAK TRIGGER HAPPY Dog Owner: MR A R POTTS
RESERVE BITCH CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE
STANSTEAD MISS WHIPLASH Bitch Owner: MISS L D GRAHAM

DO YOU WISH THAT THE KENNEL CLUB WOULD PUT IT'S OWN HOUSE IN ORDER?

Please Sign This Petition To Stop The Practice Of
Professional Handlers Judging Whilst Still Plying Their Trade

Is It Acceptable To Award BIS To A Dog That Refuses To Be Examined?read more

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ABOVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS USE AN ALTERNATIVE NAME.
YOUR ADDRESS AND EMAIL ARE NOT SHOWN TO THE RECIPIENTS.
THIS CRITIQUE AND ALL CONTENT ON TERRIER WORLD IS FREE TO READ, PLEASE SUPPORT MY PETITION. Tony Manning

WELSH JUDGE CRUFTS 15

Welsh Terriers

I felt privileged to be invited for the second time to judge Welsh Terriers at Crufts & enjoyed my day. Also thanks must go to my very efficient stewards. I was pleased with my winners, but found a lot of exhibits lacked the true Welsh type, several were too big & lacked substance & bone, in fact they were more like Wire Fox Terriers in black & tan clothing, also movement left a lot to be desired through a lack of mainly rear angulation & muscle, this is a working dog & movement should be free & active & this can only be achieved by having correct angulation both fore & aft. Sadly with that said the quality overall has diminished since I last judged them two years ago. I really feel breeders/exhibitors should take particular notice of the Standard & honestly compare their own dogs to this.

PD (3)

1 Connell's Sonorra Blazing Hot, lovely Welsh type with clean head, good ear carriage, dark eye, alert expression, good reach of neck into good shoulders, short level topline, well ribbed back, tail well set & carried well, straight front with good bone, well angulated quarters, in good coat & well presented, moved out well. BP;

2 Spragg’s Westpenn Lazy Poker Blues, bigger but good type, good head with flat skull & strong jaw, well placed ears & good expression, nice neck, good front & rear angulation, tail on top, coat is coming, moved OK but had his mind on other things sometimes;

3 Thompson’s Sonorra Mr Bramble, nice type, head could be longer, & a bit more refined, would like a bit more neck, level short coupled topline & nice rear angulation. Moved OK.

JD (2)

1 Witmond’s Boowire Ignite My Fire at Tiltser, good clean head, nice ear carriage, dark eye, flat skull, good expression, up to size & looks rangy at the moment, nice neck but upright shoulders, good angulation fore & aft, in good coat & moved well;

2 Nemesszeghy’s Terrierix Great Expectations, nice type & size, enough head, good reach of neck into good shoulders, level topline, good quarters & tailset, nice rear angulation, moved OK, would benefit with more body condition.

PGD (6)

A very difficult class to judge through lack of quality especially movement.

1 Crabtree’s Brocolitia Revenge, good type, nice head, could be cleaner in skull, good ear carriage & expression, very good coat texture & colour, movement OK but wide in front;

2 Jones’ Felstead Caio Dyma Fi at Cwngion, nice type, good head & ear carriage, dark eye, good expression, nice neck, level topline, short coupled, could do with more rear angulation, moved OK, good coat & colour;

3 Shackell & Redman’s Romaunt Waking The Dead, could be better in head, nice neck, correct tail set & carriage, moved OK.

LD (2)

1 Bradley & Williams’ Aman Man That Can’t Be Moved, lovely outline with level topline, good clean long head, good ear carriage & dark eye, reachy neck into good shoulders, short coupled with tail on top, good quarters, good coat & colour, moved well;

2 Milosnovak’s Indy Od Guvernora, different type, good head proportions, well carried ears, would like cleaner skull, cobby with good bone, nice neck & level topline, tail on top, good coat & colour, moved OK, would like a better front assembly.

OD (4)

1 Chong & Wong’s Mal/Th/Ina/Vn/Che Ch Aman Raider Of The Lost Ark, lovely type & size, good head with flat skull & strong jaw, small eye with lovely ears & carriage giving good expression, long neck into excellent shoulders, short coupled & well ribbed back, level topline with tail on top & good shelf behind, good angulation fore & aft, moved well. CC & BOB;

2 Potts’ Ch/Ir Ch Kebulak Trigger Happy, another good dog who is bigger, lovely head of good length, good ears & dark eye, lovely neck & good shoulders, well ribbed back with level topline, good tailset & carried well, good angulation fore & aft, well presented, moved well. RCC;

3 Sinitsyna’s Rus/Blr/Cz/LT Ch Elffin Ap Gwyddno, good type, head of good proportions, good ears, would like a clean skull, would like more neck, level topline & good tailset, good coat & moved OK.

VB (1)

1 Lester’s Saredon Princess Pam, lovely type, nice head, good ears & expression, good neck & shoulders, level back, good quarters, tail on top, good coat & colour, well presented & moved well, could lose some weight. BV.

PB (3)

1 Spragg’s Westpenn If You Be My Baby, very promising puppy, lovely head, good ear carriage & dark eye giving good expression, level topline, short coupled & well ribbed back, good rear angulation, well set tail, moved well;

2 Varey’s Marinsk Don’t Stop Me Now, another promising pup, nice clean head but would like better ear carriage which may settle, lovely neck & shoulders, short coupled with level topline, good coat & colour, well presented, preferred rearquarters of winner;

3 Heath’s Cannyyatton Flora Lilli, lean head with flat skull but lacks length, nice ears well placed, nice neck, good shoulders, level topline with tail on top, a bit long in loin & straight behind. Moved OK.

JB (1)

1 Nemesszeghy’s Terrierix Gorgeous Gigi, very nice type, good head & ears, nice neck, good shoulders, level topline, well sprung rib, tail on top with good shelf & rear angulation, good coat, moved well.

PGB (3)

1 Graham’s Stanstead Miss Whiplash, excellent type, lovely clean head of good proportions, lovely ears & carriage, good expression, reachy neck into good shoulders, straight well boned front, well ribbed back with good strong quarters & tail on top, good textured coat & colour, moved well. RCC;

2 Thomas’ Saredon Desert Bloom at Somerwel, pretty bitch of nice type, good head & expression, level topline, good quarters, moved OK, better trimming would help;

3 Humphries’ Ser Bonche Cynhaeaf Aur, head OK, nice ears, dark eye, nice front, level topline, good tailset, would prefer short loin, moved OK.

LB (2)

1 Cassidy’s Alokin At Sunrise, small bitch, nice head, level topline, good front & bone, a lack of shelf behind the tail, moved OK, good coat & colour;

2 Ashton’s Kitesprite Flights Of Fancy, OK head & ears, eye could be smaller, nice neck, level topline, good tailset, straight rearend & high hocks, movement poor.

1 Smeets, Abmeyer & Wolters’ Lux/Dutch/Dan Ch Kate Of The Southern Point, quality bitch of super type in great form, lovely head, good neck into good shoulders, level topline, good bone, well sprung ribs, strong loin, tail on top, very good quarters & angulation, well muscled, well presented with good coat texture, just to be hypercritical would prefer smaller ear. Good movement fore & aft. CC.

NORINA EVANS

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