British Dalmatian Club Championship 2011 Judged by Ann Dandy & Mrs Julia Swinburn

I would like to thank The British Dalmatian Club and its members for the invitation to judge dogs at their Championship show. I enjoyed my day immensely and it was a privilege to go over all of your dogs. My overall impression was how much the quality of the males had improved since I last judged the breed, and I was delighted with my final line-up. There were some very promising youngsters in the ring and I feel confident that many of them will go on to fulfil their potential and I wish them well. Temperaments were uniformly sound which is of prime importance in any breed. Thank you to my two ring stewards for their competent assistance.

Minor Puppy Dog (3,0 )
1 Brayshay-Allen 's Culhawk Flashback To Harry, mature liver puppy with excellent rounded bone and deep padded feet. Good head and expression and lovely spotty face. Deep body, good spring of rib and strong loin. Has a width of thigh and well let down hocks. Moved well when settled.
2 Cleland 's Candidals King Of The World ByDeovolante ,attractively marked b/w . Elegant neck into wither good topline and tailset. Well angulated quarters and excellent feet. Moved well laterally. Showed and handled well.
3 Hicks' Candidals Men In Black For Carriagestar

Puppy Dog (3,0)
1 Harrison-Stratford 's Dalkereve Dark Dragon, elegant and well-constructed l/w. Balanced overall with moderate proportions. Pleasing masculine head and expression. A length of neck into correct wither, topline and tailset. Deep body with lovely underline. Well angulated hindquarters , good bone, legs and feet. Covered the ground on the move. BP. BPIS.
2 Bolt's Fakenham Ferrera Rocher, masculine l/w with attractive head. Excellent bone and substance, good legs and feet, a depth of body and correct topline and tailset. Well muscled hindquarters and good loin. Moved well laterally with plenty of drive, just needs to settle.
3 Todhunter & Robinson's Millbelle Young Gun

Junior Dog (7,0)
1 Cutts' Kilndandy Casanova At Marzelina, attractively marked l/w with pleasing head and expression. Balanced overall with good bone and feet. Elegant neck into wither, correct topline and a well set on tail. Lovely body with a depth of brisket and spring of rib. Strong angulated hindquarters with a width of thigh and a second thigh. Has a good striding action.
2 Baker's Dalleaf Devils Disciple, excellent in outline with balanced proportions. Pleasing l/w decoration with good head and expression. Strongly made with plenty of substance and in hard condition. Good body with a depth of brisket and spring of rib. Excellent forehand, legs and feet. Showed and moved well.
3 Roach's Holderness Henman Hill

Yearling Dog (6,0)
1 Baker's Dalleaf Devils Disciple
2 Munro 's Tanstar Sea The Stars, attractive b/w with striking pigmentation. Clean in outline with an elegant neck into correct wither and topline, well set on tail. A depth of body with good legs and excellent feet. Moved out very well.
3 Johnson's Tynevale The Tease

Novice Dog (3,0)
1 Roach's Holderness Henman Hill, eye-catching b/w youngster with pleasing head and expression, lovely dark eye. Excellent pigmentation and attractive spotting. Stands over plenty of ground. A reach of neck into wither and topline. Good legs and feet. Covered the ground well on the move.
2 Farrell's Chandhally Coed Cyfareddol , well bodied l/w with good bone and a depth of body. Typical head with good eye and ear carriage. Pleasingly decorated. Well muscled with good legs and feet. Showed and moved well.
3 Harrison-Stratford's Dalkereve Dark Dragon

Graduate Dog (5,1)
1 Cutts' Kilndandy Casanova At Marzelina
2 Baker's Dalleaf Devils Disciple
3 Alexander 's Offordale Chevalier

Post Graduate Dog (3,1)
1 Williams' Phadante Brighton Rock, strong upstanding liver of good overall proportions. Very pleasing head and good neck into wither and topline. Well boned with good legs and feet. Well angulated hindquarters with a width of thigh, giving strong driving movement.
2 Webster's Tynevale Truly Talented At Dalmarno, l/w of good colour with pleasing head and well spotted ears, clean neck. Has a depth of brisket and let down hocks. Well presented .

Mid Limit Dog – (1,1)

Limit Dog (5,0)
1 Rose's Candidals Run Forest Run , attractive l/w of balanced proportions, well off for bone and substance, excellent legs and feet. Good head with pleasing expression and a lovely demeanour. Deep body, well ribbed back and strong loin. Tapered neck into good wither and topline. Showed well and covered the ground on the move.
2 Baker's Oneowun Ohio , moderate b/w with outgoing personality. A little plain in head but good expression, a length of neck into wither and well placed forehand. Depth of body with a spring of rib. In good condition. Lacked drive on the move.
3 Alcock's Mapplewell Chocolate Box for Dalspartan

Open Dog (12,3)
Two black males, lovely animals, both full of quality. 1 Ch Hartley & Griffiths 's Creaganbrec The Favourite At Miragua, excellently decorated b/w, superb in outline make and shape, so typical of the Dalmatian. A moderate dog who excels in bone and substance, with a deep body, plenty of heart and lung room, a spring of rib, strong loin. A powerful dog in hard muscled condition. Excellent legs and feet and well sprung pasterns. Most pleasingly decorated head, good neck into defined wither and correct topline and tailset. Excellent forehand and powerful hindquarters. Moved with reach and drive, tracked true. Showing with ring presence to take this strong class. DCC & BOB.
2 Ch Goff-Leggett's Washakie Nutcracker Prince , another quality b/w , elegant with a lovely outline and very well balanced. Very attractively decorated with good pigmentation. Pleasing head and dark eye. Elegant neck into good wither and topline, well set tail. Body well ribbed back and strong loin. Good legs and feet. Well angulated hindquarter with excellent hocks. Covered the ground with drive and tracked correctly. Presented in super order and showed extremely well. RDCC.
3 Bolt's Ch Fakenham Flash Gordon BVD

Special Memorial Open (3,3)
1 Kembrey 's Dalmark The Showstormer, moderate b/w very attractively marked with dense pigmentation. Pleasing head with dark eye. Balanced in outline with well placed forehand and well angulated hindquarter with a width of thigh. Good neck into wither and correct topline and tailset. A spring of rib, strength in loin and good underline. Moved freely and with a good stride, showed well.
2 Tingey 's Holderness Hill Billy By Dallyador, l/w of good colour, attractive head and elegant tapered neck. Good bone legs and feet. Strongly made with a good angulation behind used effectively to give good striding movement. Showed well.
3 Stocks ' Ch Dalmark The Shaded Moon at Nospar

Special Junior Veteran Dog (1,0)
1 Cleland's Dalesbred Larkin About with Deovolante, a super fit seven year old b/w in lovely hard condition. Balanced outline with good proportions and sound quarters. Very attractively marked with excellent pigmentation. Showed very well and moved with drive.

Special Senior Veteran Dog
NO ENTRIES

Brace
1 Neath-Duggan's Brace Two well matched black bitches. Moved well round the ring in unison.
2 Tingey's Brace , Two liver dogs very similar in type, went round the ring beautifully.
3 Smallwood's Brace

Ann Dandy
Judge