Three Counties Championship Show

13^th June 2006 - Cairn Terriers

Judge: Miss Jean Hudson

DCC : Middlehurst's Ch Cannwood As If By Magic To Starveren Jw
RDCC: Weinberger's Correnie Altissimo
BCC & BOB: Smee's Ch. Oudenarde Belle Amour
RBCC: Firth's Cairngold Cedar
Best Puppy: Weinberger's Correnie Showtime
 

 

More pictures after results

 

Photographs by Linda Firth & Brenda Shannon

(The one below is definitely by Brenda!)

Wot Dogs?

 

Three Counties

Cairn Terriers

It is four years since I judged the breed, and today, I enjoyed my task immensely. With entry fees as they are one needs to ensure the exhibit is in tiptop condition.There are some very good dogs and bitches being shown, so competition is strong.

I may be biased but there is something about the grey and the dark brindles character and type. Typical Cairn. Having said that, a good red can hold it’s own. There were some beautiful Cairn heads. Eyes give the expression, a round eye is alien. Lack of furnishings makes the head snipy. Fronts were difficult. Some had too much hair on the legs, making for a stuffy look, some were plaiting. Regarding hind action, it was difficult to find some that were not walking close behind. Both actions need careful thought when breeding. Coats on the whole were excellent for the time of year.

Tail carriage good, mouths (Apart from a couple) excellent, with clean teeth. Temperaments pleased to say, excellent, some had excellent spring of rib and brisket, some sadly lacking this essential. The B.O.B. winner evoked memories of the breed as it was years ago.

Blencathra, Vinovium and Oudenarde. The future looks good!

Jean Hudson

 

Dog C.C. Middlehurst’s Ch. Cannwood As If By Magic To Starveren. Headed a class of excellent dogs. Good coated brindle with a typical Cairn head. Excellent mouth, correct eye, ear placement good. Level topline, good tail set, good lay back of shoulders into well sprung ribs. Good bend of stifle, can see why he has won so well.

 

Bitch C.C. & B.O.B. Smee’s Oudenarde Belle Amour. Beautiful dark bitch in excellent coat. Very feminine head, mouth, eye and ear placement excellent. Well bodied, level topline, good tailset. Was naughty on the move, but did settle enough to win the class with honour.

 

Minor Puppy Dog (4)
1st: : Weinberger's Correnie Mister Bo-Jangles.Cream brindle, good head, neat ears, excellent mouth, good coat for 8 months. Moved extremely well.
2nd: : Peers' Tweedisle Troublemaker. Light brindle 7 months old, needing to grow head furnishings to complete the picture. Mouth and eye correct.
3rd:: Poile's Kedvaiy Masquerade

 

Puppy Dog (3,1a)
1st: : Longdin's Wellingley What Magic. Beautiful headed dark brindle, good in all departments, level topline, good tailset, moved so well.
2nd: : Saich's Lindcoly Golden Legend . Red, 9 months old larger than 1. In good coat but needing head furnishings to complete the picture.

Junior Dog (6,1a)
1st: : Shopland's Cherrycrack Mack The Knife.Brindle with good head, excellent mouth, dark points, well placed shoulders, level topline when moving.
2nd: : Shannon & Storr's Brenndarcy Sundance Kid.Cream, up to size, good mouth and eye, needs more head furnishings. Would not settle for movement.
3rd: : Peers' Tweedisle Sweet Talking Guy

 
Post Graduate Dog (6)
1st: : Poile's Kedvaiy Halequin. Red brindle with lovely head and dark points. Such a good length of neck, good spring of ribs, level back, bend of stifle, enabling him to move well.
2nd: : Buttress' Nutshki Boy Walton. Deep red with good head and dark points. Excellent mouth, correct eye, well coated, moved well.
3rd: : Thompson's Castleline Jackard

Limit Dog (7,3a)
1st: : Linborg & Nordstrand's Rasken's Respected Billy Joel.Red brindle with an excellent reach of neck. Desired head with dark points, level topline, good tailset, moved well.
2nd: : Ehrenberg’s Carradine Master Tigger. Brindle with lovely head, dark points, excellent mouth, good tailset. Extra hair on front legs made movement difficult to asses.
3rd: : Fairweather's Ock Ross I'm The Boss

Open Dog (8,1a)

What an amazing gathering of excellent dogs, what a hard choice for placements, all looked so typical of the breed. I have never seen such a line up for a long time.

 

1st: : Middlehurst's Ch Cannwood As If By Magic To Starveren JW - C.C.

 2nd: : Weinberger's Correnie Altissimo.  Excellent headed brindle, with desired dark points, mouth and eye correct, excellent reach of neck, running in to well laid back shoulders. In very good coat. Lovely in every way.
3rd: : Berrecloth's Ch Sybster Spring Time Shcm

 

Minor Puppy Bitch (7)

What a lovely class of bouncy puppies!
1st: : Weinberger's Correnie Showtime,Cream brindle with dark points, litter sister to MPD winner. Saw them both together later, what a pair! So alert, excellent coat, lovely head, good mouth.
2nd: : Firth's Cairngold Ivory. Another cream with dark points, lovely head, correct eye, excellent mouth. Good outline standing. Moved well.
3rd: : Smee's Malmay Esmeralda

Puppy Bitch (9,6a)
1st: : Peers' Tweedisle Sweet Dream.Cream baby. Good head, with dark points. Excellent mouth, in good coat, moved well.
2nd: : Felters & Rumens' Landbuck Lemoncello.Dark brindle growing a new coat. Good head, excellent mouth. Good topline and tailset. Movement good
3rd: : Shannon, Storr & Culliford's Brenndarcy Be Bop Deluxe

Junior Bitch (7,1a)

Another class of quality Cairns.
1st: : Smee's Malmay Can I Come In.Dark brindle. Typical headed feminine bitch. Excellent mouth, neat ears, level topline, good tail set. In good coat, moved well.
2nd: : Roberts' Cannwood Camilla.Beautiful feminine dark brindle in excellent coat. Typical head. Good teeth, correct eye giving varminty expression. Unlucky to meet 1.
3rd: : Bradshaw's Newfield Heather Magic

 

Post Graduate Bitch (15,4a)

What a lovely class of quality bitches.
1st: : Short's Glenchess Little Black Number.  Grey brindle with dark points, needs more head furnishings, excellent mouth, level topline good tailset, stylish mover.
2nd: : Weinberger's Correnie Irrisistable .Light grey with dark points, in excellent coat. Mouth, eye and ear placement good. Level topline, good tailset. Excellent mover.
3rd: : Moseley's Spawyche Elizabethan Ruby

Limit Bitch (12,4a)

Another lovely class. The bitches are good!
1st: : Firth's Cairngold Cedar.Grey brindle with lovely head. Dark points, excellent mouth, correct eye, giving the wistful expression, in good coat. Deserved her place in this strong class.
2nd: : Weinberger's Correnie Hi-Lily . Grey brindle feminine bitch. Head, eye, mouth excellent. Dark points. Shoulder placement and spring of rib good level topline. Moved well.
3rd: : Petts' Cannwood Kasta Spell At Doonrae

Open Bitch (9,5a)
1st: : Smee's Oudenarde Belle Amour. B.C.C. & B.O.B.
2nd: : Linborg & Nordstrand's Su Ch Rasken's Rich Grey Lark. Grey brindle in good coat. Lovely head with dark points, mouth excellent, good lay back of shoulders into good spring of rib. Showed all out against 1.
3rd: : Shopland's Cherrycrack Chasing Aimee