The Scottish Kennel Club
DACHSHUND (SMOOTH-HAIRED)

Venue:
Date: 23rd & 24th August 2008

SMOOTH HAIRED

PD (1) 1 McNaughton’s Cedavoch Born To Boogie, 8 months, lovely type & full of promise, typical head, eye & expression, good overall balance, pleasing outline & length of body, pleasing construction. Just needing to strengthen a little in hind movement. JD (0). PGD (1) 1 Gatheral-Graham’s Phaeland Sherrif’s Deputy, pleasing head, eye & expression, clean neck of good length, good length of body, level back, good ribbing & underline. Could have been a little more positive on the move. LD (4) 1 Rawson’s Rosenket Kaptain Kirk, presented a very pleasing overall picture, correctly shaped head of good length & balance, typical set of eye & expression, excellent depth of body & full ribbing, level back, good underline & accurate movement; 2 Tite & Eales’ Lauralee The X Factor, pleasing exhibit of typical appearance, pleasing head, eye & expression, clean neck, correct topline, well finished quarters. Not quite as appealing for finish & depth of body as 1; 3 Dalgety’s Thundergay Archduke. OD (4) 1 Cooper’s Ch Sontag Simon Le Bone, such a lovely type, masculine yet not overdone in any way, excellent head shape & proportions, typical eye & expression, clean muscular neck, correct topline & underline, well constructed, accurate mover. CC; 2 Coxon, Henningsen & Allen’s Ch/Am Ch Jagie’s I Love The Nightlife, excellent for size & general outline & proportions, strong & prominent breastbone, good ribbing, firm & level back. Different head type to 1 & could perhaps have shown a little more strength in rear action. RCC; 3 Oxley’s Lauralee The Real Thing at Owlery.

PB (3) 1 Mitchell’s Cedavoch Lets Boogie with Bronia, 8 months, super type & full of promise, really nice head, eye & expression, pleasing forehand construction, powerful quarters, excellent topline, moved with confidence & style. BP; 2 Turner’s Marictur Moulin Rouge, 9 months, very promising youngster of appealing type & shape, well balanced head & skull, pleasing eye & expression, good length & depth of body. As yet not quite the style & power of 1 on the move; 3 Tite & Eales’ Rijobeau Glitz ‘N’ Glamour. JB (3) 1 Rawson’s Churchoak Some Like It Hot at Rosenket, super youngster of 12 months, full of spirit & character, excellent head, correctly proportioned body showing depth & power, clean neck, well ribbed, firm & level topline, moved with style & power holding topline well. Tail carriage could be improved; 2 Coxon’s Cedavoch Boogie On Down to D’Arisca, 8 months, giving a little away in age but full of promise. Like her littermate she has great appeal for type & head, well proportioned body of good depth, pleasing construction & positive movement; 3 Dalgety’s Thundergay My Fair Lady. PGB (2) 1 Dalgety’s Thundergay Magdalena, typical outline & balance, pleasing head, eye & expression, clean neck, level back line, short loin, well made body with typical movement; 2 Holburn’s Phaeland Strathisla Dawn, pleasing type & appearance, typical head, eye & expression, good outline & body proportions, pleasing bone & feet, pleasing tail set & carriage. Could have moved a little more positively. LB (4) 1 Rawson’s Rosenket Krystal Singer, beautiful type, most pleasing head, eye & expression, super outline & proportions, long & deep in body, plenty of forechest, excellent ribbing, firm & level topline, short & powerful loin, well set & carried tail, stylish & accurate movement. RCC; 2 Turner’s Marictur Uptown Madam, perhaps not quite as appealing in backskull as 1 but of similar type & appeal. Most typical outline, strong & deep body of good length & proportions, plenty of rib, good loin, pleasing finish of quarters, correct tail set & carriage, accurate on the move; 3 McNaughton’s Cedavoch Sincerity. OB (3) 1 Gatheral-Graham’s Phaeland Special Delivery, takes the eye immediately, refined head of excellent proportions & balance, lovely eye shape & expression, excellent forehand construction, complimentary quarters which enable her to move freely on a full stride with a real impression of power from the rear, really deep & strong body, excellent ribbing, firm topline, short powerful loin, well set & carried tail. CC, her 3^rd, & BOB; 2 Norton’s Ch Matzell Maid Of Honour, cast in a less substantial mould than 1 with rather a different pattern in head type & a slightly rounder eye shape. Pleasing outline, balanced body proportions, an impression of power & strength, clean & muscular neck, firm backline, pleasing underline, well formed feet, pleasing tail set & carriage, well made quarters, moved soundly. Not quite the length of stride & powerful rear drive of 1; 3 Melbourne’s Lauralee Take That to Melriding.