Rottweiler Show Results

The breed seems to be all over the place at the moment which worries me & type was a very difficult thing to find today. Bone & substance seem to be thing of the past with some. Heads need to be addressed as I found many narrow skulls in both dogs & bitches with alien expressions. Tails are very varied so I would not criticise any of the carriages as I feel it will take generations to get it right. Overall the quality was good but some classes were disappointing.

All placings had correct dentition.

MPD (12,3a) 1 Taylor’s Minalea Azlan, 7 months dog of good type, lovely expressive head, dark eye & mouth, straight front & tight feet, good forechest, nice reach of neck into well laid shoulders, top & underlines good as was front & rear angulation, moved steadily & with purpose; 2 Stubbs Watt & McCurley’s Cotarrin Lest We Forget, 7 months puppy of good type with good bone & perhaps a little too much substance. Lovely dry broad head, dark eye & mouth, very good forechest, straight front & tight feet. Would prefer a little more length of leg on front. Top & underlines good, moved very well with reach & drive. Slightly out of coat; 3 Lawrance’s Elantiz Johnny Red Shoes.

PD (4) 1 Horton’s Rostock Ring Of Fire, 11 months puppy, top size young dog of good type, nice bone & substance, lovely dry head, with dark eye & mouth, straight front, tight feet & good forechest, nice reach of neck into well laid shoulders, strong topline which he held on the move, good underline, more athletic type of dog & could go all day, moved very well; 2 Lambert’s Ladesco Chasing Shadows at Seittor, leaner type of dog than 1, nice dry head, with dark eye, mouth pigmentation mottled, straight front & good forechest, good reach of neck into well placed shoulders, level topline which he held on the move, good angulation; 3 Lawrance’s Elantiz Johnny Red Shoes.

JD (6,1) 1 Bunton’s Reikkson Ready For Action, young dog on excellent type, good bone & substance, & very well balanced, beautiful dry broad head with dark eye & mouth, straight front & tight feet, good forechest, top & underlines spot on, nice reach of neck into well placed shoulders, level topline which he held on the move, Moved with good front reach & powerful drive from the rear, in cracking condition & handled well. I will watch his progress in the future. RCC; 2 Reid’s Trecealy Nemesis, another nice young dog but of a different type, taller than 1 but still balanced, nice head with good expression, good front & forechest, nice reach of neck into well placed shoulders, good topline which he held on the move, moved well; 3 Tuttle’s Rostock Ice Warrior.

ND (3) 1 R Ring Of Fire; 2 L Chasing Shadows at S; 3 Evans’ Maddiecass Rhett Butler.

GD (8,1) 1 Gibson’s Diesters Vice Versa, lovely young dog of good shape & make, chiselled head with dark eye & kind expression, dark mouth, straight front with good tight feet, nice reach of neck into well laid shoulders, topline held on the move, correct front & rear angulation, moved with good reach & drive. Handled well; 2 Mackay’s Osthaen Dark Defender, different type to 1, heavier in make & shape, strong head with dark eye & mouth, straight front & tight feet, good forechest, nice reach of neck into well placed shoulders, moved OK; 3 Trueman & Brownridge’s Jezeze Sherbert.

PGD (8,1) 1 Osgood’s Bournevalley Thunderball of Chisimon, more athletic type of dog who is very well balanced & could go all day, strong head with dark eye & mouth, straight front & tight feet, nice reach of neck into well placed shoulders, clean over withers, lovely forechest & correct top & underlines, moved very well with correct front & rear angulation, in tip-top condition, handled well; 2 Hunter & Finlayson’s Varenka The Maestro, stronger type of dog than 1, stronger in head with dark eye & mouth, good front, feet & forechest, nice reach of neck into correct shoulders, top & underlines spot on, moved with drive when settled. Handler has to work hard with him as he has the concentration span of a gnat; 3 Hucker’s Poncheens Born To Shine for Bevanray.

LD (9) 1 Leask’s Varenka Maximillion at Granjolea, young dog who I have watched with interest, he is now starting to come into his own, not the biggest but what you see is what you get, no exaggerations at all, head is dry & clean with dark eye & mouth, correct straight front & tight feet, good forechest & correct angulations, nice reach of neck into well placed shoulders, topline held on the move, moved very well, & in tip-top condition; 2 Beare & Stubb’s Juffther The Magician, similar in type to 1, lovely dry expressive head with dark eye & mouth. Starting to lose his coat as were a lot of the dogs. Good bone & substance, straight front & tight feet, nice reach of neck into correctly placed shoulders, top & underlines spot on, moved very well with reach & drive; 3 McIntyre’s Mankell Mazerati.

OD (7,1) This class was a pleasure with many good dogs & worthy chs. 1 Nicol’s Jacraila Mr Incredible, excellent, well balanced type of dog who stood out for me with no exaggerations, good broad dry skull, dark eye with kind expression, dark mouth, straight front & tight feet, correct forechest & reach of neck into clean well placed shoulders, excellent front & rear angulation which he uses to his advantage, covers the ground with ease, held his topline on the move, in tip-top condition. CC, BOB & G3; 2 Lockyer’s Ch Guardami Pal Joey, a worthy ch, very similar in type to 1, lovely expressive dry head with dark eye & mouth, correct straight front & tight feet. A little untidy over the withers. Nice reach of neck with good angulations, moved & handled well, in tip-top condition; 3 Rattray’s Varenka Just Joe.

MPB (9,2) 1 Rattray’s Varenka Smart Diva, 7 months puppy of excellent type as always from this kennel, lovely feminine head with dark eye & mouth, good bone & substance, correct forechest with straight front & tight feet, nice reach of neck into well placed shoulders, clean over the withers, correct straight topline, good rear angulation, moved very well for one so young. BP; 2 Jones’ Poncheens Irresistible, nice young bitch who I felt was just a bit overweight. Good bone, straight front & tight feet, lovely expressive head with dark eye, good top & underlines, moved well; 3 Trueman & Brownridge’s Steigen Earth Angel.

PB (9,2) 1 Clark’s Tianko Tickled Pink von Dortmund, lovely well balanced young bitch with strong feminine chiselled head, dark expressive eye & dark mouth, lovely reach of neck into well placed shoulders, topline held on the move, covered the ground very well, good front & feet, correct angulations, moved very well; 2 Sharple’s Varenka Class Act at Thalion, nice young bitch of different type, well balanced youngster with nice straight front, nice reach of neck into well placed shoulders, correct top & underlines, moved very well; 3 Cockburn & Cairn’s Ladesco She’s Wicked.

JB (5,1) 1 Cockburn & Cairn’s Ladesco She’s Wicked, nice young bitch in profile, strong head with dark eye, straight front & tight feet, good reach of neck, angulations OK, moved well; 2 Cockburn & Cairn’s Byrozen Lightening, stronger type of bitch than 1, strong head, dark eye & mouth, good bone & substance, straight front, tight feet, angles OK, moved OK; 3 Parkinson’s Maddiecass Third Time Lucky.

NB (3) 1 Lucas’ Ceearott Cry Freedom at Romanblue, strong headed bitch with dark expressive eye, straight front & tight feet. A bit upright in shoulder so front movement was restricted. Held topline on the move, in good condition, moved OK; 2 Parkinson’s Maddiecass Third Time Lucky, stronger type of bitch, head OK with dark eye, good bone & substance, taller type of bitch, good angulations, moved OK; 3 Evans’ Maddiecass Scarlet O Hara.

GB (1) 1 Raithel’s Stattlich Up And At Them, alone, not a bad bitch, nice head with dark eye, good bone & substance, straight front & tight feet, angulations adequate, moved OK.

PGB (11,2) 1 Taylor’s Minalea Tiger Lilly, smaller type of bitch but very well balanced, lovely feminine head with dark eye & mouth, straight front & tight feet, good reach of neck into well placed shoulders, good front & rear angulations, topline held on the move, moved very well with good reach & drive; 2 Urwin & Pringle’s Juffther Daydream Believer Jianerot, taller type of bitch than 1, feminine head with dark eye & mouth, straight front & tight feet, good angulations, moved well & held her topline on the move; 3 Cook’s Darbraco Castaway.

LB (12,3) 1 Osgood’s Varenka Gimmie Fever for Chisimon, young bitch who I have admired since I first saw her at W/P Breeds of Wales & today she did not disappoint me. She stood out she is so balanced & correct in every department, beautiful feminine dry head with dark expressive eye & dark mouth, correct front & feet with good forechest, excellent reach of neck into clean shoulders, front angulation & rear angulations so correct, held her topline as she powered round the ring, in cracking condition. CC; 2 Cook’s Pendley Fedora at Dabraco, stronger type of bitch then 1, lovely balanced bitch of good type, dry head with dark eye & mouth, good front & forechest with tight feet, lovely reach of neck into well placed shoulders, good top & underlines, moved very well with reach & drive; 3 Durrance’s Fernwood Joule.

OB (8,2) A really lovely class of quality bitches & worthy chs. 1 Lockyer’s Gyrima Angel Delight at Guardami, lovely bitch of excellent type, good bone & substance, beautiful feminine head with dark expressive eyes (reminds me of someone) dark mouth, correct straight front & tight feet, good forechest & reach of neck flowing into well placed shoulders, topline & underlines correct, moved with reach & drive, handled well. RCC; 2 Rattray’s Ch Varenka Cover Story, dam of my BP, absolutely love this bitch as well, unfortunately preferred the head of 1 but very similar in all departments. Good bone & substance, very expressive eye with good dry skull, front correct as is forechest, nice reach of neck into well laid shoulders, top & underlines correct with good front reach & rear drive, covers the ground effortlessly; 3 Fenwick’s Ch Estalea Rainbow Gucci at Ronmal.

SHARON BROWN