THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER CLUB OPEN SHOW Sunday 14th November 2021 Judge: Lisa Finney The most enjoyable day and such an honour to judge for the Labrador Retriever Club at their Single Breed Open Show. Thank you to the Committee for their kind invitation and for such a well run day, for the gift to cherish, to my super stewards for keeping everything flowing throughout, and to all of the exhibitors who entered, and showed under me, making it such a wonderful day to remember. So many lovely dogs, and full of quality, resulting in a lot of close decisions and certainly not enough first place cards to go around! I was very pleased with both my dog and bitch line-ups however and especially pleased with my principal winners. Congratulations and thank you to all. DOGS Minor Puppy Dog (4,0a) 1st Metcalfes’ Baileydale Puff Daddy 9 months well grown quality black stood out in his class for size, balance and maturity; good head proportions, kind eye and lovely expression, clean neck, good front and rear construction, compact, short coupled, well muscled, good bone and feet, coat of correct type and texture, moved accurately and steadily, well handled. Pleased to award him BPD & BMPIS. 2nd Hopkinson’s Rocheby Old Salt, Just six months on the day, sweetest of expressions, good angles front and rear, standing four square, good spring of rib, short coupled and ample quarters, excellent feet and bone, and in super coat. Still firming up, correct for age and lots of promise. Moved out nicely, a steady accurate mover. Puppy Dog (2,0a) 1st Metcalfes’ Baileydale Puff Daddy. 2nd Young’s Apollo Daydream 10 months yellow, nice head shape and proportions, kind eye and expression, good angles fore and aft, nice bone and neat feet, in excellent coat, just needing to settle more for handler on the move. 1st McLellans’ Saranden Shadeuxplay 14 months black with good head and kind expression. Another quality youngster of good size, standing four square with a balanced outline, nice length of neck into good lay of shoulder, firm topline, excellent tailset and otter tail, in good coat of correct type and texture, I liked the scope of this dog, he moved well, covering the ground with ease. Deserving of his first place and shortlisted in the best dog challenge.
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