SKC May 2011

Dog CC - Collidach Molloney Ta Tu You      Bitch CC & BOB - Collidach Molloney Fay Mouse

Having looked at my catalogue I saw that both CCs & the RDCC are sired by the same imported Finish male. Also the RBCC is another Finish import & the dam of the RDCC. I think the Foxearth kennel should be congratulated & admired for its forward thinking and its clever breeding programme.

My CC winners are littermates & looking through my records I see that I gave their dam the CC at the British 2 years ago.

BCC & BOB was Collidach Malloney Fay Mouse, b/m who has captured her dam’s beautiful sweet expression. Not exaggerated in any way, correct head planes broken by a clean stop, correct shaped & set eyes, good ears & when you put this all together, gives you that desired expression. Good neck, set onto well laid shoulders, excellent front assembly, back of good length & well muscled & angulated rear. Now to her colour, what a beautiful well marbled powder blue she is & where she scores over her on dam is the fact that her tan is a deeper shade. On the move she is a joy to behold; RBCC, Ch Sandcastles All Dressed Up, mature 6 years tri who has so much ‘look at me attitude’, carries a head to die for, level planes, good stop, beautiful well carried ears, very good swanlike neck into correct shoulders, level topline & well angulated rear, moves true; DCC, Collidach Malloney Ta Tu You, tri litter brother to Fay Mouse & all of her critique applies to him. He is a masculine version of her. I think that perhaps where he scores on her is he has a slightly better body length, but in the BOB he was not being handled by his owner, his sister was giving that little bit more; RDCC & BP, Foxearth Frappuccino, the decision for the dog challenge was so close, I felt the deciding factor was body condition & maturity. I can see so much of his mother in him. He carries himself in the same manner. Head, neck & body are excellent. Scores well on the move & is true from any angle.

P 1 White’s Foxearth Foxearth Frappuccino. RCC & BP. J 1 Fort’s Mighty Spring Meadow Gift for Shulume, 9 months tri bitch whose markings make her really striking. Good well arched neck, length of back & well angulated rear, giving true movement. My concerns are her head planes & lack of stop. She also needs more fill of foreface & also needs more depth & development of chest. I hope this comes with maturity. LD 1 Hutchinson’s Collidach Malloney Ta Tu You. CC. OD 1 Fort’s Foxearth Forward Thinking for Mcclelland, s/w all male, beautiful head, good neck, shoulders & rear, just couldn’t keep up with the younger boys for movement. LB 1 Hutchinson’s Collidach Malloney Fay Mouse. CC & BOB. OB 1 Hayward’s Ch Sandcastles All Dressed Up. RCC; 2 Fort’s Ch Shulume Imperial Legacy, s/w bitch who is so pretty, her head is so clean, good length of body & rear angulation. My consideration for major awards was her front. To complete the picture she needs more length of upper arm & this shows up with her movement. She over extends in front action, just short of hackney.