First Place in Yearling - Dog, Judge: Tan Nagrecha (Chandimore)
My first time giving ccs in this lovely breed and an experience I enjoyed immensely .
To dig deep into such a numerically good entry and try find a pattern to type combined with condition and structure with good movement is always fruitful and I felt my line ups were good and uniform in general .
As a non specialist my intention was to find a specimen of good type but most importantly of the correct proportions and tail set and carriage . a dog in fit hard condition that can keep up with the horse and hounds on any terrain . short legs and deep chested dogs were not to my interpretation .
Dogs with good leg length and ground clearance with height at the withers being greater, a correct topline and underline ,a tail set off the back and at 45 degrees carriage were highly rewarded .
Expression is key and the otter head and expression is easily recognisable in the good ones .
Whilst most were spannable the correct flat ribs and loose pelting was few and far between .
in excellent coat and order, so alert and responsive to handler , excellent in his forehand with the correct shoulder , hindquarters to match with an excellent set on , this correctly conformed dog is so well made it reflects in his movement and he is so sound on the move with good foot fall scoring heavily in profile action . ended up as my RDCC , he just lost out to the eventual winner as I would have liked more length to foreleg to finish the correct outline . just spannable .