Watched most of the Dog Show tonight . . .
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I was pleasantly surprised by the Sibe. It was refreshingly moderate, with a decent gait. The head was still far too toy-ish and front feet set under, but it's a vast improvement in what I've seen recently, and I'm being a tad picky.
ETA Screen shot! Just because I thought it was so nice, and I know I complain about the breed a lot. Again, head too dished and front feet are always under these dogs for some reason, but I like it overall.
ETA Screen shot! Just because I thought it was so nice, and I know I complain about the breed a lot. Again, head too dished and front feet are always under these dogs for some reason, but I like it overall.
A lot of breeds are shown really fat. The bull-and-terrier breeds are among those. When I was showing Tess for her title, I put some weight on her so she'd get considered. At one point, she weighed 38 pounds. Judges loved her. She picked up 9 points and her first major in short order, if she didn't get Winners, she was usually Reserve, and if she was Winners, she was Best of Winners and Best Opposite Sex (we never got a Best of Breed, we were showing against the #1 dog in the country, and he was professionally handled).
I took 5 pounds off of her, and getting the last 6 points was like pulling teeth. I was getting them one point at a time, ie; at one show she was the only adult bitch in the classes, and the judge preferred not to give points to puppies, so Tess got the point. She got her 2nd major mostly because I showed her to a judge who had seen her fat and really liked her, so that influenced his opinion.
I keep her at 32 pounds now, and the concept of Tess at 38 pounds makes me shudder.
I took 5 pounds off of her, and getting the last 6 points was like pulling teeth. I was getting them one point at a time, ie; at one show she was the only adult bitch in the classes, and the judge preferred not to give points to puppies, so Tess got the point. She got her 2nd major mostly because I showed her to a judge who had seen her fat and really liked her, so that influenced his opinion.
I keep her at 32 pounds now, and the concept of Tess at 38 pounds makes me shudder.
I can only find the names of the winners and the dogs who placed via AKC Results report. I can't seem to find an entire entrant list. Sad face.
There were a few dogs I wanted to know the names of, too.
ETA: I'm additionally pleased that the Sibe's sire was OFA's and CERF'd. Dam had hips tested, at least, and they were excellent. I'm quite pleased, actually. Gives me more hope for the breed.
Here is the results list with the dogs' names if anyone is interested. First section only, the one that's listed for the "The Kennel Club of Philadelphia I".
ETA AGAIN. Helps if I actually put the link in here.
http://www.akc.org/events/conformation/weekly_wins/2012/november/17.cfm
There were a few dogs I wanted to know the names of, too.
ETA: I'm additionally pleased that the Sibe's sire was OFA's and CERF'd. Dam had hips tested, at least, and they were excellent. I'm quite pleased, actually. Gives me more hope for the breed.
Here is the results list with the dogs' names if anyone is interested. First section only, the one that's listed for the "The Kennel Club of Philadelphia I".
ETA AGAIN. Helps if I actually put the link in here.
http://www.akc.org/events/conformation/weekly_wins/2012/november/17.cfm
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Here are the breed results of everything for Saturday, for anyone interested:
http://infodog.com/results/2012037501/2012037501MAP.HTM
Also, there wasn't even a Finkie there. Sigh. Though two were entered... Bubbles and I were supposed to be there (then we would have been on TV!!!!) but she's still away. BLAH that would have been so cool to be on TV for like half a second
ETA - Lyzelle got it HAHAHA.
http://infodog.com/results/2012037501/2012037501MAP.HTM
Also, there wasn't even a Finkie there. Sigh. Though two were entered... Bubbles and I were supposed to be there (then we would have been on TV!!!!) but she's still away. BLAH that would have been so cool to be on TV for like half a second
ETA - Lyzelle got it HAHAHA.
The Amstaff is actually a really nice dog, I've shown with him. His name is Flash. I took this picture of him back in June when we were at a show:
He's not near as chunky as some of the Amstaffs shown. He's a big goofball and seems very athletic.
Sako is not your typical AKC Amstaff, most are much bigger boned (which can be confused for being fat) than he is. I wish he was, would make my life a lot easier LOL. Granted, most are shown with 5-10lbs. added on, just like most breeds. Just goes with the territory.
He's not near as chunky as some of the Amstaffs shown. He's a big goofball and seems very athletic.
Sako is not your typical AKC Amstaff, most are much bigger boned (which can be confused for being fat) than he is. I wish he was, would make my life a lot easier LOL. Granted, most are shown with 5-10lbs. added on, just like most breeds. Just goes with the territory.
