Keeshond Club Open Jan 2024

Judge: Mhaira Aikman

No CCs on offer

BEST OF BREED: CH KEITAKEES YOU ARE MY WORLD
BEST DOG: CH KICHIGAI'S ONLY THE LONLEY
RES. BEST DOG: CH KEITAKEES TO LOVE SOMEBODY AT BYQUY
BEST BITCH: CH KEITAKEES YOU ARE MY WORLD
RES. BEST BITCH: TORRIKEES MADE IN HEAVEN AT DEVONIA
BEST PUPPY: ZANDVOORT GRACE'S SECRET

ENTERED/PRESENT: 34/26

SPECIAL AWARDS JUDGE : AMANDA ELLIS
SPECIAL YEARLING DOG OR BITCH – 6
1ST : BRUNT’S ZANDVOORT GRACE’S SECRET
2ND : GARDNER’S DEVONIA LOVE WIL FIND A WAY FOR MANZANAKEES
3RD : MARSHALL’S DEVONIA’S HAKUNA MATAKA
4TH : MATTHEWS & LEE’S WINKLESTAR DENEB AT VALINDALE
5TH : GREGORY’S AMIKIRS PRITTI
SPECIAL LIMIT DOG OR BITCH – 4, 2AB
1ST : JOHNSTON’S TYKEES FULL OF CHAOS
2ND : GARDNERS’ KEITAKEES SMALL TIME BOY WITH MANZANAKEES
SPECIAL OPEN DOG OR BITCH – 6, 1AB
1ST : REDLER & WHEATLEY’S CH KEITAKEES YOU ARE MY WORLD
2ND : BRUNT’S CH DIVYNI DRUG DAR (IMP RUSS)
3RD : MATTHEWS & LEE’S WINKLESTAR AURORA AT VALINDALE
4TH : GREGORY’S CH AMIKIRS LOVEALICIOUS
5TH : MILES & DEAN’S CH NERADMIK KISS CHASE WITH LEKKERBEK

OPEN SHOW
MINOR PUPPY DOG – NO ENTRIES
PUPPY DOG – 1
1ST : GARDNER’S DEVONIA LOVE WIL FIND A WAY FOR MANZANAKEES
JUNIOR DOG – 1
1ST : AXFORD & SHERWOOD’S WATERMYTH JEWEL IN THE NEST
SPECIAL YEARLING DOG – 2
1ST : MATTHEWS & LEE’S WINKLESTAR DENEB AT VALINDALE
2ND : ROSE’S DIANAKEES INSPECTOR MORSE AT ESORKEES
NOVICE DOG – NO ENTRIES
POST GRADUATE DOG – 1
1ST : GARDNERS’ KEITAKEES SMALL TIME BOY WITH MANZANAKEES
LIMIT DOG – 2, 1AB
1ST : CHURCH’S SHELDERON STIMMIG SAGE WITH TYKEES
OPEN DOG – 6, 1AB
1ST : MATTHEWS & LEE’S CH KEITKEES TO LOVE SOMEBODY AT BYQUY
2ND : MARSHALL’S ARABESQUE AT DEVONIA (IMP RUSS)
3RD : BRUNT’S CH DIVYNI DRUG DAR (IMP RUSS)
4TH : MILES & DEAN’S CH NERADMIK KISS CHASE WITH LEKKERBEK
5TH : ROSE’S CH ROSSVALE ENDEAVOUR TO ESORKEES
VETERAN DOG – 3
1ST : HICKSON’S CH KICHIGAI’S ONLY THE LONLEY
2ND : MILES, CULLEN & BROWN’S CH ROSSVALE LEGACY FOR LEKKERBEK
3RD : BENNETT’S BYQUY RICH GENT

MINOR PUPPY BITCH – 1
1ST : GREGORY’S AMIKIRS PRITTI
PUPPY BITCH – 4, 1AB
1ST : BRUNT’S ZANDVOORT GRACE’S SECRET
2ND : MARSHALL’S DEVONIA’S HAKUNA MATAKA
3RD : CHURCH’S TYKEES SOUL SEARCHING
JUNIOR BITCH – 2, 1AB
1ST : CHURCH’S TYKEES SOUL SEARCHING
SPECIAL YEARLING BITCH – 1AB
NOVICE BITCH – 1
1ST : BRUNT’S ZANDVOORT GRACE’S SECRET
POST GRADUATE BITCH – 2, 1AB
1ST : CHURCH’S TYKEES WE GO SOLO
LIMIT BITCH – 2
1ST : JOHNSTON’S TYKEES FULL OF CHAOS
2ND : CHURCH’S TYKEES IT’S JUST A PHASE
OPEN BITCH – 4
1ST : REDLER & WHEATLEY’S CH KEITAKEES YOU ARE MY WORLD
2ND : GREGORY’S CH AMIKIRS LOVEALICIOUS
3RD : HICKSON’S CH KICHIGAI UPTOWN GIRL
4TH : MATTHEWS & LEE’S CH WINKLESTAR AURORA AT VALINDALE
VETERAN BITCH – 3, 2AB
1ST : MARSHALL’S TORRIKEES HEAVEN MADE AT DEVONIA

I would like to thank the committee for giving me the pleasure of judging your three Special Award classes. I stayed to the end of a very well ran show, with a friendly warm welcome and a lovely lunch. I found the exhibits typical of the breed with confident, friendly temperament. Short cobby bodies and heads with that alert foxy expression.
A Special Y. D or B (6.1.) 1st. Brunt’s Zandvoort Grace’s Secret. 10 months old bitch puppy, Good black pigment, lovely dark muzzle, well defined spectacles round her almond shaped eyes, well set dark ears. Arched neck, good shoulders, straight forelegs on round feet. Well sprung ribs, short back, hight set tightly curled tail. Straight off standing coat. Sound straight movement. 2nd. Gardner’s Devonia’s Love Wil Find A Way for Manzanakees. 10 months old dog puppy with good head proportions , black pigment, dark almond shaped eyes. Good neck, sloped shoulders, chest and rib. Compact body with hight set tail curled over his back. Good coat with defined markings. Sound brisk movement. 3rd. Marshall’s Devonia’s Hakuna Matata. Bitch with good head, dark eyes. Good neck, rib, level top line, hight tail set . Good coat and colour. Sound straight movement.
B Sp. L. D or B (4.2 ) 1st. Johnston’s Tykees Full of Chaos. Bitch with black pigment, dark eyes, well set dark ears, head well proportioned with flat skull. Good neck leading into well sloped shoulders, straight forelegs, round feet. Body short and compact. Good coat and markings. Sound movement. 2nd. Gardner’s Keitakees Small Town Boy with Manzanakees. 2 year old dog with well proportioned head, black pigment, dark eyes small dark ears set well on skull. Straight forelegs, well sprung ribs, level top line with hight set tail with tight curl. Good coat and thick ruff on neck. Brisk movement.
C Sp O D or B. (6.1) 1st Redler’s Keitakees You Are My World. Two year old feminine well balanced bitch on her toes and at one with her handler. Black pigment, almond shaped eyes. Good head proportions with bark muzzle and ears that are well set on flat skull. Moderately long neck with arched leading into sloping shoulders. Straight forelegs on round cat like feet. Well sprung ribs and good depth of brisket. Short level top line with hight set curled tail. Enough coat with the black shadings in the right places. Brisk straight sound movement. All though not marked in the catalogue as a champion I was told afterwards she is a champion and in my eyes well worthy of that title. 2nd. Brunt’s Divnyi Drug Dar ( IMP RUS ) A masculine dog with lovely almond shaped dark eyes. Well set dark ears, good head proportions, neck, chest, forequarters on round feet. Short level top line with hight set tail. In good coat with good shaded markings. Sound brisk straight movement. 3rd. Lee’s Ch. Winklestar Aurora at Valindale JW. A well deserved champion bitch. Fox like head of equal length of skull to muzzle, good ear set but just amlm. Good neck with arch set into sloped shoulders. Short compact body, hight set . Good coat and colour. Brisk sound movement.
Judge Amanda Ellis

My thanks to the Club’s hard-working team and exhibitors for a thoroughly enjoyable day. This my first breed club appointment in Keeshonden felt very special, as it was the breed which introduced my family to the world of show dogs back in the mid‘70s. I found some beautiful typey examples, and found myself smiling at the reminder of just how delightfully challenging to show their typical Spitz character can make them!
MPD: No entries.
PD(1): 1 Gardner’s Devonia’s Love Wil Find A Way for Manzanakees, 10 months, nice size, well shaped head, used ears well, lovely balanced outline, nice neck, good ribs, lovely tight cat feet, profuse coat of good texture, super movement, dark eye but could be more almond. BPD.
JD(1): 1 Axford & Sherwood’s Watermyth Jewel of the Nest, pleasing outline, nice expression, well shaped eye but prefer a shade darker. Super coat with constrast, good body, moved well. Feet could be tighter.
YD(2): 1 Lee & Matthews’ Winklestar Deneb at Valindale, good outline, well balanced, good wedge head, lovely eye shape but prefer a little darker. Gorgeous coat & feet, super ears, good tail; 2 Rose’s Dianakees Inspector Morse at Esorkees, super eye for shape & colour, good ears. Profuse coat, good tail. Expression could be foxier.
ND: No entries.
PGD(1): 1 Gardner’s Keitakees Small Town Boy with Manzanakees, attractive expression, nice ears, dark eye ideally more almond. Lovely feet although pasterns a little soft. Profuse coat.
LD(2, 1 absent): 1 Church’s Shelderon Stemmig Sage with Tykees, nice head proportions, Lovely feet, good texture coat, good front & ribs, nice tail, moved well. Could be more compact.
OD(6,1): 1 Peck & Matthews’ Ch Keitakees To Love Somebody at Byquy, fabulous size, compact, lovely head & expression, good ears, lovely eye shape. Good construction, cat feet, good coat texture & colour, moved well. RBD; 2 Marshall’s Arabesque at Devona (imp Rus), pushed 1 hard, good head, darker eye than 1 but could be more almond. Super shape, compact, lovely feet, good tail; 3 Brunt’s Divnyi Drug Dar (imp Rus), good overall type & balance, lovely eye shape & colour, good expression, profuse coat, good constrast. Nice feet but turning out a touch.
VD(3): 1 Hickson’s Ch Kichigai Only the Lonely, 8 years, good balance & outline, super feet & pasterns, wedge head with good expression, dark well shaped eye, good ears, lovely body & mover here but a little wayward in BIS challenge. BD, BOS & RBIS; 2 Miles, Cullen & Brown’s Ch Rossvale’s Legacy for Lekkerbek, 11 years, showed so well, good teeth, lovely feet, moved well. Dark eye, could be more almond but probably due to aging; 3 Bennett’s Byquy Rich Gent, nice outline, good texture coat, super tail, good ears when used, good shape, nice expression.

MPB(1): 1 Gregory’s Amikirs Pritti, 6 months 3 days but full of confidence, nice outline, lovely feet, nice head, dark almond eye, good ears.
PB(4,1): 1 Brunt’s Zandvoort Grace’s Secret, really super compact outline, fabulous head & pencilling, gorgeous feet, moved well. BPB, BPIS; 2 Marshall’s Devonia’s Hakuna Matata, fabulous head, eye dark although prefer more almond. Feet could be better. Good tail, coat texture & markings; 3 Church’s Tykees Soul Searching, really fabulous head, best of eyes, excellent tail. Would like more chest & tighter feet.
JB(2,1): 1 T Soul Searching.
YB(1): Absent.
NB(1): 1 Z Grace’s Secret.
PGB(2,1): 1 Church’s Tykees We Go Solo, nice head shape. Good eye colour but prefer more almond. Nice mover, good coat texture.
LB(2): Two nice girls. 1 Johnston’s Tykees Full of Chaos, gorgeous head, nice eye & ears, foxy expression, nice ears & tail. Feet could be better; 2 Church’s Tykees It’s Just A Phase, lots to like, but out of coat which also maybe affected darkness of muzzle. Nice mover.
OB(4): 1 Redler & Wheatley’s Ch Keitakees You Are My World, lovely bitch, good shape & size, lovely head, super ears, nice eye of good colour, neatest of feet, moved beautifully, excellent coat in texture, condition & colour. BB, BIS & litter sister to RBD; 2 Gregory’s Ch Amikirs Lovealicious JW, pushed 1 hard, lovely balance, nice outline, lovely head & eye, nice feet, good coat; 3 Hickson’s Ch Kichigai’s Uptown Girl, nice feet, good size & balance, moved well, good ears. Head not quite the foxiness of 1 & 2 for me. A super class.
VB(3,2): 1 Marshall’s Torrikees Made In Heaven at Devonia, attractive head, dark eye, lovely ears of good size, nice feet, good construction, lovely tail, moved well. RBB.
Judge, Mhairi Aikman