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SWEEPSTAKES JUDGE CRITIQUE
It is with great pleasure clean eyes and was well balanced. I could have gone
and an honor to be either way with this selection but on that day the
selected by my peers bitch was asking for it. This male will mature into a
to judge the National lovely special and I am excited to see him when he
Sweepstakes. Thank you fully matures.
for the very nice entry My Best in Veteran Sweeps came from the 9-11year
and quality puppies to dog class named GRCH Moonshine’s Magic Man.
judge. It was exciting He was a very nice well balanced dog with a pleasing
to see a nice entry of head and nice bone. He had stiff competition from
puppies, chow breeders the second place winner GCH Sander Exqwzt
and eager exhibitors. Straight Arrow shown by a very poised and
I would like to thank confident 6 year old! This veteran was very light on
Chawncey Vaughn and the show committee for his feet and did everything his handler asked him to
putting such a lovely national and Linda Brantley, do. The winner was a little better balanced which
my ring steward, for making sure I stayed focused gave him the win. I hope to see this young exhibitor
and my classes ran smoothly. in the ring for many years to come, and if she sticks
I thought over all puppies were very nice. They with it she will be hard to beat.
all were very happy and well adjusted. The Best Opposite Veteran went to GCH. Sunburst
temperaments were fantastic and all the puppies Enchanted Kachina from the 7-9 year bitch class.
were very well presented. I did have one puppy This bitch was well balanced with clean eyes, good
poop in the ring but he was just a puppy and pigment and still loved to show.
recovered very well. The handler was mortified Overall I would like to see us as breeders work on
which made it all the more fun. If you show long our movement and length of back. We are losing
enough you too will have the joy of cleaning up your our square appearance and our stilted gait. Many of
puppy’s mess while everyone watches. the chows in sweeps were long in the loin and not
The puppies had clean eyes, good bites and nice well balanced which to me means square. Breeders
bodies for their age. We often talk about balance must remember that a rectangle can have short
and to me that first means square. The first thing I legs or long legs. We have done an AMAZING job
look at in a chow is how square they are then I look on temperaments and cleaning up the eyes now if
at everything else. We are all looking for that perfect we can work on our stilted gaits, shorter loins and
chow and someday I hope we all find it. My best length of back.
puppy in sweeps was a bitch from the 6-9 puppy It was truly an honor to be chosen to judge
class named United’s The Sensational. This class was our National
very strong and had several nice young bitches in Sweepstakes. I
this class. She caught my eye as soon as she walked thank you for the
into the ring. She was very confident, with lovely nice entry and the
bone, gorgeous head piece, clean well placed eyes; opportunity for
correct ear set and moved clean coming and going. an experience that
This was the toughest class but she won on her will last a life time!
movement. She was very upbeat and outgoing. She God Bless!
could have had more leg but over all she was a very
nice package and deserving of the win.
Best opposite
in sweeps went
to a very striking
male from the
12-18 class named
Eastern- Magic
Historial Moment.
He had lovely
carriage, nice
