Boston DCS
22.12.2024
Rough Collies

P (4) 1 Blake’s Corydon Cristal Vision. 7m girl with correct body length to height, level topline with slight rise over loin, sloping croup and well set and carried tail of correct length. Head is smooth and of parallel planes with slight stop. Very pleasing in eyes, dark, almond, slightly oblique and of correct medium size to give sweetest expression. Used her ears well. Good balanced angles, firm pasterns and excellent feet with arched close held toes. Gait sound and ground covering. BP and PG2. 2 Blake’s Corydon Christiana. Another very similar 7m girl and similar comments apply. First a little more positive on the move today, 3 Bartram’s Ambartr’s Dignity and Pride.

SY (6,2) 1 Williams’ Majola Top Gun JW. 17m boy. Correct body proportions, slight rise over loin. Matching angles with firm pasterns and good feet. Well proportioned and shaped masculine head, with sweet expression. Moved well from all views. 2 Blake’s Corydon The Baronet. 7m boy and clearly a baby but everything present to the right degree. Very promising. 3 Ambartr’s Dignity and Pride.

L (4,2) 1 Bartram’s Ambartr Winds Of Change. Nicely made bitch with correct body length to height, skull and muzzle of equal length. Nice dark eyes. Balanced angles and good side gait with reach and drive, sound coming and going. Good feet. 2 Corben’s Wellanga Winter Carols via Caprioana. Body and head proportions good. Gait sound from all views. I preferred the topline and feet of 1.

O (6,4) 1 Corben’s Astromelias Ulises via Caprioana (Imp Esp) BOB and G4. 2nd Allsopp’s Aqualita It’s a Miracle. Just the 2 of them, but both very nice males of good proportions, well angulated and balanced, with good feet. Correct toplines and well set and held tails. Masculine heads of correct shape and proportions. Both sound on the move from all views. I preferred the slightly longer neck and excellent length of stride and drive from first.

Smooth Collies
P (1) 1 Benton and Bemelman’s Blamorder Double or Qits of Oakestelle. 7m girl. She has good body and head proportions, skull and muzzle in parallel planes, slight stop. Nice clean muzzle ending as tapered wedge below showing strength of underjaw. Well ribbed. Side gait excellent with lightness, reach and drive. Very playful coming and going, but enough seen sound. BP.

L (4,3) 1 Corben’s Stormsett Shadow Dancer via Caprioana. Well proportioned boy, with matching angles all round. Pleasing head and friendly temperament. Good rear movement. Tending to hackney in front, probably due to high spirits and enjoying himself.

O (4,1) These three were all from the top drawer. 1st Wensley’s Ch Constella Hazy Cosmic Jive JW. A beautifully put together male with a good head, ear carriage and medium, dark, almond eyes. Lovely expression. Good topline, well ribbed. Matching angles and good tail set and length. Light and sound on the move from all views covering plenty of ground. BOB. Delighted that he won Best Vulnerable Native Breed in Show. 2 Cowling’s Koczkodan Serenity. Well built 8 year old bitch. Lovely head and neck, topline and ribcage. Angles good all round. Moved almost as well as first. 3 Benton’s Ch Oakestelle Artemis ShCEx VW.

Helen Gutteridge