Judging Summary for Mrs Louise Farnworth
UK Appointments since January 2000
Shih Tzu Club of Scotland 2024 | Date : 13th July 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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Thank you to The Shih Tzu Club of Scotland for the invitation to judge this show. Thank you to all the exhibitors who made the journey. I was very pleased with the overall quality of the dogs that were entered. In the higher classes decisions were very close. Thank you for moving your dog’s repeatedly for me. I love to see good movement in our breed, with so many good exhibits, movement was the divider in the top positioning of classes. It was a very cold, wet, grey day and by the end of the day Philip and I were frozen. A big thank you to Philip Martin for being a great steward. |
Manchu Shih Tzu Society 2021 | Date : 5th September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Thank you to the Manchu Shih Tzu society for the invitation to judge this show and thank you to all the exhibitors for your entries. It was a lovely sunny day, and it was wonderful to be outside without too many restrictions and so nice for us all to get together again. A big thank you to my steward, Grant Carter for all his hard work on the day. I found many of the exhibits to have the characteristics essential to the breed, however I was concerned about some front constructions, as a breed we’ve been working on legs as straight as possible, consistent with a broad well let down chest, in some exhibits there’s still room for improvement. Fortunately, a minority. |
Darlington 2016 | Date : 16th September | ||||||||||||
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Thank you everyone for your entries, especially those who travelled long distances. I am pleased to say that I found some very nice dogs, who I’d have been happy to take home. Originally it was the beautiful expressions of the Lhakang Kennel that drew me into the breed. Expression is the cherry on the top of the cake. The cake, being the soundness and fitness for purpose (construction and movement). Expressions have varied over the last twenty years, but a broad skull, large dark round eye, slightly tilted, one inch nose and a prominent lower lip, remind me of an oriental child’s face, and that softens my heart. I was happy to see a good proportion of exhibits showed these characteristic. I also thought that breadth of lower jaws and dentition had improved, and also good to see plenty of driving rear action. |
Scottish KC (All Breeds) 2014 | Date : 18th May 2014 | ||||||||||||
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I would like to thank everyone who travelled for this show, your entries were much appreciated. I must also apologise for the time constraints put upon us, by the late start. Some excellent dogs, mouths were very mixed, some excellent, some jumbled and a few narrow. Some exhibitors need to pay more attention to top knots. This can make or break an expression. Placement of shoulders always has an enormous effect on front movement, well laid back shoulders gives a reach at the front, this was lacking in some exhibits. |
Three Counties 2011 | Date : 11th June 2011 | ||||||||||||
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I would like to thank all the exhibitors. I considered it a privilege to go over your dogs. I was very happy with my line ups, and delighted with my CC and Res CC winners. Careful consideration leads me to ask Shih Tzu enthusiasts to consider, that we should always be aiming for a dog that is not too tall on leg. It is the short leg, slightly longer back, correct head and tail carriage than gives the correct portions and balance of the Shih Tzu. To welcome the short leg, laid back shoulders and rear angulation are essential, thus allowing extension to front movement and propulsion from the rear, giving us a galleon in full sail. A description of correct movement, from the past. |
STC Summer Open Show 2007 | Date : 4th August 2007 | ||||||
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