It was a great honour for me to be invited to judge your championship show. This was my first assignment in the UK and I was a bit stressed regarding your rules and procedures which are slightly different from the FCI ones and mostly regarding the number of classes. Fortunately, I had a very proficient ring steward who was a great help to me. I was very pleased with my entry and with the general quality of the dogs I had to judge. I had a lot of very nice malamutes and in some classes the placement was decided on details as it was very hard to settle between them. I just regret not to be allowed to explain my judgements like we are encouraged to do on the other side of the Channel.

PUPPY DOG (5 entries, 1 absent)
1st Nyrakym’s All That Remains Samaljankan to Cristakell, 10 months old, Very nice head which needs to broaden with small ears and good pigmentation. Good proportions and good angulations. Good length of neck and good topline. Good tail set, excellent reach and drive.
2nd Freezefactor Tis The Season at Breconfrost, 9 months old. Nice head with good pigmentation. Good construction and angulations, good topline. Moves well. The tail set could be better but is acceptable.
3rd Sutarka Fire Storm, 10 months, Nice dog overall with a good reach and drive. He is shown a little bit thin on this day and I would like more length of tail.

JUNIOR DOG (5 entries, 1 absent)
1st Mountain Home Sledog Staxtacular 18 months, Good head but I would prefer a better almond-shaped eye. Good construction and angulation, good topline. Good side gait and good reach. The front has to improve.
2nd Ice Gangsta’s Ball of Fire for Chayo, 16 months. Nice head, but I would like the lips more tight. Good construction and good topline. A bit too wide in the front. Good set tail. Correct side gait.
3rd Sutarka Fire Storm, 10 months. As PD

YEARLING DOG (5 entries, 1 absent)
1st Libertia I Am Legend, 20 months. Nice head, but I would prefer a more almond-shaped eye. Nice construction, good angulations, good topline, good bone, good tail set, good reach and drive, excellent side gait.
2nd Ice Gangsta’s Ball of fire for Chayo, 16 months. As JD
3rd Royal Taylor Black Pearl, 23 months. Good head, with good angulation and good topline I would like more length of neck. Good reach but the front could be better. Correct tail set.

POST GRADUATE DOG (5 entries)
1st Ice Gangsta’s Ball of fire for Chayo, 16 months. As JD
2nd Tailfly Magneto, 3 years old. Good head but I would prefer darker eyes. The front angulation and the length of the neck could be better. Good top line, good bone, good tail set. The movement is correct.
3rd Snobruk Secret Mission, 2 years old. Good dog overall with good bone and tail set and a correct movement.

MID LIMIT DOG (8 entries)
1st Snowshoes King’s Legacy ShCM, 2 years and a half. Nice head with correct eyes and ear placement, good construction, angulations, length of neck and topline. Good tail set, good reach and drive, good side gait.
2nd Lapema Garoto Rude JW, 2 years old. Nice head, good construction and angulations. Good topline. Good bone, good set tail. Moves well.
3rd Articrainbow Viva Las Vegas at Flintsky, 3 year old. A good dog overall, with a good construction and lot of bone. The tail could be longer. Good movement.

LIMIT DOG (9 entries)
1st Cristakell April Solstice, 2 and a half years old. Lovely head with correct almond-shaped eyes and ear placement. Excellent construction and angulations. Good topline, good feet, good bone, good set tail. Excellent reach and drive and side gait.
2nd Snowolf Black Ice Buddy, 3 years old. Nice head, good construction and angulations. Good length of neck, good topline. Correct tail set. Good reach and drive, moves well.
3rd Katabatic Best Of You, 3 years old. Good head but I would like darker eyes. Powerful dog with a good construction, angulations and good feet. A bit wide in the front. Moves well.

OPEN DOG (15 entries, 2 absents)
1st Libertia Reggae Master Jr, 7 years old. Nice head. Excellent construction, angulations, length of neck and topline. Good feet, plenty of bone, good reach and drive, excellent side gait.
2nd Cristakell Quin Sirius, 3 years old. Good head but I would like a little bit more of length of muzzle. Excellent construction and angulations. Good feet and bone. Correct movement, good side gait.
3rd Hawkeye Polarni Usvit, 7 years. Nice dog, with a nice head and well built. The tail could be slightly longer. Good reach and drive, good side gait.

VETERAN DOG (8 entries)
1st Adair’N’Hug Casual Class, 8 years old. Very nice head with a good almond-shaped eye and good ear placement. Excellent construction and angulations. Good length of neck and topline. Good tail set. Moves very well.
2nd Shomont Rasin Cain, 7 years old. Nice head, good pigmentation. The lips could be tighter. Good construction and angulations, good topline, good feet, good bone. The tail could be slightly longer. Moves well
3rd Articbreeze Midnite Hero, 7 years old. Good head. Good construction and angulations, good neck and topline. Good feet and bone. The tail is a little bit too short. Good movement and side gait.

MINOR PUPPY BITCH (2 entries)
1st Tailfly Jitterbug, 6 months old. Nice head with good pigmentation and dark eyes. Good construction and angulations, good neck and topline, good feet, bone and tail set. Moves well.
2nd Tailfly Flamenco, 6 months old. Feminine head but the ears are a bit low and too large at the base. Well built, moves well.

PUPPY BITCH (9 entries, 1 absent)
1st Electra Illa Kuvianartok at Whiteout, 10 months. Very feminine and pretty puppy bitch. Very nice head. Good construction and angulation. Good neck. Good tail set. She moves well but the back need to strengthen when she matures.
2nd Chayo One Moment in Time, 11 months. Nice head but the ears are a bit low and large. A little long in proportions, she has good angulations, good length of neck, a good tail set. Moves well.
3rd Sutarka Coco Chanel at Orsamals, 10 months. Good head with a good almond shaped eye and good pigmentation but the muzzle could be slightly shorter. Good construction, angulations and topline. Good feet. The tail set could be better. Good movement and side gait.

JUNIOR BITCH (4 entries, 1 absent)
1st Sutarka Worth The Wait, 10 months. Nice head, good construction, angulations, length of neck, topline and bone. Good tail set. The movement is correct but a bit wide in the back. Good side gait.
2nd Katabatics Hollaback Girl, 13 months. Nice bitch overall with no faults in type and construction. Good reach and drive but on this day the side gait could have been better.
3rd Sutarka La Dolle Vita, 10 months. Nice head. Well built with good proportions. Good angulations and topline. Good tail set. Good movement for her age.

YEARLING BITCH (3 entries )
1st Lapema Tavola Ouija, 18 months. Nice head but I would prefer a better ears set. Good construction and angulations, good topline, good tail set, bone and feet. Moves well
2nd You Are The One Of Kiyara’s Wolf Pak, 23 months. Good head and type. Good construction. Good topline, good front, enough bone. Tail set ok.
Moves well.
3rd Celticice Selma Saorla, 16 months. I would prefer a broader head with smaller ears. Good pigmentation, good eye. Good construction but the chest is not in place yet. The feet could be better as they are a bit flat. The movement was difficult to evaluate on this day.

POST GRADUATE BITCH (4 entries, 2 absents)
1st Royal Taylor Crown Jewel, 23 months. Very pretty and feminine. Excellent head, proportions and construction. Good feet, bone and set tail. The movement could be better in the front. Good side gait.
2nd Snobruk Secret Liaison, 2 years old. Good head , the ears could be smaller. Good construction and angulation. Good neck and topline. Good bone and feet. Tail OK. The movement was difficult to evaluate.

MID LIMIT BITCH (3 entries, 1 absents)
1st Lapema Nino Vudu, 3 years. Nice head but the ears set could be better. Good construction, angulation, topline and neck Good bone and feet. The chest is too high. Good set tail. The movement in the front could be better. Excellent side gait.
2nd Cedarcreek Forever Young at Mountainglen, 29 months. The head could be broader but the rest is OK. Good construction, angulations and topline. Good bone and tail. The movement in the back could be better. The side gait is correct.

LIMIT BITCH (19 entries, 5 absents)
1st Cristakell April Showers at Chardicea, 29 months old. Very pretty head with small ears. I would just like a better almond-shaped eye. Excellent construction, angulations and proportions. Good length of neck, good topline. Good bone and feet, good set tail. Excellent reach and drive and excellent side gait.
2nd Dreamwolves J’Adore at Orsamals, 3 years old. Nice head, with small ears and good eyes. The lips could be tighter. The construction, proportions and angulations are very nice. Good topline, bone, feet and tail. Moves very well.
3rd Kaskae Tantrum’s N’ Tiaras, 29 months old. Good head but I would like a better eye. Construction and angulations correct, the front could be better. Good neck and topline, good feet and bone, good set tail. Moves well.

OPEN BITCH ( 17 entries, 2 absents)
1st Skidooshooz Spot Lites On Me, 3 years old. Feminine and pretty bitch, with a very nice head. Excellent construction, angulations and proportions. Excellent length of neck, good chest, good topline and feet. Good bone and tail set. Excellent drive and reach and excellent side gait.
2nd Just Got to Love Me Polarni Usvit, 4 years old. Good head. I would like an eye with more almond-shape. The muzzle could just a little bit less bulky to give more elegance to the head. Excellent construction, angulations and proportion. Good length of neck and topline. Good bone and feet, good set tail. Excellent drive and reach and side gait
3rd Katabatic Kansas Voyageur, 5 years old. Good head. Good construction and angulations. A little too long in the loin. Good length of neck, good topline, feet and bone. Tail OK. Moves very well.

VETERAN BITCH (9 entries, 3 absents)
1st Articbreeze Midnite Echo, 7 years old. Very nice head but the eye could be darker. Good set ears. Very good construction, angulations and proportion. Good length of neck, good topline, good bone, good tail. Moves very well.
2nd Libertia Poison Ivy of Velvetmist, 7 years old. Very good head but the ears are a little bit too low. Very well built with a good topline, plenty of bone, good feet and set tail. Excellent drive and reach, excellent side gait.
3rd Catua On The Run, 8 years old. Nice head but the eyes would be preferred darker and more almond-shaped. Good construction and angulations. Good topline, feet and bone. The tail is OK. She moves well

Pary Dauvet

SPECIAL RESCUE STAKES

It is always a great honour to officiate at any Club Show, but especially so for the Alaskan Malamute Club of the UK. Thank you for a lovely day and very enjoyable appointment. I have watched Malamutes from the early days when Sibes and Mals used to compete in the rare breed classes, so I have seen many Malamutes over the years and observed their development keenly. As with the Siberian, though certainly not as pronounced, there are obvious variances in type, but, at the end of the day, one is looking for a dog that could perform its function with all the characteristic features that set it apart from the other Sled dog breeds. It’s a truly beautiful breed and the entry here was no exception. Some immensely pleasing dogs of the highest order were presented in these classes, and I was spoilt for choice. Thank you for the opportunity to go over some great dogs.

Special Rescue Stakes Junior D/B (6)
A lovely class, where all were rightly immature.
1st Brouard’s Sutarka Coco Chanel at Orsamals. What a cracker. Took my eye immediately as she had style with correct breed type. Certainly has the right name! Feminine head that is developing well. It was broad enough for age with the correct balance of skull to muzzle. Muzzle was large in proportion to skull. Lovely expressive almond shaped eyes of dark colour and also set obliquely. Ears were of correct size and shape and well furred, set wide apart at the back of the skull as required by the standard. Slightly arched neck leading into good shoulders. Correct angle of upper arm. Pasterns perhaps just a little too sloping at present. Body and chest correct for age with good proportions. Moderate turn of stifle. Hocks low to ground. Large feet of correct shape. Tail set well and displayed a waving plume. Excellent mover in all directions when she concentrated. Out of coat, so hiding nothing, but presented in the highest order. A delightful prospect.
2nd Cameron’s Sutarka Fire Storm. Another nice dog who, like 1st had a nice shape. Just a bit longer cast at present through the body. Masculine head with good eyes for shape and set. Muzzle to develop on. Nice expression. Ears set wide enough apart and good for shape. Neck ok for length and musculature developing well. Very well balanced angles which he used well in profile movement. Chest and body correct for age though looking a little long in the loin. Ok for bone. Tail set ok and carried correctly when on the move. Again, out of coat so not hiding much. Like 1st, very well presented. Just couldn’t match 1st on the out and back on the day. Defeated 3rd who was very nice for type but decided to not really move to advantage.

Special Rescue Stakes Open Dog
If I had been awarding CC’s, I would have been very pleased with the quality of this class.
1st Wolfe’s Ch Hawkeye Polarni Usvit (Imp CZE). A very impressive upstanding male of the highest quality. Excellent head with good balance of skull to muzzle and muzzle looking large compared to skull. Skull broad and gradually tapers. Correct stop. Almond shaped eyes which were set well to give the true Malamute expression. Excellent ears for set, size and shape, also well -furred. Good strong neck of ideal length and good muscularity. Excellent shoulders and upper arm. Pasterns perhaps just a tad too sloping. Feet large and good for shape. Correct topline in that it did not slope too much. Good depth and width to chest for a mature male. Strong loins. Moderate turn of stifle and hocks set low to ground. Well muscled all through. Tail set good and displayed a waving plume. Excellent dog who powered round the ring with the typical rhythmic action. Very sound out and back. A first class dog who was shown to perfection. Best Overall Rescue
2nd: Loades’ Snowolf Black Ice Buddy. This boy impresses for overall balance all the way through. Good width to head. Eyes were of correct shape and set. Could maybe a shade darker, but a minor thing really, but did slightly prefer the expression of 1st. Good size to muzzle. Neck strong and of correct length. Good shoulder. Upper arm of correct length, not quite as good as 1st for angulation. Strong bone. Correct topline. Chest of good depth and breadth. Strong through the rear with excellent musculature. Strong hocks set low to ground. Tail set correct and displayed a waving plume. Had a really flowing gait round the ring, perhaps not quite as ‘rhythmic’ in nature to 1st, but he certainly covers the ground. Very sound gait out and back. Beat a very nice dog in 3rd place who displayed some excellent qualities, but didn’t quite have the topline of 1st and 2nd (was slightly dipping on the day), but he too had extremely good type, angulation and movement. A hard choice!

Special Rescue Stakes Open Bitch (15)
Another lovely class. Some nice bitches here went unplaced.
1st Wolfe’s Just Got to Love Me Polarni Usvit. A powerful looking bitch -yet- you can instantly tell she is a bitch! Very cheeky outlook. Lovely head with excellent eyes and small ears. Skull is moderately rounded between the ears and is broad enough. Good strong muzzle of good size in relation to skull without looking coarse. Neck correct for length and slightly arched. Great forehand with excellent shoulders and upper arm. Pasterns just off vertical. Good depth of chest and width is ok, but I wouldn’t want anymore. Topline maybe a touch flat- in my opinion, could just do with a tad more slope from shoulder to croup for perfection. Well muscled loins of correct length. Moderate turn of stifle. Correct tail set and carriage on the move, and displayed enough of a waving plume. Feet good for size and shape. First class mover from all angles. Would just like her in slightly harder condition through the body. Handled once again to perfection. I’m sure she will gain a Champion crown.
2nd: Loades’ Snowolf Blackpowder Chick. The outline of this bitch catches your eye. Head is good for size, bone and proportions. Eyes of correct shape, but a little light in colour for my preference which gave a slightly ‘wilder’ expression than 1st. Eyes set well. Ears good for size and shape and set well back on the skull. Neck ok for length. Excellent angulation fore and aft. Good bone. Excellent depth of chest which also had good width. Could maybe do with a little more substance. Loins strong. Tail set correct and carried well on the move. This was another bitch who could certainly move. Covered so much ground. Little shy on the day which gave ground to 1st also. Overall a very nice bitch all through. Beat 3rd on movement and although I loved the shape of 3rd and, indeed , preferred her topline to both 1st and 2nd, she could perhaps have been slightly more feminine. Three very good bitches here.

Krystyan Greenland