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Every three years the LCA National
Specialty is located at the West Coast - this time the
Northern California Leonberger Club took over the organization
and it was a great show.
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Yoshka's big achivement at this specialty
was to FINALLY earn his first Open leg. He did it in style! By
putting on one of his best perfomances ever, he scored 194 points
out of 200 (a couple of the points deducted were because of handler
error ;-) and took High
in Trial at the same time. I am so happy that he showed the
others what I knew all along: He indeed is a great working dog!
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It was quite a feeling to finally win a High in Trial - something
that I was not sure we would ever actually do.
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The next day Yoshka also
did well in the confirmation ring, placing 4th in the
Champion Class with an Excellent rating. A truly versitile
Leonberger!
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| Judge: Guido Perosino, Italy
Judges Comments: |
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| [5.5 years old] |
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| Overall Impression: |
Middle-sized, balanced body dog. Compact
body, but good bone. |
| Coat |
Huge, beautiful coat with a warm color
and nice shades of black. Good mane but mainly
huge feathers and pantaloons. This is the ideal
we should have. |
| Head |
Nice expression, but slightly feminine
and narrow for a male. |
| Eyes |
Nice dark eyes. |
| Bite |
Excellent pigmentation of gums. All
teeth are there, but bite is not ideal becasue of misaligned
lower incisor (but still acceptable). |
| Chest |
Excellent chest and breast |
| Shoulder / Neck |
Strong, slightly short neck. Excellent
withers |
| Top Line |
Nice and straight. Croup is slighly
too sloped. |
| Tail |
Well set and carried while standing. |
| Movement |
Tail is slightly happy. Hocks
are well parallel, but slightly close. Front
is slightly crossing. Very easy mover. Step
could be a bit longer. In general movement should
be a bit more masculine and strong with more drive. |
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| Temperament |
Excellent |
| Overall Rating |
Excellent |
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