.Judges Critique
Midland Shar Pei Club Open Show
Date: 16th July 2005
Venue: Sports Connexion, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry
Judge: Eric Takeshi Omura
It is my great pleasure and honour that Midland Shar-Pei Club has provided this opportunity for me to judge in this Open show. This is my first judging experience in the United Kingdom and I am deeply moved by the number of participation in the show. To promote this wonderful Chinese breed, it is participation in show, to exhibit the breed that will make a difference at the end of the day. Members' participation is a direct manifestation of our love for this breed.
Health is always an important issue for Shar-Pei and I have found the overall health condition of the dogs in very good condition. Particularly for those exhibits with more padded muzzle, one must be careful not to have rolled in lower lip over the lower incisors. Over padded muzzle should not a trait to be selected.
Optical hygiene needs the most care for this breed. Tendency of rolled in upper and lower eye lids is top on the watching list to keep the lovely breed free from discomfort. A healthy eye of Shar-Pei although set in but should be similar to any other dogs, free from rolled in eye lids.
Ears need to be small but in proportion to head. "As small as possible" is not the correct expression. Ears should be reasonable in thickness and must be reactive to surrounding sound clues and stimulations. Ears in general in the exhibit are of good condition; some a bit on the thick side but not an issue as long as it is a live reactive ear.
Coat and specific wrinkles are the two most distinctive features of the breed. This time, I see a wide range in length of coat. Ideally, a Shar-Pei coat must be short and up standing. The length at the withers can be longer than the rest of the body, but coat on the back and rump must be short. A softer short coat is acceptable (a lesser evil) but a longer coat especially at the back of the body, regardless of stiffness should be avoided. Colour of the coat on average is well kept in solid colours, but a few fawn with black ticking. Black ticking is not a desirable coat condition.
I am so glad to see that the days of the wrinkles are over. All of the exhibits I see are of well defined specific wrinkles. Specific meaning wrinkles only at the right place, namely on the forehead and at the withers; at most, some extra at the back.
All the exhibitors should be proud of their dogs' temperament. They are all very friendly to touch. It is a reflection of their owners' positive human-animal bond. Overall movement and drive of the dogs are good. Besides the necessary external features, a Shar-Pei originally as a hunting and working breed should have smooth, steady movement with reach and drive.
VETERAN DOG 3 entries 1 absent
1st Wisbey’s Starferry Born To Be Wild at Qinrose: 8 years. Good fawn short coat. Strong body, good chest. Good head with clear "longevity" wrinkles.
2nd Jenkins' Bronze Ages At Imzadi: 9 years. Good overall type, well balanced featured head. Good short black coat.
MINOR PUPPY DOG 4 entries 1 absent
1st Evans-Davies' Dayat Diamond Geezer At Topenyo: 7 months.Nice short hair fawn colour. Very good tail and carriage. Well developed fore and hind quarter. Good ear set on head.
2nd Jenkins' Japendo For Your Eyes Only Imzadi: 8 months. Good ear, well balanced head. Good tail carriage. Wrinkles at withers very well presented.
3rd Bull & Warren's Starferry The Lone Ranger: 6 months. Sound conformation. Good rusty black coat in good condition. Long hair at tail.
PUPPY DOG 3 entries 1 absent
1st Allen's Headholme Sound Alert: 10 months. Good front and hind quarter. Fawn longer coat. Very good tail set and carriage but hair a bit long. Balanced head. Sound movement. (B.P.D)
2nd Nobbs' Forgevalley Black Arrow: 9months. Good movement. Good body with sound front and hind quarter. Black.
JUNIOR DOG 2 entries 1 absent
1st Medhurst & Gray's Welshlo Triple-X-Samsara: 1 year. Very good movement. Coat condition a bit long but in good condition.
NOVICE DOG 2 entries 0 absent
1st Bull & Warren's Starferry The Lone Ranger: Good rusty black coat in great condition. Padded muzzle with good movement.
2nd Austin's Gizyjo Goodlad: 2 years. Redfawn active dog coat on the long side. Conformation good with strong fore / hind quarters.
POST GRADUATE DOG 6 entries 2 absent
1st Ward's Jentiki Sunkissed Ricaro: 2 years. Very fine rusty black colour. Good tail set. A very good chest with strong fore and hind quarters with strong movement and drive. Very good conformation. Head well balanced. Good pigmentation. Clear "longevity" wrinkles at forehead. Roof tile muzzle. (B.D + B.I.S)
2nd Parish's Quianfo Yan: 1 year. Good black short coat. Good movement. Good body and conformation. Wrinkle at withers appropriately defined. Good fore and hind quarters.
3rd Hodgkinson's Tianshan Vanilla Sky: 1 year. Good cream coat. Tail set and carriage good. Good conformation. Wrinkles appropriately defined at the withers. Strong fore and hind quarters with good movement.
LIMIT DOG 4 entries 1 absent
1st Parish's Quianfo Yan: 1 year. Good black short coat. Good movement. Good body and conformation. Wrinkle at withers appropriately defined. Good fore and hind quarters.
2nd Bull's Starferry Devil Rays: 5 years. Good coat on good body. Good hind quarter. Nice head.
3rd Howard & Jones' Drakkars Red Alert: 3 years. Clean and nice dog with longer hair.
OPEN DOG 5 entries 3 absent
1st Howard’s Ch Drakkars Calvin Klein: Good rusty black coat. Nice body and good chest. Steady reach and drive. Tail set and carriage good but tail with long hair. (Res B.D)
2nd Medhurst & Gray's Samsara Asta-La-Vista-Baby: 3 year. Clean and nice dog with longer hair.
VETERAN BITCH 6 entries 3 absent
1st Wisbey's Starferry Scarlet Ribbons For Qinrose: 7 years. Clear "longevity" wrinkles at forehead. Very good fawn short coat with wrinkles appropriately at withers. Tail set good, carriage very good over on the back. Tail shape very good. Very good head and muzzle. Very good year position. (B.V.I.S)
2nd Bull's Starferry April Love: 10 years. Good and healthy with lovely black coat. The age itself is a manifestation of much improvement in health.
3rd Jenkins’ Taiyattang Claim To Fame at Imzadi: 8 years. Good head and tail carriage. Moving well. Wide chest with good fore quarters.
MINOR PUPPY BITCH 7 entries 0 absent
1st English's Skyota Stars And Stripes: 7 months. Nice black short coat with good movement. A lovely modern type head with very good pigmentation. Tail carriage very good. Good proportion.
2nd Bull & Warren's Quinnhalo Georgy Porgy: Good conformation with lively movement. Tail carriage good but with longer hair.
3rd Flynn's Mijujo Fire Escape: 8 months. Nice fawn colour with sound fore and hind quarter. Good tail set and carriage but longer hair.
PUPPY BITCH 5 entries 0 absent
1st Bull & warren's Starferry Call Me Bubbles: 9 months. Lovely black coat. A well balanced head with very good ears. Tail carriage very good with drive in movement. Wide chest and strong fore and hind quarters. (B.P.B + Res B.B + B.P.I.S)
2nd Howard's Drakkars Tears For Fears: 9 months. A good black coat with a little silver shade at hind quarters and back. Good body and conformation.
3rd English's Skyota Stars And Stripes: 7 months. Nice black short coat with good movement. A lovely modern type head with very good pigmentation. Tail carriage very good. Good proportion.
JUNIOR BITCH 6 entries 0 absent
1st Steele's Quinnhalo Miss Piggy: 1 year. A lovely cream coat well kept. Well balanced head. Lively movement with good gait.
2nd Chilvers' Quinnhalo This Little Piggy: 1 year. Coat well kept. Good movement. Muzzle well padded. Head heavier to body but move well.
3rd Ward's KVs Pretty Little Angeleyes At Dayat: 1 year. Cream coat in good condition. Move well. Ear a little larger in proportion to head.
NOVICE BITCH 6 entries 2 absent
1st Flynn's Mijujo Fire Escape: Nice fawn colour with sound fore and hind quarter. Alert to environment always screening with ears. Good tail set and carriage but longer hair. Good pigmentation and forehead with clear "longevity" wrinkles. Wrinkles also appropriate at withers.
2nd Duane & Carroll's Daneriver Someday Soon: 10 months. Nice fawn short coat. Wrinkles at withers in good presentation. Good head with good tail carriage. Tail also a good whip tail typical of Shar-Pei.
3rd Bull & Warren's Quinnhalo Georgy Porgy: Good conformation. Tail carriage good but with longer hair.
POST GRADUATE BITCH 6 entries 3 absent
1st Bull & Warren's Starferry Empress Cixi: 3 years. Good head features, not too padded muzzle. Move with good drive with well developed hind quarter.
2nd Wisbey's Qinrose Call Me Madam: 5 years. Fawn coat well kept, lively walk with nice tail carriage.
3rd Parish's End Of The Rainbow: 2 years. Good tail carriage. Nicely maintained.
LIMIT BITCH 7 entries 4 absent
1st Allen's Headholme Maid Quinsy: 1 year. Good head features particularly a good ear. Good tail carriage with good movement.
2nd Dawson's Quinnhalo Dizzi Lizzi JW: 1 year. Good body with good movement. Muzzle a little padded with extended lower lips.
3rd Cavanagh's Maplestone's Goldie Fawn (Imp): 4 years. Head with good ear. Coat well kept. Good movement.
OPEN BITCH 8 entries 3 absent
1st Butterfield's Gizyjo Giggle N Gossip With Chequerpei: 3 years. A very nice fawn short coat. Head well balanced with good ears and eyes. Good training with very steady temperment. Nice body and conformation with good chest. Movement very good with good hind quarter.
(B.B. + Res B.I.S)
2nd Wade's Am Ch Bonzai Hey You Look At Me Japendo: 4 years. Also a very nice bitch similar to first. A very difficult choice between one and two, only because of a weak tail carriage. Placement is between head or tail. For Shar-Pei, tail is the flying colour of a knight.
3rd Steele's Quinnhalo Miss Piggy: 1 year. A nice cream coat in good condition. Good conformation with good movement. Nice forequarters and chest.
Eric Takeshi Omura
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MSPC 1st Open Show
16th July 2005
Judge: Mr Eric Takeshi Omura
(Hong Kong)
BEST IN SHOW
(BURGOYNE CHINA TEA MEMORIAL CUP)
WARDS'S JENTIKI SUNKISSED RICARO
RESERVE BEST IN SHOW
(MITCHELLEN KENNEL CUP)
BUTTERFIELD'S GIZYJO GIGGLE N GOSSIP WITH CHEQUERPEI
BEST PUPPY IN SHOW
(IMZADI DARK STAR MEMORIAL SHIELD)
BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY CALL ME BUBBLES
BEST VETERAN IN SHOW
(KALTEKHAN SHIELD)
WISBEY'S STARFERRY SCARLET RIBBONS FOR QINROSE
BEST DOG
(QUINNHALO CUP)
WARDS'S JENTIKI SUNKISSED RICARO
BEST BITCH
(PENSKI ROSE BOWL)
BUTTERFIELD'S GIZYJO GIGGLE N GOSSIP WITH CHEQUERPEI
RESERVE DOG
HOWARD'S CH. DRAKKARS CALVIN KLEIN
RESERVE BITCH
BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY CALL ME BUBBLES
BEST PUPPY DOG
ALLEN'S HEADHOLME SOUND ALERT
BEST PUPPY BITCH
BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY CALL ME BUBBLES
VETERAN DOG 3 entries (Abs 1)
(QINROSE TROPHY)
1st WISBEY'S STARFERRY BORN TO BE WILD AT QINROSE
2nd JENKINS' JACOTOS BRONZE AGES AT IMZADI
VETERAN BITCH 6 entries (Abs 3)
(STARFERRY TROPHY)
1st WISBEY'S STARFERRY SCARLET RIBBONS FOR QINROSE
2nd BULL'S STARFERRY APRIL LOVE
3rd JENKINS TAIYATTANG CLAIM TO FAME AT IMZADI
MINOR PUPPY DOG 4 entries (Abs 1)
(JAPENDO SHIELD)
1st EVANS-DAVIES' DAYAT DIAMOND GEEZER AT TOPENYO
2nd JENKINS' JAPENDO FOR YOUR EYES ONLY IMZADI (IMP)
3rd BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY THE LONE RANGER
MINOR PUPPY BITCH 7 entries (Abs 0)
(CHIMACHE TROPHY)
1st ENGLISH'S SKYOTA STARS AND STRIPES
2nd BULL & WARREN'S QUINNHALO GEORGY PORGY
3rd FLYNN'S MIJUJO FIRE ESCAPE
Res EVANS-DAVIES JAPENDO DIAMONDS R FOREVER TOPENYO
VHC WARD'S DAYAT LUVLEY JUBBLEY
PUPPY DOG 3 entries (Abs 1)
(HEADHOLME CUP)
1st ALLEN'S HEADHOLME SOUND ALERT
2nd NOBB'S FORGEVALLEY BLACK ARROW
PUPPY BITCH 5 entries (Abs 0)
(DEZYNA CUP)
1st BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY CALL ME BUBBLES
2nd HOWARD'S DRAKKARS TEARS FOR FEARS
3rd ENGLISH'S SKYOTA STARS AND STRIPES
Res DUANE & CARROLL'S DANERIVER SOMEDAY SOON
VHC PEARSON'S OLDESTONE LOTUS BLOSSOM
JUNIOR DOG 2 entries (Abs 1)
(TIANSHAN SHIELD)
1st MEDHURST & GRAY'S WELSHLO TRIPLE-X-SAMSARA
JUNIOR BITCH 6 entries (Abs 0)
(QINOXIN SILVER SALVER)
1st STEELE'S QUINNHALO MISS PIGGY
2nd CHILVERS' QUINNHALO THIS LITTLE PIGGY
3rd WARD'S KV'S PRETTY LITTLE ANGELLEYES AT DAYAT
Res MEDHURST & GRAY'S WELSHLO XCEPTIONAL-SAMSARA
VHC BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY MALAIKA
NOVICE DOG 2 entries (Abs 0)
(SAMSARA TROPHY)
1st BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY THE LONE RANGER
2nd AUSTIN'S GIZYJO GOODLAD
NOVICE BITCH 6 entries (Abs 2)
(TWOKAZE CUP)
1st FLYNN'S MIJUJO FIRE ESCAPE
2nd DUANE & CARROLL'S DANERIVER SOMEDAY SOON
3rd BULL & WARREN'S QUINNHALO GEORGY PORGY
Res PARISH'S END OF THE RAINBOW
POST GRADUATE DOG 6 entries (Abs 2)
(FORGEVALLEY SHIELD)
1st WARDS'S JENTIKI SUNKISSED RICARO
2nd PARISH'S QUIANFO YAN
3rd HODGKINSON'S TIANSHAN VANILLA SKY
Res CHILVERS QUINNHALO MIGHTY METEOR
POST GRADUATE BITCH 6 entries (Abs 3)
(JANERYL TROPHY)
1st BULL & WARREN'S STARFERRY EMPRESS CIXI
2nd WISBEY'S QINROSE CALL ME MADAM
3rd PARISH'S END OF THE RAINBOW
LIMIT DOG 4 entries (Abs 1)
(CHEQUERPEI SHIELD)
1st PARISH'S QUIANFO YAN
2nd BULL'S STARFERRY DEVIL RAYS
3rd HOWARD & JONES' DRAKKARS RED ALERT
LIMIT BITCH 7 entries (Abs 4)
(BELLICOSE SHIELD)
1st ALLEN'S HEADHOLME MAID QUINSY
2nd DAWSON'S QUINNHALO DIZZI LIZZI
3rd CAVANAGH'S MAPLESTONE'S GOLDIE FAWN (IMP)
OPEN DOG 5 entries (Abs 3)
(DEAKIE CUP)
1st HOWARD'S CH. DRAKKARS CALVIN KLEIN
2nd MEDHURST & GRAY'S SAMSARA ASTA-LA-VISTA-BABY
OPEN BITCH 8 entries (Abs 3)
(KONISHIKI TROPHY)
1st BUTTERFIELD'S GIZYJO GIGGLE N GOSSIP WITH CHEQUERPEI
2nd WADE'S AM. CH. BONZAI HEY YOU LOOK AT ME
3rd STEELE'S QUINNHALO MISS PIGGY
Res RUPNIAK'S QUINNHALO MISS PIGGYWINKLE AT KONISHIKI JW ShCM
VHC WISBEY'S QINROSE IN THE RED