THE VIRTUAL SPECIALTY 2004
CHAMPION CLASS
Judge Mrs Linda Scanlon
all photos September ©
Shot on Site 2004
IABCA International & Jr.Ch., UKC Champion
Najeeb Storm Shi'Rayan , Dog, born July 12 2002, USA
(Ch. Fahel Shi'Rayan, SORC, FCC, SGRC5 x Ch.
Syringa Happiness at Shi'Rayan, GRC, ORC)
Owner: Ellen Brady & George Heyl. Breeder:
Dominique Crapon de Caprona
Here is a lovely boy with the requisite sad, nostalgic
expression& well set ears. His eyes are large and dark. However,
he appears to have a too well developed frontal groove, the rather broad
skull appears rounded rather than flat at the front and the bridge of the
nose is not quite straight.
This dog has a beautiful length of neck with
the slight crest, set well off from his shoulder. The perception
is that the neck is a bit longer than the head, so to balance, I would
like to see just a bit more length to the head. He has lovely, parallel
forelegs with an appealing breadth of chest & front is set nicely on
his body. There appears to be nice width of back and loin though
I would prefer to see just a slight bit more rise over the loin.
He shows nice breadth across the hips & lovely muscling in rear.
He appears to be getting pulled up in front by
the handler (that tight lead syndrome again) forcing his head too high,
topline sloping toward rear and extended front leg coming up a bit too
high.
all photos September ©
Todd Shirey 2004
UKC, IABCA International Ch. Latiifa Shi'Rayan,
CGC, bitch, born February 25 2001, USA
(BISS Ch. Ghali Shi'Rayan x Multi Ch. Bouthayna
Shi'Rayan, SORC, GRC, FCM)
Owner: Ellen Brady & George Heyl. Breeder:
Dominique Crapon de Caprona
Head on she has a charming, alert, intelligent
expression created by the dark, beautifully shaped & set eyes and properly
carried ears.
While she has a pleasing crest to her long neck,
she shows a fullness in the throat region which is bordering on ewe-necked.
It may be that she is being held too erect by handler. Her front
has nice breadth with nice straight legs but is set too far forward on
her body creating an abrupt neck into shoulder look as well as giving the
impression that the elbows might be hyper extended.
There is a nice depth of brisket but the forward
front & straight upper arm make it appear shallow. There is a
lovely tuck up however, it appears the topline comes to its greatest height
too far forward, then drops too steeply into the croup. The breadth
across the hips seems slightly less than breadth in front.
Her front action seems ground covering, however
the steep croup impedes her rear drive – there appears to be a lack of
power coming from the under extended rear leg and her forward rear leg
cannot reach far enough forward without interfering with her trailing front
leg.
October © Todd Shirey 2004
October © Todd Shirey
2004
October © Todd Shirey 2004
IABCA Jr.& International, UKC Champion
Shi'Rayan's Nayyir at Mazoe , Dog, born July 12 2002, USA
(Ch. Fahel Shi'Rayan, SORC, FCC, SGRC5 x Ch.
Syringa Happiness at Shi'Rayan, GRC, ORC)
Owner: Ann Chamberlain & Dominique de Caprona.
Breeder: Dominique Crapon de Caprona
He has a bright, alert expression in his warm
brown eyes and his ears are set & carried appropriately. His
muzzle appears a touch shorter than backskull but I believe this is because
his stop is farther forward than desired & the skull lacks flatness
above the eyes. He has some dewlap which adds to the impression of
a slightly thick head.
His neck has a beautiful crest with appropriate
length. His front is set a bit too far forward which leads to the
slight hollowness in the frontal view. There is nice length of straight
forelegs, the upper arm appears very strong and muscular and rear angulation
is moderate with pleasing, low hocks & very nice breadth of upper and
lower thighs.
In profile, this dog appears very immature.
He lacks what I think of as the dramatic sloughi underline. The curve
is smooth but he is just not as shapely as my visualization of your standard.
His topline is a touch slack behind the withers and the loin does not look
particularly well developed nor strong.
Moving, he has more forward reach than rear power,
thus lacking ideal balance.