LRCO Sweeps Critiques Veterans 7-9 Males: #59 Allured-Sutton's Ch Lubberline Onarock Brigantine CM: Balanced dog with good flow of his clean body lines, lovely eye colour, properly coated, masculine expression with relaxed personality. 7-9 Bitches: 1. #116 Warwick's Ch Beadog Dandylion at Elliquin CDX RE WC JH YF: Great bitch, in condition and still moves freely. Properly balanced and a great firm topline. Nice headpiece, expression and coat. Nice spring in her step! 2. Babin's Ch Autumsynd Frankie Starlite CDX RE TD CGN YF: Balanced lady with good bone, tailset slopes away a bit and not quite the front of #1. Again, a fit, conditioned veteran who was clean mover. Best in Veteran Sweeps: #116-Won on her effortless movement & reach, could see her doing a days pick up in the field easily and conditioned so she still could. Lovely type of lady BOS #59- Wish he had had some competition, love his eye and expression again, lovely Puppy 6-9 Male: #53 Pobega's Grandriver's Skor CM- Lovely dark coat colour covering a nice compact, balanced and anglulated body. Moved freely and happily on the go around. Very young in his maturity with good promise. 9-12 Male: #69 Murray's Chepenco's LIttle Powerhouse YM- Darker yellow with perfect black pigment, lots of boat and coat. Bit stuffy in the shoulders thru neck, choppy front movement. Clean going away. Very happy boy! 12-15 Male: 1. #75 Harmon's Watercrest Startop Revelation BM-Great young boy having bone, coat, great tailset/carriage, firm topline and a clean mover. Happy with lots of fill to come in his headpiece 2. #55 Brennan/Luckhart's Britton A Redneck at Labradale BM-Happy, balanced dog who had very nice flow of neck into shoulders onto topline to tailset/carriage. Nice shoulder, good angles front and rear. Unfortunately lacking coat today 6-9 Bitches: #112 Burrow's Ironridge Redhead YF-Darker yellow having lovely black pigment, nice coat, topline not its best at the moment, happy attitude having fun 9-12 Bitches: 1. #110 Brennan/Luckhart's Labradale's Tailor Maid BF-Lovely young bitch who has it all together, nice head with sparkle in her eye, Clean girl with great neck into shoulders placed well. Happy, showy and full of bloom. 2. #130 Coady's Gofetch Molasses Cody CF-Great type of bitch who had nice expression and was balanced. Could use a little darker eye and front placement a tad too forward. Good topline/tail carriage. Showed well and used herself 12-15 Bitches: #12 Lambert's Oaksill Magic Moments BF- Pretty girl with kind expression/headpiece who is balanced with good topline, Showed well, lacks undercoat today Best in Sweeps: #110 Won on her over all smooth side gait with good reach, just peaking in her condition and mauturity for age. Lovely picture BOS: #75 Great up and comer who also was clean in lines/movement just lacked some head maturity today compared to the bitch. Thank you to LRCO for the invitation to judge and to the owners who brought me their veterans and puppies for entries.