Olivia

"A very promising younster,short-coupled,strong quarters,beautiful head, neck and shoulders. Topline good and moved with drive. Must have a bright future" (J.Brabban,Cambremer,UK, LRC of Potomac,2000)

"Won this class on conformation and mouvement. Moved so soundly,showing all her attributes. Lovely compact bitch with clean outline and correct angulation, gentlest of heads, deep in body and correct in every way" (Linda Major , UK, Mid-Jersey 2000)

The Best of Breed winner had a head with correct parallel planes, intelligent and willing expression, with dark eyes and great eyebrows, a deep and wide muzzel for carrying, but also wide clear nostrils for scenting. Her ears were correctly placed with desirable length and held with expectation the whole class, framing her wonderfully feminine head. Her strong neck of medium length flowed gently into her shoulders, which again were properly placed with no hint of being straight. This line continued with no evidence of weakness through her backline to tailset.The rib cage spread from the back bone with plenty of room for bouancy without being too wide and allowing for proper length of loin. She has the hallmark "Otter Tail" that we all look for immediately in the whelping box, and seems not so easy to find, with all the feathering and long coats that are about in these times. Her upperarm complements her length of shoulder blade, which match her angles and length of angle in the rear. She has wide, strong thighs with plenty of second thigh and strong let down hocks. Her bone is round and strong with slightly bent pasterns followed by nicely shaped sound feet. Her underline matches her topline. All these things together give her balance while moving very strongly with confidence and evidence of Labrador temperment. While standing still one can easily see how her coat wraps around her body for the protection she would need while in water and how its clothes her all around with a nice fit. On touching her coat, the texture has enough coarseness to know that she is well protected and that her double coat is obvious. Standing still she is very desirable, but when she moved she was second to none on that day. (Marion Lyons, Chocorua, BOB ALRC 2004)