Punkin's Hannibal is from our second breeding - Noodles x Tonka (Amra x Arial). He is full brother to Levon. Hannibal is known as "Gunther" to his family in Conneticut. "Gunter" was shown once in while and is a beautiful speciman of the breed. He is spolied rotten and now has a sister, a beautiful black mask rescue girl adopted from DDBS rescue. Because of a growing family and no time to really pursue a show career, Gunther was neutered a few years ago.
In May of 2005 we lost the Gunther. He passed away after a short but hard battle with cervical spine problems. His symptoms came on suddenly with a short time painfree, but one day he woke up in severe pain and his family choose to let him go with dignity. He is dearly missed by the Gura's, especially the children who grew up with him. He was an excellent dog with a personality to match and will be dearly missed by us all. Gunther would have been 8 in March of 2006.
HANNIBAL'S CRITIQUES ~
1999 DDBS Supported Entry, Piscataway, NJ - Judge Mr. Peter v. Montfoort, Holland
12-15 Month Dog, First place, Rating: Excellent
Excellent type. Lovely head. Enough body and bone. Lovely shape of skull and very prominent foreface. Nice stop, well developed eyebrows and cheekbones. Lovely foreface and nose placement. Correct wrinkle expression on foreface and skull. Nice shape of eyes and color. Correct sweep of underjaw. Good bite. Broad and deep muscle. Well filled out under eyes. Lovely chin profile. Nice open nostrils. Powerful neck and dewlaps. Good top line, croup and tailset. Well angulated in rear. Needs more spring of rib, chest is deep. Enough shoulder for age. Powerful pasturns and cat feet. Well muscled thighs. Very nice mover. Good reach and good topline and tail carriage.