DOG SHOWS, PHILIPPINE STYLE
ADAPTED FROM HOW TO SHOW YOUR OWN DOG
by Virginia Tuck Nichols
The first question most people ask is how one "makes" a Champion. This is done on a point system. The Philippine Canine Club, Inc. which is the principal organization in the country governing dog shows, registrations, pedigrees, dog-club activities, judging, etcera, issues a Schedule of Points to be awarded, based on the number of dogs entered in one sex at any given show. The number of dogs necessary to make a point varies in different breeds according to the breed's show popularity. Incidentally, the maximum number of points awarded at any show, regardless of the number of entries, is five.
To "make a Champion," or, more correctly, become a Champion of Record, a dog must win a total of fifteen points. these fifteen points must include two major shows and be won under at least three different judges. A major show is a three-, four-, or a five-point show, and since the maximum number that can be won is five, it must take even a top winning dog at least three shows to finish his championship. Insisting that a dog win two major shows convinces us that the dog is capable of winning at shows where, because enough dogs are entered, you can reasonably expect to find an entry representative of the breed. Let's take up that business of "under at least three different judges". The major wins must be under two different judges, and one or more of the balance of the points must be won under some other judge or judges. In other words, no dog can become a Champion by winning under only one or two judges-there must be at least three.
Points are awarded to the dog who goes Winners Dog and to the bitch who goes Winners Bitch-and to these two only. There are five regular classes in each sex in each breed: Minor Puppy (6 to under 9 Months of Age), Puppy(9 to under 12 Months of Age), Junior(12 to under 18 Months of Age), Intermediate (18 to under 24 Months of Age) and Open(6 Months and Above). The winner of each of these classes competes for Winners Dog or Winners Bitch, Reserve Winners is given to the second placer for each respectively but no points are awarded. Whoever wins between the Winners Dog and the Winners Bitch becomes the Best of Winners. If the Winners dog garnered 3 points from defeating all the males while the female only have 2 points; if the bitch wins over the dog, she would end up with the Winners Dog's 3 points. The Winners Bitch gets the same number of points Winners dog received; not in addition to the ones she had won but instead of. He, the dog does not lose points he had won.
Immediately after the Best of Winners competition is the Specials Class where all dogs of both sexes compete and all are finished Champions either vying for points toward their Grand Championship or Hall of Fame status. The Best of Winners joins this class for the Best of Breed. Again, the points will depend on the PCCI's classification per sex. If there are additional males that would bring up the points to a four point major and the Best of Winners wins Best of Breed, a four-point show major would have then be won by the Best of Winners.
To makes matter more confusing, The Reserve Winners Bitch enters the Specials competition together with the Winners Dog for the Runner Up Best of Breed and the Best of Opposite Sex Awards. However, there are no additional points awarded to Runner-Up Best of Breeds except when the Winners dog wins the Best Opposite Sex Award which would mean that he would get points from defeating all the Champion males in the Specials Class.
This process of elimination goes on in each breed-always winding up with one dog of each breed-the Best of Breed. All the winners of Best of Breeds compete in the group judging (there are seven groups: Sporting, Non-Sporting, Toy, Hound, Working, Terrier and Herding) and the winner of each group competes for the Best In Show-again a process of elimination.
Should our example bitch go on to win the group she will get the maximum number of points awarded to any breed in the group that day. The Runner Up Best of Breed will then go in the ring to compete for Runner Up Best In Group and if and when the breed defeated has more points, our example Runner-Up Best of Breed then would have the defeated breed's points not in addition to but instead of his garnered points.
Champions in the Specials Class accumulate their points in the same manner towards either their Grand Championships if ever they have not finished it or towards the Show Dog Hall of Fame Title.
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