Dog show: flaunt it, if they have it
One of the interesting activities that a dog can become a part of is dog show. This endeavor can mean a new and complete mode of life. As a dog owner, initially, a dog show will expose you to different sounds, sights and terms that are confusing to the senses. Just consider that a popular activity similar to this is the NCAA championship basketball tournament.
What are the various dog show types? Licensed by the kennel club of the United States, there are known two dog show kinds. But for confirmation dog show, there are three. First is the all-breed category show, which includes classes of all identified dog breeds, and groups of dog breeds like all toys, all terriers. The second dog show type is the specialty category especially for one specific breed that may also offer championship points. Match is the third dog show type. There are specialty and all-breed matches and most of this is being held by the American Kennel Club or AKC sanction. There are no championship points given to the winner. Matches serve as a training ground for experienced breeders who break in latest show prospects, novice exhibitors, dog clubs that work for the AKC approval as well as potential judges who wish to be official AKC judges.
Meanwhile, a breed competition, or contest among the same dog breeds, matches as the preliminary round of the game. For this, the best performing dog from every of about 140 breeds will be selected to vie for the next round, the Group contest. This is comparable to semifinal and quarter rounds.
The Group contest is mainly gathered by function. There are known seven groups and they are the sporting, hounding, herding, working, terrier, toys and the non-working.
The Competitive Classes
A dog show, similar to sporting events categorizes the participants by winning experience, sex and age. Here, a dog who tries to get the championship title vie by gender within: puppy category, from 6 up to 9 months; puppy category of 9 up to 12 months old; novice, open to dogs who have never succeeded a class and bred-by-exhibitor, open to breeds being exposed by its breeder. Another category is the American bred. This is available for dogs raised in the US and the other class is the open class, made open to every breed, taking in the puppies.
The dog who has already achieved its championship title is directly entered in the competition of the Best of Dog Breed or the Best of Dog Variety.
Meanwhile, each dog breed is judged equally. Ideally, the AKC has set a standard process for dog show competitions.
Now that you have known the conditions and guidelines of joining in a dog show, don't you think it is also your own dog's shining moment to happen?
