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What Makes A Champion of Record
from: Kyle BesserTo "make a Champion," or, more correctly, to become a "Champion of Record," a dog must win a total of 15 points. These 15 points must include two major dog shows and be won under at least three different judges. Three, four or five points can be earned at a major show. Since the maximum number that can be won at a major show is five, it will take even a top winning dog at least three shows to earn his championship.
Insisting that a dog win two major shows convinces us that the dog is capable of winning at shows where you can reasonably expect to find an entry representative of the breed. Points are awarded to only two dogs, the dog who goes Winners Dog and to the bitch who goes Winners Bitch.
There are five regular classes in each sex in each breed: Puppy, Novice, Bred by Exhibitor, American Bred, and Open. The winner of each of these classes competes for Winners Dog or Winners Bitch. For example: the winner of the Puppy Dog Class, the winner of the Novice Dog Class, the Bred by Exhibitor Class, the American Bred Class, and the winner of the Open Dog Class will compete for Winners Dog and Reserve Winners Dog immediately after the judging of the Open Dog Class. Then the classes for bitches will begin.
The winners of the Puppy Bitch Class, Novice Bitch Class, Bred by Exhibitor Bitch, American Bred, and the winner of the Open Bitch Class will compete for Winners Bitch and Reserve Winners Bitch immediately after the judging of the Open Bitch Class. The judge also names a Reserve Winners Dog and a Reserve Winners Bitch. A Reserve Winner will receive the points if for any reason, usually infraction of certain rules of eligibility, the points are taken away from the winner.
The Winners Dog and the Winners Bitch then automatically go into the Best of Breed Class, the class in which Champions are entered, and compete for Best of Breed together with any champions of that breed that may be entered in the show. Immediately after choosing Best of Breed, the judge will choose his Best of Winners from the Winners Dog and Winners Bitch in the event that neither of these two was placed Best of Breed. After selecting Best of Winners, the judge will choose a Best of Opposite Sex to Best of Breed.
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