Equinox Perm ® Kennels - Doberman and Miniature Pinscher Breeding Kennel in B.C. Canada

To obtain a Canadian Championship on a dog, the dog must be shown under 3 different judges and must attain a total of 10 points. The most points awarded any class dog at any show is a maximum of 5 points. In calculating your points, your own entry is counted as well. If any dog walks into the ring and is examined by a judge and then is excused, disqualified, dismissed or ordered from the ring for whatever reason, that dog is also counted in calculating your points. Of the 10 points needed for a Canadian Championship, at least one of the wins must be a two (2) point win. The rest can all be singles if that is all you are able to get, however, you can also have all two point wins or more as well. It is possible for a very good specimen to finish its Championship in one weekend of showing.

Junior Puppy – a dog 6 months of age or older and under 9 months on the date of the show

Senior Puppy – a dog 9 months of age or older and under 12 months on the date of the show.

12 – 18 months (sometimes called Yearlings) – 12 months of age or older and under 18 months on the date of the show.

Bred By Exhibitor – the handler must be the breeder and/or co-owner of the dog

Males are judged first in all classes. The winner from each class goes back in the ring to compete for Winner’s Male (Dog). No points are awarded for a class win but are for Winner’s Male.

Females then go in the ring in the class order as above. The winners from all classes go back in to compete for Winner’s Female. Again no points are awarded for a class win but are for Winner’s Female.

Winner’s Male and Winner’s Female each are awarded a purple ribbon. These are the only dogs awarded points towards his/her championship at the class level. Points are awarded for these wins based on the following scale:

# of dogs competing:*	1	2	3 to 5	6 to 9	10 to 12	13 or more
Points awarded:	0	1	2	3	4	5
* including the dog awarded winners

Once winner’s dog and winner’s female have been chosen and awarded, they will re-enter the ring at the end of the line-up of ‘Specials’ (dogs that have already attained their Championships) to compete for Best of Breed. In the ‘Breed’ ring, the following will be chosen by the judge : Best of Breed (BOB), Best of Opposite Sex (BOS), Best of Winners (BOW). The BOB ribbon is red/white/blue, the BOS ribbon is green/white, and the BOW ribbon is purple and gold.

If the judge chooses a male for BOB, he/she must then choose a female for BOS and then he/she chooses BOW from the remaining dogs in the ring, OR the judge can also choose the BOB dog/bitch as BOW also.

After the Breed ring, all the undefeated puppies go into the ring to compete for Best Puppy in Breed, unless the winner’s dog or winner’s female was a puppy, then it will automatically receive Best Puppy in Breed (BPIB), which will receive a pale blue flat ribbon.

Note: In some cases, if the judge feels that the best male/female present is not worthy of a Championship, h/she may withhold the award of Winners Male/Female and that dog will not receive points.

Now comes the Group level of judging. After all the breeds in a Group have been judged, the Best of Breed winner from each breed will compete in the Group. Group placements are awarded from 1^st to 4^th place. Rosettes are awarded at this level of judging and the ribbon colors are the same as the classes. After all the adult dogs have been judged in the Group level, the puppies that won Best Puppy in Breed, go in the ring to compete for Best Puppy in Group (a pale blue rosette).

Breeds Competing	Group 1st	Group 2nd	Group 3rd	Group 4th
13 or more	5	4	3	2
10 to 12	4	3	2	1
6 to 9	3	2	1	1
5	2	1	1	1
4	2	1	0	0
3	2	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0

The Group 1^st winner from each of the 7 Groups goes on to compete for Best in Show (BIS). This dog is awarded a huge red, white and blue rosette, and usually some other prizes or trophies as well.

After Best in Show has been judged, all 7 Best Puppy in Group winners go in the ring to compete for Best Puppy in Show (BPIS). This puppy is awarded a huge pale blue rosette.

Note: for those that think if they have a puppy or young class dog, that they don’t have a chance to win Best of Breed, it IS possible and has been done many times if the puppy or young dog is better than any of the ‘Specials’ entered into competition.