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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Dog Shows
6. The four classes are divided by age, and are further broken down into the experience of the Junior handler. They are, in order: Novice Junior, Novice Senior, Novice Intermediate and Open Intermediate Open Junior, and Open Senior.
3. Once a Novice Junior handler gets his or her three first places with competition present, he or she can now move into his or her respective Open class!
BJH. BJH, or Best Junior Handler, is the award that all 4 class winners compete for at the end of all the classes.
10. If a Junior handler wins 10 Open classes in a year with competition present each time they win, they can go to Westminster the following year!
Yes . Male and female dogs compete for points within their own gender, but once they are champions, they are entered together.
Specialty. Specialties are held for dogs of a specific breed or group, and for the people who own, breed, and show them to get together and compare experiences and knowledge.
Gold and Purple. Breed winners continue on to compete in their respective Group for higher honors.
Herding. I believe it was 1983 when the AKC decided that the Working Group was too large, so they made a separate group, the Herding Group.
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