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Informative

DOG SHOW AWARDS IN THE UK

The Kennel Club offer the following awards to
successful dog show winners –

Champion (CH) - To become a UK champion
an exhibit must win 3 challenge certificate's
(CC’s) which must be awarded by 3 different
judges, there is no minimum or maximum
time limits to gain the awards, although the
dog must be over 12 months old to claim
the title of Champion. Being a Champion is Show Certificate of Excellence (ShCEx) -
the highest award a dog can gain and each The show certificate of excellence is an award
challenge certificate is awarded by the judge which can be gained once your dog is over
based on the dog being as close to the breed the age of 18 months. It requires you gaining
standard as possible. a number of points from open shows in or-
der to receive this title.
Stud Book Number - A stud book number is
achieved when an exhibit wins a stud book Veteran Warrant (VW) – A new award intro-
qualifying award at a championship breed duced to the UK showing world. The veteran
show (where challenge certificates are on warrant is for dogs aged 7 years and over,
offer) or achieves a junior warrant. By recei- with points only available at open shows
ving a stud book number your dog qualifies from any variety veteran classes.
for Crufts for life.

Junior Warrant (JW) - The junior warrant is DID YOU KNOW….
an award which a dog can achieve through At the majority of shows in the UK
winning certain awards at both open and classes are awarded prize cards
championship shows, when the dog is bet- and rosettes for 1st to 5th place.
ween 6 and 18 months of age.

HOW TO BECOME A CHAMPION IN THE UK

one for females, reserve challenge certificates
(RCC’s) are also awarded to the runner up in
each sex. All of the different colours compete
together for these awards. There is no limit on
the number of CC’s which can be won by a
single dog. In addition, the RCC’s do not count
towards the champion title.

FACT:
In the last 5 years (between 2015 and
2020), only 45 Great Danes (19 males
In the UK, in a typical year, there are on average and 26 females) were awarded their
38 championship dog shows for Great Danes champion titles. The colour breakdown
where challenge certificates (CC’s) are on of- was – 28 fawn, 7 brindle, 4 harlequin, 3
fer. For each of these shows there are 2CC's black and 3 blue)
awarded to the winners, one for the males and

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