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Originally Posted by 3FurryFaces   Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew how UKC derives its points, ie. how a dog progresses to Champion. And, if I am not mistaken, they have something called Grand Champ,etc? Or the link on their website. I was unable to find it. Also. as far as AKC, I thought I understood that if a dog or bitch takes best of winners, they get the crossover points, ie which ever had higher point value(bitch or dog), but is that the case if they take the breed too, or if they take breed are they automatically awarded best of winners? It would seem to make sense that way. And if they are BOB and BOW, are there additional points above what they would accumulate if they were just BOW? I thought there are no points to be gained in Breed competition. Thanks!  |
With UKC you have to get 100 points and 3 competition wins. If you take your class you get 10 points even if there was no competition, if you get WD you get 25 more points even if there was no competition, if you take BOW you get 10 more points and there had to be competition of the opposite sex to take that. You can easily achieve your championship in 3 shows if you're better than the dog of the opposite sex that you're competing against. They do have Grand Champions. It requires 3 wins over at least 2 other champions.
In AKC if your dog takes BOW you get the cross over because you are considered to have beaten the dogs that the dog of the opposite sex beat. If you take BB you have not only taken BOW but have beaten the Specials in your own sex as well. Therefore points can be gained in the Breed competition if you are a class dog and take Best of Breed over Specials. It can get rather complicated but the steward is happy to help you if you need it.