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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

I wrote a thread a while back trying to explain what I was doing, since showing dogs is such a big part of my life. Jake is now in the Top 20 in breed and all-breed points, and I'm hopeful he will be in the Top 10 at the end of the year.

There are actually two point scales that are used for tallies. Breed Points are the number of dogs of the same breed defeated and All Breed points are number of dogs of all breeds defeated. The points are assigned based on the number of dogs each day at the dog show. (So if you beat the same dog on a different day it counts as two points not just one.) Right now Jake is 14 in All Breed points and 18 in Breed points.

Well I have my own website, but my handler had Jake put on hers, and there is a slide show of his wins that is pretty cool.

So if you are curious and would like to take a look, here's the webpage:
http://prairie-fire.com/pages/handling.html

Ciara is on there too but farther down the page.

AJ

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Okay - just so I understand -- the top photo that rotates between three different photos if you sit there and view it long enough ---- those are all Jake? (Since I don't remember his registered name)

Farmgirl

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Yup, same dog, CH Kingsbury's Copyright CD his coat color really changes with lighting, can't do much about that, its how he is.

One of those photos is misslabled. It should be BOB, CWCCA Supported Show, with judge Del Richards, rather than BISS.

BISS means Best in Specialty Show, and while the entries at the show in question were big enough to be a "Specialty" for Cardigan Corgis, it wasn't because of paperwork issues with the AKC so to actually call it that is misleading.

BOB, means Best of Breed, and that was all it technically was even though it was a Huge win, and worth bragging about.

AJ

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

I haven't figured out how Corgi's hold those big muscular bodies on those little short legs.... [Wink]

Something wrong with evolution there....

FG

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

and AJ - you might want to tell your handler that on her website above the photos she has:

quote:
Now Specialing

and I'm supposing she really meaning to say "Now Specializing"

[Big Grin]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Nope, [Big Grin]

it's called Specialing, as in showing a "Special"

A "Special" is a dog that someone has deemed worthy of campaigning and going for big wins. All "Specials" are not of equal worth or quality, but Jake's a pretty darn good one if I do say so myself.

AJ

(as to the spelling there probably should be two "l's" in Specialling, but I don't see it that way very often.)
AJ

[ August 27, 2004, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Hmmm.. I learned a new word today! [Big Grin]