THE "GROUP" CLASSES ARE SHOWN:
Group classes happen only after all the Best of Breed dogs in all the breeds present at the dog show have been chosen. The Winners dog and the winners Bitch will not go into the GROUP RING unless one of them has taken the BEST OF BREED win from the class. Also, they have earned their points towards their championship from the "class win" . However, should they go in "from the classes" into the Group Ring, and they defeat, in the group ring, dogs who have earned MORE points than they did, they will get those points (provided the sex is the same)
There are seven different GROUPS of A.K.C. dogs recognized by the American Kennel club. They are: Working, Herding, Toy, Hound, Non sporting, Sporting, and Terriers. .The judge has a variety of dogs presented to them in the group ring, these dogs have already won their Best of Breed wins and are thus considered the best representative. Not all the dogs in each group may be represented, it may may be for example that no representative of the breed came to that particular dog show. Or it may be that the exhibitor of the dog that took the Best of Breed in the class does not attend the group (this is permissible and is up to the discretion of the exhibitor.) There may be both males and females present, depending on whether a male or a female took the Best of Breed in the class. Some bitches may be in heat. (It is entirely permissible for a bitch in heat to be shown in the conformation ring).
A lovely bitch being shown in the Group Ring after winning Best of Breed in the Classes
The Judge must judge each Group of diverse breeds by comparing, mentally, the dogs that are presented to him , against the standard for the breed and not against each other. He picks a first (GROUP ONE). second, (GROUP TWO), third, (GROUP THREE), and fourth (GROUP FOUR), place winner. The Group wins are special...photographs are taken and much to-do .....but only the GROUP ONE winner is to go any farther in the competition.
The GROUP ONE winner is the dog who progresses to the BEST IN SHOW competition, where, ...you guessed it,... there will be seven dogs presented to the judge for selection . From amongst them the ONE dog who is judged to be the best dog at the show that day will then be selected.
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THE GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING BREEDS:
SPORTING:
American Water Spaniel, Brittany, Chesapeake Bar Retriever,Clumber Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel, Curly Coated Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel, English Setter, English Springer Spaniel, Field Spaniel, Flat Coated Retriever, German shorthaired Pointer, German wirehaired Pointer, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Irish Setter, Irish Water Spaniel, Labrador Retriever, Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever, Pointer, spinone Italiano, Sussex Spaniel, Viszla, Weimaraner, Welsh springer Spaniel, and Wirehaired Pointing Griffon.
HOUND:
Afghan Hound, Anerican foxhound, Basenji, Basset Hound, Beagle, black and Tan Coonhound, Bloodhound, Borzoi, Dachshund, English Foxhound, Greyhound, Harrier, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound, Norwegian Elkhound, Otterhound, Pettit Basset Griffon Vendeen (PBGV), Pharaoh Hound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Whippet
WORKING:
Akita, Alaskan Malamute, Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Bernese Mountain dog, Black Russian terrier, Boxer, bullmastiff, Doberman Pinscher, German Pinscher, Giant Schnauzer, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss Mountain dog, Komondor, Kuvasz, Mastiff, Neopolitan Mastiff, Newfoundland, Portuguese Water Dog, Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Samoyed, Siberian Husky, Standard Schnauzer
TERRIER:
Airedale Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Australian Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Border Terrier, Bull Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Glen of Imaal Terrier, Irish Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier, Lakeland Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Miniature Bull Terrier, Miniature Schnauzer, Norfolk Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Parson russell Terrier (jack Russell), Scottish Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Skye Terrier, Smooth fox Terrier, Soft coated wheaten terrier, Staffordshire bull Terrier, Welsh Terrier, West Highland white Terrier, Wirehaired fox Terrier
TOY:
Affenpinscher, Brussels Griffon, Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Chihuahua, Chinese Crested, English Toy Spaniel, Havanese, Italian Greyhound, Japanese Chin, Maltese, Manchester Terrier, Miniature Pinscher, Papillon, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Poodle, Pub, Shih Tzu, Silky Terrier, Toy Fox Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier
NON-SPORTING
American Eskimo, Bichon Frize, Boston Terrier, Bulldog, Chinese Shar-pei, ChowChow, Dalmatian , Finnish spitz, French Bulldog, Keeshond, Lhasa Apso, Lowchen, Poodle, Schipperke, Shiba Inu, Tibetan Spaniel, Tibetan terrier
HERDING:
Australian Cattledog, Australian Shepherd, Bearded Collie, Belgian malinois, Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Tervuren, Border Collie, Bouvier des Flandres, Briard, Canaan Dog, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Collie, German shepherd dog, Old English sheepdog, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Puli, Shetland Sheepdog
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