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This is an automatically collected list of articles related to showing dogs for their appearance in conformation shows. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The Westminster Kennel Club predates the formation of the American Kennel Club by seven years and became the first club admitted to the AKC after AKC's founding in 1884. Breed parent clubs (e.g., the Collie Club of America) create the standards for judging their breeds, with the AKC administering the rules about shows and judging.
A dog show judge, sometimes dog judge, is a person that is qualified to evaluate dogs at a conformation show. [1] At small shows, there might be only one judge for all breeds and classes. At larger shows, there might be several judges, with each responsible for only certain breeds or classes.
A conformation show, also referred to as a breed show, is a kind of dog show in which a judge, familiar with a specific dog breed, evaluates individual purebred dogs for how well the dogs conform to the established breed type for their breed, as described in a breed's individual breed standard.
An advertisement for a New England Kennel Club dog show. A kennel club (known as a kennel council or canine council in some countries) is an organization for canine affairs that concerns itself with the breeding, showing and promotion of more than one breed of dog.
The Lancashire Heeler, which has been recognized as an official breed in the United Kingdom since 1981, joined the AKC's official list of dog breeds at the beginning of 2024, and the breed will ...
As with all AKC conformation shows, mixed-breed dogs are not eligible to participate. The NDS is one of the last six remaining benched dog shows in the United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused the show to be held behind closed doors for the first time.
The American Kennel Club (AKC) is a registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States. In addition to maintaining its pedigree registry, this kennel club also promotes and sanctions events for purebred dogs, including the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, an annual event which predates the official forming of the AKC, the National Dog Show and the AKC National Championship.