Did your dog earn its Grand Championship but since then has been sitting at home acting like a couch potato? It’s time to start getting back into competition shape!
Thanks to our members' fantastic feedback, effective July 1st, 2021, we're adding three additional Grand Championship title levels: Bronze, Silver & Gold.
- Grand Champion Bronze: Awarded after an additional 50 points are earned after completing a Grand Championship and other qualifiers.
- Grand Champion Silver: Awarded after an additional 100 points are earned after completing a Grand Championship Bronze and other qualifiers.
- Grand Champion Gold: Awarded after an additional 200 points are earned after completing a Grand Championship Silver and other qualifiers.
Competitors can begin to earn points for these new titles after July 1st, 2021. Have you already earned additional Grand Champion Points? Those can be used towards your Grand Champion Bronze title; however, you must earn a minimum of 5 points towards this title after July 1st, 2021.
We’ve also improved the Grand Champion Excellent title.
- Grand Champion Excellence: awarded after achieving a Grand Champion Silver Title, a Best in Show or Best of Breed win at a National Specialty (minimum number of dogs required to be competing), 3 Group 1st’s or 3 Best of Breed Specialty Wins, as well as a CKC Performance Title (excluding any instinct level titles, Sprinter, Chase Ability, Herding Novice or CGN).
With the new version of the Grand Champion Excellent title, no additional points are required to be counted. You can find more information on the upcoming changes in the July 1st, 2021 version of the Conformation Show Rules and Regulations.
Don’t worry! For those currently working towards a Grand Champion Excellent title, the current qualifications will still be honored until July 1st, 2022 (this date is subject to review based on COVID-19 restrictions). The following form can still be used to track and submit your qualifications to CKC for review:
https://www.ckc.ca/en/Files/Forms/Shows-Trials/Exhibitors/Grand-Champion-Excellent-Record-Sheet-Form-No-150