Stacy Slade explains how to watch a dog show!! Ever wonder the process for judging dogs at a show? 

You are welcome!! I am glad you can use the video! I hope it helps!

Great Idea! I can work on this, of course all shows are canceled right now, but I will see if I can recreate them. But ring etiquette etc, I can easily cover!

It's in Palm Springs at the Polo Grounds! It's gorgeous!

@@SitStaywithStacySlade lol! I was close It's been 30 years, but I still recognize those mountains.

Ahh, yes the select points. I will try the cliff notes version, but for details for specifics you will need to go to akc.org. In Best of Breed the judge can award a Select Dog and Select Bitch from the finished champions (basically second best dog and second best bitch) to be awarded as many points as that sex had in the classes plus the number of champion dogs they beat (the ones who walk from the breed ring) of their sex from the printed point schedule. Clear as mud? :)

Select Dog and Select bitch. Only champions of records are eligible. Select dog and bitch earn points towards their grand championships along with Best of Breed & Best of Opposite Sex. Best of Breed gets to count all dogs that showed that day including themselves. Best of Opposite Sex gets to count all dogs of their gender which compete that day including themselves. Select Dog gets to count all males showing that day including themselves minus BOB or BOS that they did not defeat. The same applies for Select Bitch. Yes, even though dogs/bitches who are not champions (including WD & WB even if they finished that day) are not eligible for grand points they are still counted. A grand championship requires 25 points with 3 majors (based on their current AKC point schedule for that breed) and must have at least 3 events with one or more champions defeated. Does that help?

I disagree with that statement. I am an owner handler and took my dog to the top. He was a nice dog and was rewarded as such. Yes, it does happen, but not 80% of the time.

it happens that sometimes the person on the end of the lead is a professional handler and very good at what they do getting the dog exactly the way it needs to be for the judge to see the angles they need to see- so I would say I understand your sentiment, but it's not because the judge knows the handler, it's because the handler knows their job.

@@SitStaywithStacySlade We're in the Chicago Region, it's at least 80% of the time.