hi,
    Wondering if anyone can tell me, if you were to enter 2 classes at a champ show, in say puppy and junior and you won puppy,could you then withdraw from the junior class and go in the final line up,or would you HAVE to enter the junior class too?
Thanks for the help in advance,

                                                       sam

Hi Sam

You can't withdraw from subsequent classes you have entered I am afraid.

Sandra

You could always 'go for a walk' when your number is being called by a steward if you won puppy.

To correct you slightly :D  It is BREED classes you cannot withdraw from, but you can withdraw from variety classesto stay unbeaten for further competion.

Whether you do or not is a personal choice.  If it is the same judge I usually opt to stay in and see what I can do in the varieties, even if it means I am beaten and get knocked out from further competiiton.  This happened to me the other week where I was BOB in a Hound Group show.  I had entered AV Junior and PosT Graduate under the BEst In Show judge.  I was second in Junior and won the Post Graduate.  Had I withdrawn I might have perhaps got a Group place.

As many these days do withdraw it could of course be that the judge assumes you are already a beaten dog and not a contender for BIS, but if it is the same judge they really ought to remember they gave it BOB.

If you missed the class & won the Res CC or CC you would eventually be diqualified)by the KC) as you missed a class, Also if your dog was that good you would have the junior class anyway

It's a bit different if say because of an accident on the roads then it would be up to the KC again if you are to keep the win

Moral is if you have a puppy or junior or yearling only go in one age class if you want to be in the CC line up

I prefer in my numerically small breed to try more than one class, as sometimes a win in a small class is not as satisfying as a 2nd in a stronger one.

When my Jozi won her first CC it was at our club show I had entered FIVE classes (Junior, Sp Yearling, Graduate, Post Graduate and Special Beginners), she had won the RCC the week befgore having won both Junior and Post Grad at Birmingham.  this goes to prove if you are really in with a chance of one of the top awards you will win your classes or only come 2nd to the CC winner, so still can come back into the challenge.

hi not sure if you know this or will understand it lol..my typing/explaining not the best...here goes... if you win puupy...and are also entered in junior...you go in junior and get say for example 4th or even nothing...and the dogs that have beaten you are all over 12month...then you should stand ringside wen final line up goes in...after cc n rcc...they judge best puppy...you then go in to challenge the minor puppy...as you are an unbeaten puppy....hope you understand what i mean... but id say as a puppy your best off sticking to puppy class only...if your after junior warrant points then perhaps enter maiden or novice as extra class...same applies if not beaten by a pup then you still challenge for best puppy...good luck...jayne .....