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Gus got his third CC today- wooooooohooooooooooooooo

sorry to sound like a big bragger but wooooohoooooooooo I cant help it

Congratulations! :)

well done it is a great feeling isnt it

greeeeeat have a good drink lol

Congratulations.

Excellent!! :D

What's the weather like on Cloud 9?!!! :D :D :D Congratulations!!!

Well done !!!!! go girl go girl!!

Fantastic, well done !!!!!!!! :D :D

Woo-Hoooooooo!! :D :D
Fircracker is an absoluuuuuuuute Cracker! you must be sooo proud,and rightly so!! congratulations!!!! :D

Brilliant :D  Well done!!

Well done Lel. :-)

Wow that is fantastic.

Nice one!!!!    :)

brill well done!mega congrats!!!!

Fabulous news Lel, and if you can't brag about a Champion here, where can you do it? :D

Lovely that it came nice and quick after the second too, so you'll be able to relax and enjoy your shows again.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Marina

well done!!!, i got my first ever dcc at windsor, and i still can't stop looking at his certificate, hope im lucky like you and get my other one's. well done to you both

WELL DONE!!!!

WOW WOW WOW!

Well done to you and Gus - you must be OVER THE MOON! :)

Congratulations, Brilliant News.  Well done to you and Gus :D :D :D

Well done indeed!!

Fantastic, huge congrats :D

Well done to you and Gus.

How fantastic, that's great news, well done.

Dawn R.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S  that's fantastic :D :D

Enjoy being up on cloud nine :D :D :D :D :D

Can somebody please explain, to someone who hasn't a clue, what 3 CCs means? Obviously something really desirable and a great achievement to earn them so i also send my congratulations to you but would love to know what I am congratulating you for :)

Three CCs, awarded by three different judges, are what's needed to become a Champion. :) :)

Wow! Awesome result, very well done to you both! :-)

Hi Harley

A CC is a challenge certificate (awarded to the best of each sex at a championship show)  You have to win 3 CCs under different judges for your dog to become a champion.

Congratulations and very well done :-D

Stacey x

Thank you - do you have to have 3 to enter for Crufts then ?

Well done!!!

Hi Harley

Thankfully no as don't think would ever get there - you just need to come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a qualifying class at a championship show that is awarding CC's.

Although I believe a Sh Ch is qualified for life as is a dog with a Junior Warrant?  Sure someone will come along to correct me on that!

Any dog with a stud book number is qualified for life under current rules.

SBN comes with a CC or reserve CC, a Junior Warrant and with certain class placings (which are dependent on the breed - all breeds are organised into stud book bands).

M.

Thanks for that M!

Not even getting close yet to those maybe one day! ;)

Way to go !!! Well Done!

Kay

Sounds simple and almost easy doesn't it :)

It is arguably harder to make up a champion in the UK than anywhere else in the World.

Firstly the number of CC's available to be won varies from breed to breed depending on how large the entries are at shows.

In my breed which has low numbers, with only 116 pups registered last year we have 18 sets of CC's.

The CC will be awarded (assuming the exhibits have sufficient merit) to the best dog and best bitch at these shows.

There will be classes for each sex, usually at least puppy, Junior, Post Graduate, Limit and Open.

The first are based on age, and the others based on previous wins.

When all the classes for the sex have been judged the winners of each class will be called back into the ring to choose the best and reserve best of sex, and if appropriate be awarded the CC (challenge Certificate) and RCC (Reserve Challenge Certificate).

Unlike in some countries the dog has to beet all the entry in it's sex including existing champions (who are shown in the Open class in the UK).

Also a dog has to be over 12 months old to become a British champion, so if it has won all it's CC's under 12 months it will not be a champion until it wins another once adult.  this rarely happens except in some toy breeds.

It's certainly easier to make up a champion in countries where existing champions are barred from competition for the qualifying awards than it is in the UK - which is why we have far fewer champions.

Thank you for a very informative reply. Easy  would be the last word I would have thought of and you have confirmed that with your post. I know nothing about showing but find it very interesting. Are there any sites that explain more about the showing process which have basic, readable information for someone who isn't going to show but would like to know more about that world?
Thank you.

The kennel cub have a guide to showing that explains things.
http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/ and click on shows from the left hand list.

There is a good guide online here, although it is based on collies, the same principles apply for most other breeds:

http://www.mastamariner.com/activities_breed_showing.html

(PS it's a bit out of date in that Exemption Shows are now called Companion shows)

I used to think it was hardest here too Barbara, until I was told that in France only two dogs and two bitches are made up each year - apparently one ticket has to be won at one of the National breed club shows, of which there are two a year. I assume this is correct, as I know look a bit closer and there don't seem to be many French champions.

I'm sure someone will tell me if I'm wrong.

M.

It is the club show/s or the French National where you need to win a ticket, and then two others.

Friends of mine have moved to France and have managed to get their French title.  Sure it helps to have a breed with a  long show life. 

I wonder if there is an unspoken agreement that anyone who has won a CAC at one of these shows does not enter there again?

Yes, I guess they have a fair few who get the two, but don't manage to get that rare third.

I certainly hope no-one would enter a dog who already has the CAC there again? Can you imagine how irritating it would be to get a RCAC behind one?

M.

Also I suppose a lot of pewople woudl be ahppy to try for a title in Belgium or Holland in addition or instead of the French one. 

Hugh Congratulations Lel :D

Thanks everyone- Im still up there on cloud nine :D

Well done, lel. I'm SO pleased for you and Gus. :)

Congratulations!!!
that'll be Sir Gus now, woof

Well done Gus :)

Very very well done too you both brilliant news