This page tells you more about showing your dog in the Netherlands. The reason we made this page , is because we know that showing your dog is different all over the world. I don't mean the way of handling, but the different rules each kennelclub has. The Netherlands are members of the Federation Cynologique International (F.C.I.) Every show is under the auspices of the F.C.I.
In the Netherlands you can enter your dog in different classes:
Youth Class : for dogs between 9-18 months.
Open Class : for dogs older than 15 months
Breeders Class : for dogs owned by there breeder.
Championships Class : for dogs which have a National or International Championships title.
Working Class : for dogs which have a Working Certificate given by the National Kennelclub.
These are the most common classes you'll find at the Dutch shows. You get a working certificate for your dog, if your dog has got at least a qualification "Good" at a field trail. You can earn three different merits at a field trial, namely "Good" "Very Good" and "Excellent
The judging:
Every dog gets written critics from the judge. The dogs get one of the following qualifications: "Moderate", "Good", "Very Good" and "Excellent". There is a possibility that your dog is disqualified. this happens if he bites the judge, or has one of the major defects mentioned in the standard, for instance overbite.
The judge will place each dog in each class 1 to 4, and only if your dog gets the qualification "Excellent", you can compete for best Dog or best Bitch.
When all the classes of a sex are judged, the best of that sex is chosen out of all the 1st placed dogs with a qualification "Excellent". This dog or bitch gets one National Championshipspoint, named C.A.C. This is a French shortening, and I spare you the whole name. The dog placed 2nd gets the reserve C.A.C., which is a quarter Championshipspoint We also have an International Championshipspoint, called C.A.C.I.B., also a French shortening. Not on every show you can win the C.A.C.I.B. The Kennelclub and the F.C.I. have to give permission for that. Each dog or bitch which wins the C.A.C. can get the C.A.C.I.B., if the judge thinks that this dog is worth it, and not entered in Youth-, or Breeders Class. It can happen that the best dog was entered in Youth Class and the reserve best dog was entered in open class. The C.A.C.I.B. can go to the reserve best dog, if the judge think he's worth it.
Since 01/01/1999 the regulations about winning the C.A.C. has been changed: If a dog is already Dutch Champion, the C.A.C. point goes to the res. dog which got the res. C.A.C. Is this dog also Dutch Champion, then the C.A.C. will be lapsed.
How to get your dog Dutch Champion?
To become Dutch Champion, your dog must have at least 4 C.A.C.'s., under three different judges. One full point can exist out of 4 res. C.A.C.'s. But a full point must be won at the age of at least 27 months. Only if your dog already has 4 full points before the age of 27 months, then winning just a res. C.A.C. after 27 months is enough to be Dutch Champion. As mentioned each C.A.C. contents one full Championship point, except if you won it on the Amsterdam Winner Show or at a Championship clubmatch. These C.A.C.'s are equal to two points.
How to get your dog International Champion?
For that your must have won two C.A.C.I.B.'s, in two different country's, under two different judges and between the first and the last must be a period expired of at least 12 months and one day. Further must your dog have a qualification in open class at a field trail.
The Vizsla belongs in the Netherlands to Group VII of the F.C.I. which means that there will be about 23 breeds present in this group and also in a main ring.
Explanation of other titles:
The title Clubwinner '98 (CW'98) , is given to the best in show at the Championship Clubmatch of the year 1998. Normaly this will title go to the B.O.B. of a Clubmatch, but in our club we have two different breeds; the Vizsla shorthair and Vizsla wirehaired. So the dog which won this title beat the B.O.B. of the other breed.
The title Amsterdam Winner (W'98) is for the best dog and B.O.S., which won the C.A.C. at the Amsterdam Winner show in 1998.
The title Amsterdam Youth Winner, is for the 1st placed dog and bitch in youth class at the Amsterdam Winner show, with a qualification "Excellent".
The title European Winner (EK'96), is for the dog and bitch which get the C.A.C.I.B. at the European Championship Show, every year organised by a different country in Europe. In this example it was in 1996
The title Bundessieger (BDSS'97), is for the best dog and bitch, which won the C.A.C. at the Dortmund Bundessieger Show in Germany in 1997.
Anyway we hope that this gives you a good impression of how it works over here. Maybe we'll meet sometime at one of our shows!