Dogs Victoria Show Regulations

All affiliates advertising schedules are affiliated with Dogs Victoria and their shows are held under the Rules and Regulations of Dogs Victoria. A copy may be inspected at the office of the secretary of the fixture on the day of the show.

The following Rules/Regulations apply to all schedules.

No person over the age of 18 years who is a resident of Victoria can exhibit, handle, officiate in the judging ring, or register an animal with Dogs Victoria unless he or she is a financial member of Dogs Victoria.

EXHIBITORS PLEASE NOTE: The committee of the club holding the fixture reserves the right to substitute judges if the entry is excessive. Judging for all shows will be in alphabetical order unless otherwise stated in the schedule.

DEFINITION OF CLASSES: (Age of exhibits is now not published in each schedule).

See Prize Schedule for classes offered. It does not follow that, because a class is defined here, there necessarily is one offered for any particular breed. Please read the schedule carefully and complete the entry form in block letters.

NUMBERING OF BREED CLASSES

1 - Baby Puppy Dog; 2 - Minor Puppy Dog; 3Puppy Dog; 4 - Junior Dog; 5 - Intermediate Dog; 6 - Novice Dog; 7 - Graduate Dog; 8 - Limit Dog; 9 - State Bred; 10 - Australian Bred; 11 - Open Dog; 12 - Veteran; 13 - Veteran; 14 - Bred by Exhibitor; 15 - Puppy Neuter; 16 - Junior Neuter; 17 Intermediate Neuter; 18 - Open Neuter; 21 - Champion Class (Open Shows only); Bitches to be numbered 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, 12A, 13A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 17A, 18A and 21A respectively.

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CLASSIFICATIONS

1. BABY PUPPY, for dogs of three months and under six months of age.

2. MINOR PUPPY, for dogs of six and under nine months of age.

3. PUPPY, for dogs of six months of age and under 12 months of age

4. JUNIOR, for dogs of nine months and under 18 months of age.

5. INTERMEDIATE, for dogs of 18 months and under 36 months of age.

6. NOVICE, for dogs six months of age or over which have not won a first prize at any parade/open show or championship show (subject to member body rules). Baby puppy and local classes excepted.

7. GRADUATE, for dogs six months of age or over which have not won a challenge certificate.

8. LIMIT, for dogs over 12 months of age which are not champions, or have gained sufficient points to qualify as a champion. NOTE - The qualifications for the NOVICE, GRADUATE and LIMIT classes, shall only include wins up to and including the day before the date of the entry close.

9. STATE BRED, for dogs six months of age or over, whelped in the state or territory in which it is exhibited.

10. AUSTRALIAN BRED, for dogs six months of age or over, whelped in Australia. (A state and/or territory may reserve the right to exclude all, or any, of the recognised Australian breeds.)

11. OPEN, for all dogs six months of age or over, and of a breed or variety recognised by the ANKC.

12. VETERAN, 7 years and over

13. VETERAN, 10 years and over NOTE:ANKC Regulations Part 5, Clause 1.5 Only entire dogs and bitches can compete in the veteran classes at specialist and semi-specialist show where the winners are eligible to compete for challenge certificates

14. BRED BY EXHIBITOR, for dogs aged six months and over. The exhibit must be owned and handled by the breeder of record.

15. PUPPY NEUTER, for neuter dogs aged six and under twelve months.

16. 16. JUNIOR NEUTER, For neuter dogs aged nine and under eighteen months.

17. INTERMEDIATE NEUTER, For neuter dogs aged eighteen and under thirty-six months.

18. OPEN NEUTER, for neuter dogs aged six months or over.

19. ANKC clause 3.2 “Classes 15, 16, 17 & 18 shall be ineligible to compete against entire exhibits for challenge or best of breed awards.”

20. To compete in neuter classes a dog must be registered as a neuter on the main register.

Refer to Dogs Australia Regulation Part 5 Section 7.7 for neuter championship points system.

CHAMPION CLASS, for exhibits which have qualified as champions. This class is for both dogs and bitches for each breed at open shows. The winners of these classes are not eligible to compete for best dog, best bitch, or best of breed therefore they cannot compete for any group award other than best champion in group or any in show award other than best champion in show. The above class shall be judged as the first class of each breed at open shows. Where class 21 or 21A are not offered champions shall compete in ordinary classes.

LOCAL CLASSES AT CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWS - are classes for exhibits of at least six months of age owned by exhibitors residing within a specified radius of the exhibition. The body holding the exhibition shall have the power to specify any radius up to 50 km. If the radius is not specified in the schedule it shall be taken to be 50 km. Local classes may not be offered within 160 km radius of the GPO Melbourne. Wins in local classes shall count against the eligibility of a dog only for restricted local classes.

7.2.17 Baby puppies are not eligible to compete outside of baby puppy class except only for baby puppy special prizes.

Dogs Australia Regulations Part 5 - Show, Section 1, Clause 1.6 Where a member body regulations allow for property and special classes at specialty shows, neuter dogs and bitches shall be eligible to enter.

Challenge Certificates

7.7.19 When a specialist breed club or semispecialist (variety breed) club is conducting its annual championship show, challenge and best of breed certificates shall be restricted (not be offered) for that breed at any other championship show conducted on that day in Victoria. At that other championship show:

7.7.19.1 the scheduled classes for the breed to which the restriction refers may be conducted,

7.7.19.2 the “restricted” winners of these classes may compete for special prizes such as “best of class in group” and “best of class in show”. 7.7.19.3 the “restricted” winner may not compete for “best of breed”, “best in group” or best in show” or any other competition which is available to challenge or best of breed winners only. Where permission has been granted for a breed club or variety breed club championship show to be conducted in conjunction with, and on the same grounds as, the championship show of its group club or an all breeds championship show, this Regulation shall not apply.

National Shows

Where a national show is held, no challenge certificates shall be awarded for the breed/s involved in the national show, within a radius of 1000 km from the show on that day/s.

Junior Handler Classes at all Breeds Championship Shows

Dogs Australia Regulations Part 15B, Section 7

An affiliated club, other than a breed or group specialist club, must conduct a junior handler competition at one of its shows in each calendar year. 7.1 Where an affiliated club conducts more than one show over a weekend the junior handler competition must not be conducted on a regular school day and must be conducted on the weekend or days proclaimed a school holiday unless out of school hours.

7.2 Where a junior handler competition is to be held by an affiliated club, the competition must be advertised in the official schedule lodged with the controlling body in respect of the show. 7.3 Entry fees may not be charged in respect of junior handler competitions.

Correctness of details on the entry forms Every person who enters a dog in any fixture conducted under these Regulations shall be responsible for the correctness of details on the entry form. The dog entered is to be owned or leased by the person who is named as the exhibitor on the entry form and registered as such with the State Controlling Body in which the exhibitor resides. The dog entered must hold a current vaccination certificate issued by a veterinarian. Exhibitors and dogs participating at an exhibition do so at their own risk.

Online Entries

When entering events using an online entry provider entries will close at midnight on the day online entries close unless stated otherwise in the schedule.

REGISTRATION AND EXHIBITION OF DOGS Dogs Victoria MEMBERSHIP ESSENTIAL

Regulation 3.3.1

A person cannot exhibit, handle or officiate at a VCA approved exhibition, or participate in VCA breeding activities, unless that person is a financial member of an Dogs Australia recognised state member canine controlling body.

Children under the age of seven years are not permitted to exhibit, handle or officiate in the judging ring at approved Dogs Victoria fixtures.

Dogs Australia Regulations Part 5 Section 8

8.2 Excepting as provided for in Regulation

8.3, handlers at all competitions must be financial members of the controlling body in the state or territory in which they reside.

8.3 A person, who is not a resident of Australia, and is able to provide written advice to the secretary of the affiliate conducting the event from the recognised controlling body of their country of residence that they are permitted to handle dogs at championship exhibitions held in that country, may handle at all competitions conducted by member bodies for a period of up to three months on each visit.