MINNESOTA BRITTANY CLUB AWARDS

Points will be based on trials and shows for the calendar year.

To be eligible, a member must have been a member of the Minnesota Brittany Club for the current year (Members-at-large or other regional club members who transfer to the Minnesota Brittany Club are eligible in the initial calendar year only if they have moved into the area served by the Minnesota Brittany Club).

The awards (dual, field, show, obedience) will be based on AKC and American Field trial results published in the PURE-BRED DOGS – AMERICAN KENNEL GAZETTE and AMERICAN FIELD, and on AKC show results published in the PURE-BRED DOGS – AMERICAN KENNEL GAZETTE.  All points must be verified.  It is important that you list the date, trial/show and points won.  This will greatly help our 3^rd Vice President.

Junior Handler and Young Handler will be selected by the Awards Committee from information submitted.  These young people must be from a club member’s household.

All dogs will be recognized in The American Brittany magazine with the dual dog getting top recognition.  The club will run a full page ad in the magazine – if we have a dual award winner, it would get half (1/2) of the page and a photo – the other winners would receive the other half (1/2) page; and if no dual award was given, they would only run a half (1/2) page ad listing the award, dog’s name, owner, and handler if desired.

It will be the owner’s responsibility to contact the current committee chairperson or club secretary giving the placements for their Brittany.  These wins will be verified as mentioned above.

The points for show and field are shown in the following schedules:

If a dog is a Field Champion, Amateur Champion, or Champion, it shall be given the following points each year for the dual award:

AKC Field Champion – 40 points, AKC Amateur Champion – 30 points, if no points were earned.  If more than the 30/40 field points were earned, the earned points will be used but not both.

AKC Show Champion – 40 points if no show points were earned.  If more than 40 show points were earned, the earned points will be used but not both.

The obedience award will be based on the average of the three highest scores.  Companion Dog Excellent title will add three points on to the average.  Utility Dog title will add five points on to the average.

By using the schedules, points for the dual dog award are calculated as follows:

                                                            Field Trial Points             Show Points  

Dual Dog Award Points =            Total Field Trial       x            Total Show Points

                                                            Points for All Dual            for All Dual Dogs

                                                            Dogs

The dual dog must accumulate points in both field (with first or second place) and show (actual AKC show points, and/or futurity Show Points Schedule).  The 40 points given to the Field Champion, the 30 points given to the amateur Champion, and the 40 points given to the Show Champion count as accumulated points.

Show Point Schedule – All Breed Shows

Use only highest win for each show.  For instance, if you dog won first place in Open dog, plus winners Dog, plus Best of Winners, plus Best of Breed, use only Best of Breed.

            Puppy (All Classes)            1^st – 5 points

            Novice                           1^st – 5 points

            American Bred               1^st – 5 points

            Bred by Exhibitor            1^st – 5 points

            Open                            1^st – 5 points

            Winners                        10 points for each show point earned

            Reserve Winners            5 points for each show point from winners class

            Best of Winners                        15 points for each show point earned

Best of Opposite Sex            20 points for each show point for his or her sex when Best of

                                    Winners is the opposing sex; when BW is the same sex as BOS

                                    use the same earned points as BW

            Best of Breed                25 points for highest show points earned

            Group Wins                 1^st – 200 points, 2^nd – 180 points, 3^rd – 160 points, 4^th – 140 point

Show Point Schedule – Specialty Shows

Identical to above (All Breed Shows) through Best of Breed

Show Point Schedule – Futurity

            Best in Futurity             25 points for each show point ‘earned’

            Best of Opposite Sex            20 points for each show point ‘earned’

            2^nd Money              15 points for each show point ‘earned’

            3^rd Money              10 points for each show point ‘earned’

Field Trial Point Schedule

Regional Puppy stakes                                      Adult Classics

            1^st – 4 points for each dog running                   1^st – 12 points for each dog running

            2^nd – 3 points for each dog running                   2^nd – 11 points for each dog running

            3^rd – 2 points for each dog running                   3^rd – 10 points for each dog running

            4^th – 1 point for each dog running                   4^th – 9 points for each dog running

Regional Derby stakes                                      National Championships

            1^st – 5 points for each dog running                   1^st – 15 points for each dog running

            2^nd – 4 points for each dog running                   2^nd – 14 points for each dog running

            3^rd – 3 points for each dog running                   3^rd – 13 points for each dog running

            4^th – 2 points for each dog running                   4^th – 12 points for each dog running

Regional Adult stake & State Championships

            1^st – 10 points for each dog running

            2^nd – 8 points for each dog running

            3^rd – 7 points for each dog running

            4^th – 6 points for each dog running

Futurity, State & Regional Derby Championships

            1^st – 8 points for each dog running

            2^nd – 7 points for each dog running

            3^rd – 6 points for each dog running