On the contrary, Ed, Canada now has a "major" requirement "Conformation championship points are awarded at Conformation Shows. To become a Conformation Champion, your dog must earn at least 10 points under at least three different judges and have earned at least one 2-point win, either at the breed or group level. Your dog must also be individually registered with the CKC or have an Event Registration Number. " Points are awarded as follows: dogs competing 1 2 3-5 6-9 10-12 13 or more points 0 1 2 3 4 5 these days it is often difficult to get 2 points in some breeds...BOW points are given according to the combined number of class dogs shows of both sexes. a dog can also earn points with a 1st to 4th group placings if enough breeds are competing in the group Sue Madlung - Shadowacre Reg'd German Shepherds http://www.shadowacre.com/biologic.htm for TESTIMONIALS Give your dogs the Ultimate in Nutritional Support! BiologicVETNx -the PERFECT supplementation for Raw Diets! http://www.biologicnr.com/biologicvetnx/ Contact Shadowacre for breeder program Information ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin Hill" <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 5:22 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Majors and Minors who need em > Once again adding my unpopular opinion ( no wonder I got trounced in the election...lol)...I say do like the Canadians, get rid of majors...have a dog win 15 points under 3 different judges, end of story...I know what you're thinking, you're thinking that will increase the amount of so-called cheap champions, what ever that means...I say with the way this sport is going anything that increases anything is a good thing ( except for cost increases)...this way no one has to worry about holding or breaking majors...the show will be worth 1,2,3,4, or 5 points depending on the number shown...we may as well not have majors now with the decrease in numbers to make a major...what was it 15 or so years ago you needed 60 or so bitches to make a 5 point major.....now its hard to find a specialty with 60 dogs total....it will never happen, but it should...Ed Hill > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================