Warren finished his championship this weekend. He needed 2 points and Friday was 2 points. There was a major on Saturday, but only if Warren was shown to hold the points.
The number of points depends on the number of dogs of a particular breed entered. The point scale changes each year in May. Currently, to earn 2 points in male shelties, there need to be between 6-8 males entered in the classes competing for championship points. To earn a major (3-5 points) there needs to be between 9-14 male shelties entered. Saturday the entry for males, including Warren, was 9.
Once a dog is a champion, they compete in a different class against other champions. Champions, and the class they compete in is often referred to as "Specials". If Warren had been moved to the Specials class, the entry for the dogs competing for championship points would have been 8, or 2 points. To earn a championship, a dog must win 2 majors under 2 different judges.
He was entered in the Bred-by-Exhibitor class which I feel is a class in which the exhibitor proudly puts their best dogs, and shows to win. Other exhibitors asked that Warren not be moved to the specials class so that the major "would hold"- the term we use when enough dogs are competing- the opposite thing we say is "the major broke"- meaning that enough dogs were absent the number competing went below the thresh hold for 3 points. I didn't want to not show to him to his best advantage so I moved him to the Open sable & White class and asked someone else to show him. They did a good job, but he was not as in-sync with them and it worked- a different dog won the major- which finished that dog's championship requirements. They told me they were not coming back on Sunday so I moved Warren to the Specials Class to be shown as a Champion. Sunday we won Best of Breed.
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