UKC Top 10 Invitational and Premier Shows
Posted By Karyn on July 23, 2010
We took another road-trip from July 6th through 11th – to Indiana this time! Tycho & Bugsy were entered in the UKC Top 10 Invitational and we entered Tycho, Caesar, Skye & Bijou in the three Premier shows over the 3 days from Friday to Sunday. Unfortunately Bugsy & Bijou decided to shed all their coat so they looked like coyotes come the time :-(. So Bugsy stayed home in Canada & Bijou chilled out all weekend while the other 3 worked! We had a wonderful time over the 4 days we were there & really enjoyed the company , dogs and multitude of activities. We also had a very successful time with the dogs.
First off, Tycho wowed us all by finishing in 8th place in the Top 10, out of an entry of 483 dogs from many, many breeds. This competition was an invitational for the Top 10 winners in each breed by virtue of dogs defeated in the breed during the previous year (2009). Tycho finished as the #1 Malamute for 2009 and Bugsy was #5. The invited dogs could enter the competition and of all the eligible dogs 483 entered. Initially the judging was in the breed to pick the Best of Breed to go forward to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, all the BOB winners competed in 5 arbitrarily divided groups of dogs (i.e. they were not divided into the usual recognized groups but randomly so you had dogs from all the groups represented in each semi-final group). 4 dogs from each of these “groups” were selected by the group judge to compete in the final. In the final of 20 dogs, each dog was judged by 3 judged and given a score. These scores were then tallied and the winners were the ones with the highest scores. The top 10 placed dogs all received a lovely ribbon and a trophy bowl, which now stands proudly on our mantel! The winner was an American Pit Bull Terrier and received a larger ribbon and larger trophy bowl!
In the Premier shows, Tycho won the breed every day and also was placed 4th in the Group on Friday and then FIRST on Sunday!! Skye won the champion class on Friday and Caesar won both Saturday & Sunday. He just need one more win to become a Grand Champion!
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