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I just finished two dogs that seemed to finish CH easily enough. How do I predict if they could be competitive enough for GCH? How do you decide who to keep showing?

In general, I look at how often the dog went BOB or BOS. You can finish a CH with WD/WB - but in order to get the GCH points you're going to have to be BOB/BOS - so if I have a dog that finished with just WD/WB points and few to no BOB/BOS I won't put in the effort (and $$ stacking shows) to finish the GCH.

That's a great question and I would love to hear what other's think.


**Edited to add - in my breeds where there are few-no other players I usually only go for GCH on an outstanding dog that I intend to use heavily in my breeding program. I like the GCH on the pedigree, but it can be a time/$$ drain.

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Last edited by rhondacline on 7/17/2015 10:27:14 AM

I base my decision much as Rhonda said - BOB and BOS wins, plus age, sex.

If it's a female of breeding age I may take her out for a litter then re-evaluate the competition.

I just campaign to GCH whichever dog and bitch CH that I have with the highest SOP's at the time.

Yep I pretty much use the same criteria as those listed above:

- I look to see where they rank in for the breed that month compared to all the others showing.

- I see how many days they took to get their CH title

- They must be regularly (every day or every 2nd day) be taking BOB or BOS.

- Generally I prefer if they have taken at least 1 Group placement too.

Sometimes it comes down to how many dogs I am showing at that time too. Plus if its a bitch - I'm less likely to put c GCH title on her as I value her more for breeding - unless she is like the Top Dog of that breed.

In one of my other kennels I campaigned a bitch til she was 120 days old. She finished in the Top 10 of her Breed - ALL TIME!. But then she didn't get to have her 1st litter til she was 126 days old lol.

Thanks! This has helped a lot. I'll probably try it out for a few days with one of the dogs.

It helps to be selective about the judges you show under. I usually look back through the show record and pick out 4 or 5 that the dog placed highest under (taking handlers into account). No sense spending an entry fee if the judge doesn't like your dog relative to the others currently showing!