Page 18 - Chow Life - Spring 2016

CCCI Points
What Really Counts

by Michael Heldt

So you finished your Chow Chow added throughout the entire year to
and now you have decided to determine placements at the end of
Special it. Now what? How the show year. With Chow Chows,
do you track your standings both breed and all-breed points have
for breed and all-breed points special rules that affect how they are
throughout the year? Are you calculated throughout the year...
aware of the CCCI Awards
rules that affect both breed
and all-breed totals for Chow Breed Points
Chows? I will try and touch on Let’s look closer at breed points
the various rules that apply to and how CCCI Award rules affect
our Chows and the CCCI Awards them. One of the unique things
as well as information on where to regarding breed points with CCCI is
locate your standings. that you can also earn breed points
With a recent change in our by going Best of Opposite Sex. To
points to calculate from January 1st count your breed points for a Best of
through December 31st each year, it Opposite Sex win, you subtract the
aligned us with most of the systems number of Chows of the same sex
used to calculate both breed and all- as your dog or bitch that exhibited
breed standings for dogs. at the show. For example, if your
male goes Best of Opposite Sex to
First, for anyone who is new to a bitch at a show and there were a
the Specials ring, let us review the total of 6 males shown (be sure to
basics of calculating points. Breed count both males entered as Specials
points are defined by counting the and class dogs as well) you would
total number of dogs defeated in receive 5 breed points for that Best
the ring each day by going Best of of Opposite Sex win. In addition, if
Breed . For example, if there was the Chow that goes Best of Winners
a total of 10 Chow Chows entered is the same sex as the Chow that
in the show and you were awarded wins Best of Opposite Sex, you also
Best of Breed, you would receive count the total number of Chows of
9 breed points that day (10 Chows the opposite sex that were exhibited
less your Chow Chow). All-breed in the classes (be sure not to count
points are calculated by counting all the Specials that were an opposite
the dogs you beat by taking a group sex as your dog). For example, with
placement at a show. For example, the preceding example of 6 total
if you went Group 1 at a show in dogs entered, there were also 3 class
the non-sporting group you would bitches and the dog goes Best of
count all the dogs entered in the Winners, you would also add the 3
non-sporting group and subtract one bitches to your breed point total for
for your dog. Always remember to that day. Your total breed points
subtract your own Chow Chow from would then be 8 for that show. In
both breed and all-breed points, the following chart, you can see
since you cannot defeat yourself at how these numbers for the Best
a show. Also, be sure to only count of Opposite Sex winner would be
the actual dogs that exhibit at the calculated if the class dog goes Best
show. You cannot count absent of Winners:
dogs in breed and all-breed points.
Both breed and all-breed points are