If a dog is limping, e.g. due to an injury, then it can worsen the injury if the dog is medicated with pain-easing medication in order to participate in e.g. a field trial or an agility competition.
Competitions are about electing the dog that performs best on the given day. In order for the competition to be fair, all competitors must compete on the same terms. It must be the dog’s own hereditary abilities, combined with the owner’s excellent training, that makes a winner; thus, not any performance-enhancing medicaments.
The participation in dog sports competitions is a hobby, but for many breeds it is also the foundation of choosing a suitable mate. Through the prizing of dogs at shows, working trials and the like, it is possible to document that a dog is breed typical in relation to exterior, temperament and/or working abilities. It is, therefore, important – and necessary – that a dog is judged as it is. Their performances cannot be affected by medication or surgical intervention that are suppressing or have moderated possible hereditary diseases or corrected any faults in beauty.
a. Dogs owned and registered in all countries can become a Danish beauty champion by obtaining 3 certificates (3 CACs) under 3 different judges. The last CAC must be obtained after the dog has attained the age of 24 months.
b. Dogs owned and registered in a country where the kennel club is recognised by the FCI can moreover become a Danish beauty champion by obtaining 1 certificate (CAC) after 1 January 2008, if the dog has obtained a national beauty champion title in an FCI member country. In this case, the Danish CAC does not have to be obtained after the dog has attained the age of 24 months, if the foreign national championship releasing the Danish championship has been obtained after the dog has attained the age of 24 months. It is a condition that the last CAC for the foreign championship has been obtained after the dog has attained the age of 24 months. It is not enough that the foreign kennel club has confirmed the championship after the dog has attained the age of 24 months.
Further requirements
For some breeds, a working trial, a certain hip dysplasia level or the like is required in order to become a Danish beauty champion. These further requirements must of course in both of the above cases be fulfilled in order for the dog to become a Danish beauty champion. The requirements that must be met in order to become a Danish Beauty Champion appear from the DKK show regulations. Danish-owned dogs must meet the requirements mentioned in the show regulations. Foreign-owned dogs must meet requirements that are comparable with the Danish requirements. For specific breed information e.g. regarding trials or other demands, please consult the DKK information stands at our international shows or contact the information department at Dansk Kennel Klub.
It is possible to acquire the titles 'Danish Junior Champion' (DKJUCH) and 'Danish Veteran Champion' (DKVECH). It is possible to achieve the CACs for these titles at Danish CAC-shows, including DKK's international and Nordic shows, the national shows and breed club shows.
How to acquire the titles
Junior CACs will be awarded in the junior classes and veteran CACs will be awarded in the veteran classes.
The criteria for achieving the junior- or veteran CAC is at minimum Excellent with CQ.
The junior- and veteran CACs can move to the next dog in the class with Excellent and CQ in the same way the "real" CAC can move down the placement line.
There is also the awarding of res. CACs i junior- and veteran classes in the same manner of the "real" res. CAC.
The requirements for the titles are 3 x junior- or veteran CACs under 3 different judges.
The junior- and veteran championship does not give access to the champion class, there is no 1 CAC-rule and no working test demands.
The following breeds are excepted from the tail docking prohibition:
If a dog has been born stump-tailed (with a natural bobtail), it must as far as Danish bred dogs are concerned appear on the dog's pedigree certificate.
As far as foreign-bred dogs are concerned, a veterinary certificate issued in English in the country where the dog has been bred must be presented, certifying that the dog has been born stump-tailed.
For dogs born after 1 October 2004, only the following breeds can have inserted in the pedigree certificate that the dog has been born stump-tailed (with a natural bobtail):
Dogs without tail or with only a part of the tail born after 1 October 2004 of all other breeds than the above are considered missing a part of the body and consequently they cannot be shown (must be disqualified).
Furthermore, according to Danish legislation removal of dewclaws with the purpose of changing the dog's appearance is forbidden.
As legislation regarding docking/other surgical interventions varies from country to country, the judge must not when judging consider whether the dog has in accordance with the breed standard been docked or had its dewclaws removed.