For those who have not participated in a race, the grouping and competition of the all-breed competition is a bit complicated.

Although it is said that dogs participating in all-breed competitions are similar to humans participating in beauty pageants, there is still a big difference.

The reason is that there are too many breeds of dogs.

If a human woman participates in a beauty contest, as long as she is young, beautiful, and in good shape, she will all be thrown together, and then compared one link at a time, and then the regional champion, the overall champion, etc. will be determined.

The All-Breed Contest is not.

There are more than 100 breeds of dogs that are recognized as pedigree dogs and allowed to compete under the FCI banner.

And each breed has its own unique evaluation criteria.

Therefore, dogs participating in the competition must first participate in the competition between their own breeds, and then determine the champion of the single dog breed B.O.B (Best of Breed).

For example, the prince had to compete in the schnauzer group first, while Yang Mu had to compete in the border herding group first.

In this way, there will be a bit more than 100 single-breed champions, if the more than 100 purebred dogs recognized by the FCI have dogs to compete, there are more than 100 single-breed champions alone.

There are too many champions, and it's a bit of a hassle to continue to compare.

So the FCI divided so many dog breeds into 10 groups, also called dog populations.

For example, if Yang Mu wins the single-dog championship of the border herding, he will have to participate in the competition of the herding dog and cattle herd, and compete for the championship of this dog breed with 13 breeds such as German herd, Su Mu, Shelty, and Belgian shepherd.

The champion of the dog breed is called B.O.G (Best in Group).

As for the prince, there are more dog breeds in that dog breed, including 23 dog breeds such as Pinsers, Schnauzers, Mastiffs, and Swiss Mountain Dogs.

After the championship of the 10 dog breeds was announced, it was finally the overall champion B.O.S (Best in Show) to compete.

The champion dog (B.O.G) of the 10 dog breeds will be put together to determine the overall winner (B.O.S).

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Anyway, grouping and competitions are not generally complicated.

Yang Mu's herding dog and cattle dog group is in the first group, and the border collie is the third breed in this group.

Therefore, after Yang Mu walked around the arena for a while, he had to prepare to participate in the competition.

Even if it's a single-dog breed race, it's not that simple.

Even the border herders are divided into nine groups: the extra young group (3-6 months), the young group (6-9 months), the youth group (9-18 months), the intermediate group (18-24 months), the breeding display group, the open group, the working group, the champion group, and the senior group.

So, the first thing to do is to play in groups.

Moreover, each group should be divided into male dogs and female dogs.

Sounds rather complicated.

Yang Mu thought to himself, where did so many dogs participate in the competition?

But he quickly figured it out.

There are so many dog owners in the country, and there are probably no less than a million of them just for border herding, among which there are not a few pedigree dogs.

The most important point is that according to the regulations of FCI and CKA, it is not as simple as participating in one competition to win the championship for a dog in order to be recognized as a champion dog.

For example, the Chinese champion registered dog, the simplest "Chinese Champion Qualification Certificate" requires the dog to obtain at least 4 CC (Chinese Champion Beauty Pageant Qualification, the first place in each group competition of a single dog breed), and 1 BOB/BOS/BOW score.

On top of the "China Champion Qualification Certificate", there are also "Bronze Champion Qualification Certificate", "Silver Champion Qualification Certificate", "Gold Champion Qualification Certificate" and "Super Champion Qualification Certificate", each of which is more demanding than the other.

It is not so easy for a competition-level dog to become a champion dog, and it is necessary to keep participating and get more CC, BOB, BOG, BOS certificates in order to be eligible to register as a champion dog of different levels.

Therefore, for many people who want to make their dogs a champion dog, they will take their dogs to participate in various all-breed competitions across the country and even around the world.

In short, although the name of this competition is now the South China Championship of the All Dog Breed Competition, the participating dogs come from all over the country and even the world, and there are more than 100 border herders alone.

If you want to achieve, you must fight your way out of a large number of excellent bloodline dogs.

Because Lao Hei is more than two years old, and does not meet the qualification requirements of the breeding display group, working group, and champion group, Yang Mu participated in the open group competition.

Even if it's a group race in a single dog breed, it's not that simple.

First of all, you have to pass the dog trial.

Yang Mu was carried onto a high booth, and the dog judge approached.

Dog examiners are not easy.

The dog judge must first have the qualification of referee in the whole dog breed competition, and must be familiar with all kinds of dogs, and some are even senior breeding experts of certain dog breeds.

The dog judge first stood about a meter away from Yang Mu and began to stare at Yang Mu's eyes.

This is to check whether Yang Mu's socialization training is qualified.

If Yang Mu is timid at this time, or shows a tendency to attack, I'm sorry, the socialization is unqualified, and he will be eliminated immediately.

This was what Mi Li was most worried about the prince before.

Yang Mu naturally has no problem in this regard.

He stood in the most heroic standard posture on the booth like a military posture, and then stuck out his tongue and smiled at the dog judge.

"Good dog. The dog warden gave a thumbs up, and then approached.

Now it's time for a condition check.

The dog examiner will check Yang Mu's teeth one by one, and then conduct a touch review, including lips, ***, color, claw color, skin, as well as back and waist, cross, hips, etc.

Anyway, in just one minute, Yang Mu was touched all over his body by the male dog judge, and even his mouth was opened by him.

Fortunately, the dog judge gave another evaluation: "Good dog." ”

This means that Yang Mu is eligible to officially participate in the competition.

It's not time to compete.

The next step is to take a bath and beautify yourself.

In order to do well in the competition, every dog must take a good bath and groom before the competition.

This is for the dog to appear in front of the referee with the best posture and appearance.

Therefore, the competition venue is divided into three parts, one is the beauty area, the second is the competition waiting area, and the third is the competition area.

Yang Mu was brought into the beauty area by rice grains.

Now this is the world of border herding.

Many of the best purebred border collies from all over the country and even the world are gathered here, ready to compete after grooming.

Yang Mu took a comfortable bath by the rice grains again.

Then he was carried to the beauty table again, dried by the young lady with a hair dryer, and then carefully trimmed by the young lady with a comb and scissors.

I'm definitely handsome now!

Accompanied by rice grains, Yang Mu confidently arrived at the competition waiting area.

After the competition of the special young group, the young group, the youth group, the middle group, and the breeding display group in front of the competition, it was Yang Mu's turn to play.

Yang Mu couldn't help shouting: The champion of the all-breed competition, I'm here!