Conformation

This scheme is directly inspired by the original Petz Kennel Club showing scheme, and aims to be it's spiritual successor. Much of this information will be directly quoted from PKC.

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There are 3 rings a pet may by judged in. This method is the same for Conformation and Grand Conformation.

Each breed is judged separately. The best petz are awarded and may or may not earn points.

BOS is only awarded if there are at least 2 petz that are the opposite sex of the BOB winner.

The top pet of each breed (BOB or HM/PICK if less than 5 entries) moves on to compete in the next ring.

The top pet of each Breed Ring now competes for Group placements. Dog groups are awarded four placements, G1-G4. Catz groups (which have less breeds) are awarded 2 placements, G1 and G2.

Special Note: If a pet places PICK or HM in the Breed Ring and then places G1-4 in the Group Ring, the PICK/HM placement is upgraded to BOB as congratulations for placing. This means every pet that achieves a Group placement gets at least 2 points from the Breed Ring.

G1 from each group moves on to compete in the next ring.

The 7 G1 Dogz compete for 7 WC placements: BIS, BW, RW, W1, W2, W3 and W4.

The 6 G1 Catz compete for 6 WC placements: BIS, BW, RW, W1, W2 and W3.

Conformation is extremely competitive - many petz that reach Champion will never place above BOB. A Group placement is considered pretty great and a WC placement is considered excellent.