# My dog got his championship **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799 "2003-06-05T12:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiger)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/1 "2003-06-05T12:16:06Z")
My 9 month old puppy took 3 majors (that means he beat a lot of dogs) in 3 days and finished his AKC championship. I guess I’ll forgive him for chewing up my baseboards. :eek: Here’s his mugshot: [Best of Breed win](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/blancm3/images/bob_mattaponi2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/2 "2003-06-05T12:36:25Z")
What a beautiful little dog! And already best in breed at nine months! I’m impressed. He’s still a bad widdle boy to eat the baseboards, though. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/3 "2003-06-05T12:37:18Z")
Cool! What breed is he? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/4 "2003-06-05T12:37:40Z")
Congrats! He’s gorgeous! (And looks like he knows it!) My SIL’s Clumber spaniel ate a bookcase. ---
**Author:** ![Kiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiger)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/5 "2003-06-05T12:53:38Z")
He’s a Shiba Inu. He ate 2 of my windowsills too. He only has about a dozen chewies he could have been gnawing on instead, but NOoooooo… ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/6 "2003-06-05T13:04:20Z")
What a lovely looking dog. A real beauty. I would forgive him too. I have one that likes to chew also. Which is the reason I had to buy a $100 couch cover that won’t stay in place. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Miabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Miabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miabella)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/7 "2003-06-05T13:40:22Z")
Congratulations, that is wonderful! I love watching conformation shows. I compete in obedience with my dog, but I love checking out all the beauties in the breed ring. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/8 "2003-06-05T13:59:02Z")
HEY! Dat’s a SHIBA! My lil’ guy’s a Shiba, too. Not a champion :-(, but he’s perfect in me and Mr. Athena’s minds. They’re wonderful dogs. (and how the hell did you get so many responses to this thread without ONE saying “Hey - he looks like a little fox!”?!?) ---
**Author:** ![Kiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiger)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/9 "2003-06-05T14:25:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Athena \* > \*\*HEY! > > Dat’s a SHIBA! > > My lil’ guy’s a Shiba, too. Not a champion :-(, but he’s perfect in me and Mr. Athena’s minds. They’re wonderful dogs. > > (and how the hell did you get so many responses to this thread without ONE saying “Hey - he looks like a little fox!”?!?) \*\* Shhhh… I’m sure it’s coming. 😉 The best was when someone asked me if he was a wolf. Smallest wolf I’ve ever seen. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/10 "2003-06-05T15:04:24Z")
He is beautiful! Is there an age requirement for dogs to compete? How can judges compare a puppy with a full-grown dog? (Or is he full-grown?) My dog ate our carpet but she didn’t win a championship to make up for it. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/11 "2003-06-05T15:14:52Z")
Wow - finished as a puppy? that’s really rare, especially for AKC! Especially for a rare breed… with majors! Wow. CONGRATS! I have an Aussie right now who’s being shown CKC/ASCA and soon AKC. She has a 3 point major in CKC, which she took as a 6 month old puppy. The catch is that right now she’s 16 months and thin as a rail. Booyeah. talk about awkward. I don’t think she’ll finish before she fills up, which means until she’s about 3 years old or so! **Velma** in answer to your question - yes, you can “finish” a puppy from 6 months of age. Dogs are not being compared to each other, but to their breed standard 🙂 Some puppies just meet the breed standard even as little tykes - others go through awkward phases - especially the larger breeds. I know a little english springer spaniel that was winning show upon show as a junior puppy (6-9 months) - going Best Puppy in Show AND Best in Show as a pup! Impressive, to say the least. In some breed clubs, like ASCA which has its own conformation shows (that’s championship stuff), the dog needs two majors (which means defeating a larger number of dogs in competition at one time). In other clubs, dogs need to have competed as dogs over 1 year of age before they can get their Championship (just to make sure they mature to the breed stardard, too - since they’re not done growing until they’are 2 or so…) In Scandinavia, some breed clubs require the dogs to pass “instinct tests” - like herding tests or hunting tests before a dog can get their conformation championship. In other words, the dogs have to prove they meet the standard’s temperament/workability! 🙂 I find that neat. ---
**Author:** ![Salieri2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Salieri2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salieri2)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/12 "2003-06-05T15:18:01Z")
Hey - he looks like a little fox!! ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/13 "2003-06-05T15:26:14Z")
I love shibas! They are the most gorgeous little dogs - and congrats on his win! Only 9 months? That’s pretty freakin’ impressive. Ava ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-got-his-championship/179799/14 "2003-06-05T15:40:16Z")
You crossed a fox and a wolf, huh. Is there anything recombinant DNA technology can’t do?