Letters infront of dogs names

[Annette4]

I'm tracing my dogs lines and was wondering if anyone knew what letters such as CH NZ ch mean in pedigree dogs names

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Champion. (I believe)

 

[Acolyte]

They are show titles - so CH is champion, NZ CH is New Zealand Champion etc

Also you can have (if it is a gundog) FT Ch which is a field trial champion...ummm.....there are others which I cant think of immediately, but will be able to answer if you can post any specfic queries

Champions are usually written in red on pedigrees - the dog concerned has won three challenge certificates at championship shows to become a champion, the CCs must be awarded by different judges when the dog is over twelve months old.

Hope this helps

 

[Annette4]

ahh....thank you.....do the KC have a list of what the different ones mean? it seems my little man (Corgi) is quite well to do

 

[Acolyte]

Possibly, it might be worth looking on their website?

If you have a Corgi then it will only be Champion which you see before the name, possibly with a different country of origin - e.g. New Zealand is NZCh, Finland is FinCh etc

If they have letters after their name it is probably JW for junior warrant - it means the dog has won a certain number of points as a junior (under 18 months old) so will possibly be "Ch Someones Corgi JW" to indicate it is a champion and won its junior warrant

 

[Annette4]

It seems he has lots of English Champions in his blood...

One is CH UKG which I'm assuming is United Kingdom something

 

[Acolyte]

I must admit that I have never heard of UKG

I have just searched for it on the Kennel Club website but got no hits

Could it be the prefix of the breeder? I am intrigued now

 

[Annette4]

Me too.....only gone back 10 generations so far and found 9 English Champions.....quite proud of my little mutt

 

[Acolyte]

Be warned, it gets addictive

I did a complete 10 generation pedigree for my little cavalier when I was a kid - it took me months and months as there were some dogs where I couldnt find the breeding

Enjoy your research

 

[Annette4]

Can't find anything on mums side so far (although she's a lovely dog as are her other litters.....they live a mile away)....this is only dads side.....just got to try and not let it take over dissertation and other such boring things

 

[HeatherAda]

I see a big distraction project coming on... good luck!

 

[MurphysMinder]

There is a really good website called www.pedigreedatabase.com which is great for tracing pedigrees. Or it is in GSD anyway, try going to the site and putting corgis in the search box. Good luck with your search, its very addictive once you start I warn you.

 

[Annette4]

MM....Thats where I've been looking

 

[cefyl]

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It seems he has lots of English Champions in his blood...

One is CH UKG which I'm assuming is United Kingdom something

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Is the pedigree handwritten? If it is it may be UKC (not UKG). The UKC (United Kennel Club) as the second oldest dog registry in the USA, the AKC being the first. The UKC recognises more breeds than the AKC. It is geared more towards working trials (hunting, training, instinct) but now is also a huge show (conformation) organisation. Wayne Cavanaugh (the American guy who commentates on Crufts for BBC each year) "owns" it more or less.

If a dog has a UK (United Kingdom) title it should be written as Eng Ch (yes for some reason the KC does not seem to regonise the UK consists of Eng / Wales / Scot / NI but why does that not surprise me).

 

[Annette4]

Nope is online...although been doing more digging today and he's an Eng Ch so wonder if it's a typo

 

[cefyl]

If you send me the link to his pedigree page I will look at it if you like. There are so many country titles now, many the KC here do not recognise and so the KC actually take it upon themselves to abbreviate as they like. This REALLY ticks me off as I have 2 imports whose parents are Multi FCI county ch's and all the titles are recognised worldwide and on their country of birth pedigree but the KC took some off for the registration here.

Many of the American pedigree sites have oodles of typos!

 

[Acolyte]

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It seems he has lots of English Champions in his blood...

One is CH UKG which I'm assuming is United Kingdom something

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I double checked with Mum today about this (as she is now a Kennel Club member

) and she reckons it is a typo - she has never heard of UKG in a millenium of dog showing or however long she has been doing it

 

[cefyl]

I double checked with Mum today about this (as she is now a Kennel Club member

) and she reckons it is a typo - she has never heard of UKG in a millenium of dog showing or however long she has been doing it

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UKG Ch is the title given to a United Kennel Club Grand Champion. UKC is the 2nd largest dog registry in the USA, only the AKC is bigger. But the UKC recognises more breeds. Originally is was geared towards the trails / working abilities not conformation classes - hunting ability, training, instinct. Now they hold around 10,000 dog shows for conformation in the USA / Canada. But they also govern things like Dock Jumping, agility, etc.

 

[Acolyte]

Ah that makes sense - she wont export to USA

 

[cefyl]

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Ah that makes sense - she wont export to USA

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What breed is she in?

 

[Acolyte]

CKCS