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West Michigan Harvest Cluster
November 7, 8 & 9th
Grand Rapids
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| The basic purpose of dog shows is to facilitate the evaluation of breeding stock for use in producing the next generations. Each breed's parent club creates a STANDARD, a written description of the ideal specimen of that breed. Generally relating form to function, i.e., the original function that the dog was bred to perform, most standards describe general appearance, movement, temperament, and specific physical traits such as height and weight, coat, colors, eye color and shape, ear shape and placement, feet, tail, and more. Some standards can be very specific, some can be rather general and leave much room for individual interpretation by judges. This results in the sport's subjective basis: one judge, applying his or her interpretation of the standard, giving his or her opinion of the best dog on that particular day. Standards are written, maintained and owned by the parent clubs of each breed. To see a schedule of when your favorite breed will be showing click here for a pdf of the judging program.
Read up on these breed Standards for these newly recognized breeds:
dogue de bordeaux
leonberger
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Click here to enjoy our photo Gallery of this year's Dog Day in the Part event!
Photography by Lin Beenen
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