QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE 2012
NATIONAL GUN DOG CHAMPIONSHIPS
The National Amateur Gun Dog Championship
1. Open to any Brittany six (6) months of age or over which in any preceding year, placed first in the
National Amateur Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys or
2. which in the preceding year placed second, third or fourth in the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys, or
3. which during the period from the previous years close of entries to the current year’s closing of entries
has placed in a Gun Dog or Limited Gun Dog Stake of 30 minutes in an AKC Licensed trial held by a
Brittany Club, when handled by an Amateur, in which the following (or more) dogs started: 1st place
with 13 starters, 2nd place with 20 starters, 3rd place with 30 starters, or 4th place with 35 starters, or
4. has placed second in an Amateur Gun Dog or an Amateur Limited Gun Dog Stake or an Open Gun
Dog Stake, or Open Limited Gun Dog Stake, when handled by an Amateur in which at least 20 or
more dogs started in an AKC Licensed trial held by a Brittany Club, or,
5. has placed in any hour Gun Dog or Limited Gun Dog Stake in an AKC Licensed trial held by a Brittany Club and handled by an Amateur in which the following dogs started: lst place with 13 starters, or
2nd place with 15 starters, or 3rd place with 17 starters, or 4th place with 20 starters, or
6. has qualified for the current year National Open Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys when handled
by an Amateur, or
7. A dog winning first place in the National Open Gun Dog Championship when handled by an Amateur
will also be qualified for life in the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship.
No dog may run in both the National All Age Championships and the National Gun Dog Championships in the same calendar year.
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30 days of the start of the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship will be ineligible to compete.
Only persons who, in the judgment of the Field Trial Committee, are qualified as amateurs as defined in
Chapter 17, Section 2, of the AKC Field Trial Rules and Standard Procedures for Pointing Breeds, may
serve as scouts in the National Amateur Gun Dog Championship Stake.
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The National Open Gun Dog Championship
1. Open to any Brittany six (six) months of age or over which in any preceding year, placed first in the
National Open Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys or
2. which in the preceding year placed second, third or fourth in the National Ope n Gun Dog Championship for Brittanys, or
3. which during the period from the previous years close of entries to the current year’s closing of entries
has placed in an Open Gun Dog or Open Limited Gun Dog Stake of 30 minutes in an AKC Licensed
trial held by a Brittany Club, in which the following (or more) dogs started: 1st place with 13 starters,
2nd place with 20 starters, 3rd place with 30 starters, or 4th place with 35 starters, or
4. has placed first or second in an Open or Limited Gun Dog Stake in which 25 or more dogs started in
an AKC Licensed trial held by a Brittany Club, or
5. has placed in an Open Gun Dog or Open Limited Gun Dog Stake of one hour or more in an AKC
Licensed trial held by a Brittany Club in which the following dogs started:1st place with 13 starters,
2nd place with 15 starters, 3rd place with 17 starters, or 4th place with 20 starters.
No dog may run in both the National All Age Championships and the National Gun Dog Championships in the same calendar year.
Any dog trained on the grounds chosen for the National Gun Dog Championship within 30 days
of the start of the National Open Gun Dog Championship will be ineligible to compete.
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