It's our belief that the AKC's
current method of calculating
Championship
Point Schedules places an unrealistic limit
on the
number of dogs that can attain a Championship title given
the large
entries in many of the more popular breeds.
The AKC does not place a specific limit on the number
of dogs that can attain a Championship in any given year
They do however, limit the number of shows that can be
majors.
That limit on majors effectively limits the maximum number
of
dogs that can attain Championships in the more popular
breeds.
The AKC sets the point schedules so that only 18% (not to
exceed 20%)
of the shows are majors. According to the AKC's statistics
there were
1365 All breed shows in 1999, and 1997 specialty shows. The
exact numbers
are going to vary by breed, but lets say there is an average
of 1400
shows per breed (or variety) in which points can be
earned.
If we multiply 1400 by 18% we get 252 shows that can be
majors.
Each show can produce 2 majors per breed (male & female)
but each
dog is required to have 2 majors. So in any given year,
approximately
250 dogs can complete a Championship.
The actual figures are going to vary of course, depending
on the breed
amount of competition, the fact that points are carried over
from previous
years, and that some dogs will win majors points but for one
reason or another
never complete their title.
We took the last 4 years worth of statistics for
Championships awarded
and calculated the average number
of Champions for each breed..
As you can see from the chart, with the exception of those
breeds
that have varieties, none of them average significantly more
than the 252
Champions we calculated above.
We have obtained the 1999 entry data for each breed
from the AKC. From that data we compiled some
additional charts.
If we look at the actual entry data and compare
the championships
awarded as a percentage of the entries for
each breed we find a median of approximately 1.7%. Of the
breeds
below the median more than half of them (39) had entries of
over
15,000. Yet of the breeds above the median only 1 breed
had
entries over 15,000 and that was a breed with 3
varieties.
If we also look at the actual entry data and compare the
percentage
each breed has of the total entries we find that breeds
such as Golden Retrievers,
Labrador Retrievers, Doberman Pinschers, and Boxers
represent
the highest percentages of entries yet the lowest percentage
of Championships
compared to those entries.
These data clearly show that those breeds with higher
entries are
at a significant disadvantage with the present method of
calculating points.
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