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The championship titles in USA, Canada and England differ significantly from the International FCI
title (including junior and veteran championships). In principle a single win for a champion title is usually
not sufficient, but consists of several entitlements or addition of points. But here, too, are exceptions,
such as e. g. Luxembourg, which does not comply with the FCI rules and the FCI standard, because it states:
"white-black and brown dogs are to judge in the same class with black dogs". The Luxembourg one-day champion
title is awarded separately for all three colors! Champions recognized in these countries are marked in the title
line by a Ch with a country code before. The same applies to all club champions. There are also a large number of national
show titles with different names and terms, these are day titles that appear with W or V. Too there are so-called Grand
Champions (national titles) and, for example, so-called Supreme Champions in Australia. The groups are also very different.
The worldwide most important and biggest shows are:
FCI World Dog Show, next event: November, 8th-12th, 2017, Leipzig, Germany, World Dog Show 2017
NCA National Specialty, next event: April 29th-May 6th, 2018, Frankenmuth, Michigan, USA, NCA National Specialty 2018
Gold Cup, next event: July, 20th-23rd, 2017, Nyborg, Denmark, Gold Cup 2017
In USA and Canada, a point system decides on the title recognition. A dog needs 15 points to get the American Championship.
The so-called Open-Shows are not counting. A dog can earn Challenge Certificates only at Champion-Shows.
Dogs showing the sign INT-Ch in the database in the title field have obtained this FCI title under the following conditions:
There are a lot of country specific titles. It is nearly impossible to make a complete list, and often changes and/or additions are made.
In lot of European countries were founded water work groups, who are working together internationally.
It is not unusual for breeding records (old and new) that there are mistakes in terms of color. E. g. from two brown parents puppies were entered as black, this is not possible genetically, of course. Etc.
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All health data published in the database can be found in the official records of the national or kennel clubs. Any further information, which is not published there, is only stored by means of proof of a written certificate.
Four Newfoundland standards are existing. In the meantime they differ only a little from each other - except for the colors. The American standard allows black, white-black, brown and grey. The Canadian standard allows only black and white-black. The English and FCI standards allow black, white-black and brown.
For Newfoundlands not all clubs or their heads (kennel clubs) dictate health evaluations as breeding requirement. See below the rules in different countries:
