Open Show Rules & Regulations

The Flatcoated Retriever Club of Scotland

Show Rules and Regulations

1	The Show will open as stated in the Show Schedule.
2	Dogs will be received at any time but it is the exhibitor’s responsibility to ensure that exhibits are available for judging when required.
3	Judging will commence as stated in the Show Schedule
4	Exhibits may be removed from the Show after their judging has been completed. The Show will close half an hour after all judging has been completed.
5	The use of cooking stoves in the proximity of the tenting and benching areas is forbidden except as authorised by the Show Management.
6	ENTRY FEES: As stated in the Show Schedule
7	PRIZE MONEY: No Prize Money will be paid at this Show.
8	The Committee reserves to itself the right to refuse entries.
9	Puppies under six calendar months of age on the first day of the Show are not eligible for exhibition.
10	The mating of bitches within the precincts of the Show is forbidden.
11	BEST PUPPY IN SHOW: Where a Best Puppy in Show competition is scheduled the Best Puppy in Show is a puppy, which has competed and is unbeaten by any other puppy exhibited at the same Show. A puppy is a dog of six and not exceeding twelve calendar months of age on the first day of the Show. Where the Best of Breed or Best in Show is a puppy it will also automatically be Best Puppy in Breed and Best Puppy in Show respectively. Similarly, if the Reserve Best of Breed. Reserve Best of Group or Reserve Best in Show is a puppy which has only been beaten by an adult dog it will also automatically be Best Puppy in Breed, Best Puppy in Group and Best Puppy in Show respectively. Consequently, selection of Best Puppy in Breed and Vest Puppy in Show must follow the selection of Best of Breed and Best in Show respectively. Best Puppy in Show must be selected from puppies which have been judged and are unbeaten by any other puppy. WITHDRAWAL FROM COMPETITION: Puppies which become eligible for Best Puppy in Show may be withdrawn from all other competition prior to the competition for Best Puppy in Show as appropriate in order to remain unbeaten. A puppy beaten in competition for Best Puppy in Show may subsequently be exhibited in all competition for which it was previously eligible. The dog declared Best Puppy in Show however, must not compete in any subsequent competition. PROVISO: For the purpose of this Regulation, dogs beaten in competition for Stud Dog, Brood Bitch, Progeny, Brace and Team or a Special Award confined to one breed will not be considered to be a beaten dog.
12	BEST IN SHOW: The dog declared Best in Show is a dog, which has competed and is unbeaten by any other dog exhibited at the same Show. Best in Show must be selected from the exhibits declared Best of Sex providing they are unbeaten winning dogs. Reserve Best in Show must be selected from the Best Opposite Sex and the Reserve Best of Sex to the exhibit declared Best in Show. The dogs declared Best in Show and Reserve Best in Show must not compete in any subsequent competition. PROVISO: For the purpose of this Regulation, dogs beaten in competition for Stud Dog, Brood Bitch, Progeny, Brace and Team or a Special Award confined to a single breed, will not be considered to be beaten dogs.
13	Exhibits will not be admitted to Best in Show competition after a period of ten minutes has elapsed since the announcement that exhibits are required for judging, unless they have been unavoidably delayed by previous judging not being completed on time, and then only with the special permission of the Show Management,
14	No modifications will be made to this Schedule except by permission of the General Committee of the Kennel Club, which will be followed by advertisement in the Canine Press wherever possible.
15	All exhibitors must be familiar with the Kennel Club Regulation F (Annex B) Regulations for the Preparation of Dogs for Exhibition.
16	All monies due to the Club, which remain unpaid, either unpaid fees or bank charges accrued through dishonoured cheques will be reported to The Scottish Kennel Club.
17	Should the judge be prevented from fulfilling his/her duty the Executive Council reserve to themselves the right to appoint another to fulfil the duty.
18	Every possible care will be taken to ensure the safety of dogs sent to the Show but it must be strictly understood by all that the Committee accept no responsibility for any loss or damage to dogs or other property.
19	The Committee or the Secretary will be empowered to exclude any dog which is not in a fit state for exhibition, either from disease, vice, natural or other causes, and if such expulsion takes place, either before or after the dog has been judged, the entrance fee will be forfeited.
20	Every exhibitor making an entry or entries shall be deemed to have agreed to abide by the Kennel Club Rules and Show Regulations, and it is on this understanding only that entries are received.
21	Any person wishing to sell their dog(s) may state on the entry form the price at which they are willing to sell their dog(s).
22	The entrance fee of a dog entered but not brought shall be forfeited.