Champion Lines
- Dec 14, 2019
- 3 min read
We get asked, "Why should we care that a puppy is from Champion lines?"
There are a lot of answers to this, but WE care.
The American Kennel Club is an advocate for the purebred dog as a family companion. With today's technology, you can research characteristics of different breeds of dog and decide which characteristics are most desirable for you and your family.
We chose Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers for our personal reasons. We have Irish Heritage and wanted a breed of Ireland. We wanted a friendly dog that is receptive to training. Soft Coated Wheaten terriers are a medium sized dog, we like their look, their coat is pretty, we like an active dog that can romp with kids. Personally, we don't like alot of hair in our house, or on our clothes, and these dogs don't shed as much, or in the same way as other dogs.
It's not for us or for anyone to say what sort of dog is best for you and your family.
Pet MD has a nice article about purebred dogs vs mixed breed dogs. See that article here.
We've chosen to carefully and selectively breed Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers to help keep this breed of dog available to families like yours, to preserve the breed, as we want to preserve our own Irish heritage, and to share our love for these dogs with you. We feel that the best way to breed the best dogs is to choose from Champion lines, and to show our dogs to receive these titles. Our girls are Grand Champions.
According to the American Kennel Club, "a puppy identified as having AKC Conformation Champion Bloodlines means that at least one dog in the puppy’s parentage, going back 3 generations (up to its great-grandparents), earned an AKC Conformation Championship (CH) and/or Grand Championship (GCH) title."
For Champion, the dog must earn a total of 15 points with two major wins (a major win is worth three points or higher), and the majors must be won under different judges and at least one other judge must award some of the remaining points — so you need to win under at least three different judges. This means that there have been quite a few opinions that this dog was the best, and it competed against a reasonable number of dogs to prove that.
For Grand Champion, the American Kennel Club requires a dog to obtain a total of 25 points with three major wins. As with the Champion title, the majors must be won under three different judges and at least one other judge must award some of the remaining points — so you need to win under at least four different judges. Also at least one Champion of Record must be defeated at three of these shows.
Participation in AKC events provides wholesome family activities we do as a family. Not all dogs are show dogs, and not all dogs should be relied upon to continue their breed. Our boy, Connor, is not a show dog, his purpose was not for breeding, but he has the AKC title, Canine Good Citizen. We are very proud of his accomplishment as well.
This past weekend at the Dallas Dog Shows, our Suzi, CH Matrix Magic Arrows Never Miss" has won Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex and two days of Grand Champion Select. We are very pleased with this girl, and have begun the arduous task of selecting a mate for her. Contact us for information.
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