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Danica Burge

C. David Stout

The December 2007 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship will be held in Long Beach, CA, on December 1 and 2, 2007.

Eligibility to enter the event is based on the Junior's accomplishments in the show ring and in the classroom.

The requirements are:  

• Juniors must have 5 first place wins in an Open Class, with competition present. Wins must be earned between October 11, 2006 and October 9, 2007. Juniors must be under 18 years of age at the time of the wins. Age on the day of the show has no bearing.

• Juniors must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 or equivalent for the two semesters completed immediately prior to the closing of entries. GPA must be verified by an official school transcript or home school information sent in and received by AKC prior to the entry form being sent to the Junior.
  
  Please submit official transcripts or home school information no later than October 14, 2007. Transcripts or home school information received AFTER October 14, 2007, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED and no invitation/entry form will be sent.  Transcripts may be sent as soon as the current semester ends.
  
  Please send to: AKC, 5580 Centerview Dr., Raleigh, NC 27606 Attn: Juniors.

• Dogs must conform to eligibility requirements as described in Conformation Junior Showmanship Regulations.

All Juniors entered will compete in Preliminary classes, in which a specified number of Juniors will be selected by the judges to compete in Finals. Placements are not made in the preliminary classes.

The December 2007 judges for Junior Showmanship are Danica Burge and C. David Stout (Preliminaries) and Dr. J. Charles Garvin will judge the Best Junior Finals.  

• Click here to view the list of Juniors who have 5 qualifying wins.
• Click here to view the  list of Juniors who meet both criteria

For questions regarding the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, email Invitational@akc.org.