Royal Federal Canine Club National cynological association

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Official procedure for awarding the CAC title

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Titles

The CAC title refers to the adult categories and constitutes the certification required for the National Champion title.

1. Classes eligible for CAC

CAC may be awarded ONLY in the following classes:

✔ Intermediate (15–24 months)

✔ Open

✔ Working

✔ Winner

✔ Champion

✔ Foreign Champions

⚠ It is not awarded in the Baby, Puppy, Very Young, Young or Veteran classes.

2. Minimum conditions for receiving CAC

In order to receive CAC, a dog must meet all of the following conditions:

✔ Have obtained the grade Excellent 1

(“…only to subjects that have obtained the grade of Excellent 1…” – Art. 9)

✔ Be entered in one of the eligible classes

✔ Be the best specimen of its sex from the CLASS CATEGORY

(see step 4 – the internal play-off across classes)

✔ Be considered worthy of the title by the judge

The judge has full discretion:

“The awarding of CAC is left to the discretion of the expert judge…”

This means that the judge is not obliged to award CAC, even if eligible dogs are present.

3. Number of CACs awarded

In each breed the following are awarded:

  • 1 CAC to a male
  • 1 CAC to a female

Regardless of the number of breed varieties.

4. Technical awarding procedure (the play-off across classes)

CAC is NOT awarded directly to the winner of a single class.

In accordance with Article 9:

There are two stages:

Stage 1 – Assessment and classification by class

The judge:

  1. Judges the classes separately: Intermediate, Open, Working, Winner, Champion, Foreign Champion.
  2. Awards grades.
  3. Decides the winner of each class (the one with Excellent 1).

Stage 2 – Play-off among the class winners

The winners of the eligible classes of the same sex are called for the final comparison.

Here, the judge:

✔ compares the winners of the Intermediate + Open + Working classes

→ in order to establish the “best adult representative” among these classes

✔ compares the winners of the Winner + Champion + Foreign Champions classes

→ in order to establish the “best champion representative” among these classes

Then:

🔥 between the two winners (adult + champion), the judge decides to whom CAC is awarded.

Thus:

  • judging is by category,
  • then there is a final duel for CAC.

5. Official approval of CAC

In accordance with the regulations:

✔ it is approved on the same day by the show secretariat

✔ it is recorded in the WDF Qualification Booklet

6. The qualification booklet requirement

If a dog does not have the qualification booklet, then:

❌ it cannot receive CAC

✔ the CAC is transferred to the dog subsequently placed with Excellent 2

7. The judge’s rights

The judge has absolute authority:

  • may decide not to award CAC even if eligible dogs are present
  • may consider that no dog deserves the title
  • assumes responsibility for proclaiming dogs as future National Champions

The judge is not obliged to award CAC “even if they are qualified with Excellent and are class winners”.

8. Operational summary (CAC CHECKLIST)

✔ Eligible classes: Intermediate, Open, Working, Winner, Champion, Foreign Champion

✔ 1 CAC/sex is awarded

✔ The dog must have Excellent 1

✔ The judge compares the class winners

✔ The awarding of CAC is discretionary

✔ The secretary validates it on the same day

✔ No booklet → CAC goes to the next dog (Excellent 2)