versatile keeshond Since 2019, the Keeshond Club of America has offered a Most Versatile Keeshond competition at the National. The dog accumulating the most qualifying scores in conformation, agility, rally, and obedience will win in Ashville, NC at the 2025 National, May 5 - 11. (Conformation dogs earn points by length of participation in event rather than qualification.) Our dogs can do it all! There’s plenty of time to start training now for beginner novice and novice obedience, novice rally, and novice jumpers agility. All Keeshonden are eligible. Unregistered dogs will need to sign up for the AKC Canine Partners program to be able to compete in agility, obedience, and rally. Questions? Contact Lois Waddell at lois@kcanational.info The Most Versatile Keeshond will be determined for Keeshonden that enter and compete in at least 2 of 4 National events: Conformation, Obedience, Rally, and Agility. Points are awarded for participation and placement or score in each event at both the Regional Specialty and the National Specialty. There is no fee for the competition, but advanced registration is required. More details will be provided in the premium list. Point values will be assigned to entrants in competition as follows: Conformation (2 shows): 1 pt – Participation 2 pt – Class placement (must be competition i.e. 5 dogs for a 4th class placement to be awarded Points. Only regular and Veterans classes count. (Sweeps, Futurity, Stud dog, Brood Bitch, Brace are not eligible for VK points) 3 pt – Made the cut in the BOB ring 4 pt – BOB, BOS, Select, AOM, W, RW Obedience (2 trials): 1 pt – Participation or Beginner Novice or Veterans scoring below 170. 2 pt – Qualifying Novice, Preferred Novice, Graduate Novice score, or Veterans with a score of at least 170 3 pt – Qualifying Open, Preferred Open, Versatility, or Graduate Open score 4 pt – Qualifying Utility or Preferred Utility score Rally (2 trials): 1 pt – Participation 2 pt – Qualifying Novice/Intermediate score 3 pt – Qualifying Advanced score 4 pt – Qualifying Excellent/Master score Agility (1 trial) (Preferred classes scored the same as regular classes): 2 pts. participation in at least two classes (or 1 pt. per class with a maximum of 2 points with no Qs) 4 pts. Q in 2 Novice classes (Std./JWW/FAST) or T2B (2 pts. per class, maximum of 4) 6 pts. Q in 2 Open classes (Std./JWW/FAST and Masters FAST) (3 pts. per class, maximum of 6) 8 pts. Q in 2 Master/Excellent classes (Std./JWW) (4 points per class, maximum of 8) Agility examples – 1. Fluffy Qs in Masters Std. and JWW, Masters FAST and NQs in T2B - earns the maximum 8 points 2. Casey Qs in Open FAST, Open Std, and T2B and NQs in Open JWW - earns the maximum 6 points 3. Speedy Qs in Novice Std. and Novice FAST and T2B, and NQs in Novice JWW - earns the maximum 4 points Dogs mixing levels cannot earn more than half the maximum per level. i.e. Q in Novice Std. and JWW and Open FAST earns 5 points. Bonus: 1 Point if a dog competes in all FOUR venues (not necessarily in both shows/trials). Dogs that make a cut or earn placements and awards in conformation competition will be awarded 2, 3 or 4 points as applicable to the award, but do not receive the participation point as well. Dogs who make multiple cuts will receive the same three points as dogs that make one cut. Dogs excused from the conformation ring shall still be awarded a point for participation. Dogs receiving qualifying scores in companion/performance events will be awarded 2, 3 or 4 points as appropriate for their class, but do not receive the participation point. The participation point in companion/performance events is awarded only if the dog competes but does not qualify in the event. Dogs competing in multiple classes at the same venue will be credited with the highest qualification class. The maximum point value in each venue is 4 points per show for conformation, obedience, and rally. Because there is only one agility trial, points are awarded so venues are weighted equally. A dog competing in all events at both Specialties could earn a maximum of 33 points. In the event of a tie, event scores shall be used to break the tie, with preference given to the higher l evel or faster time. The dog with the highest total score will receive the award. The official catalog markings taken from the judges’ books for each event shall be used to determine eligibility, participation, placements, and official scores. The trophy will be awarded at the Annual KCA banquet.