The Kennel Club has announced the competitor running order for the semi finals for the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Special Pre-Beginner Obedience Stakes, which will take place on Sunday 5^th November in Edinburgh and Sunday 12^th November in London.

This obedience competition was created in 2005, to encourage prospective exhibitors who have passed their GCDS Bronze Award to take part in obedience competition. The exercises included in the test are a combination of the current GCDS exercises and the Pre-Beginner Obedience test. Building on the basic training skills learnt through the Good Citizen Dog Scheme, these new stakes help to bridge the gap between basic training and entering a competition.

QUALIFYING FOR THE FINAL

The Good Citizen Dog Scheme Special Pre-Beginner Obedience Stakes Final will be held at Crufts 2007 on Saturday 10^th March in the GCDS ring. There will be ten qualifying places awarded at each semi final. These will be awarded to the five highest placed ABCs (anything but a Collie) and the five highest placed Border Collie/Working Sheepdog from each of the semi finals: