Following the recent announcement of three new breeds given championship status, The Kennel Club Board has agreed to allocate championship status to a further breed from 2026, the German Pinscher.
The German Pinscher will join the Bolognese, Coton de Tulear and the Japanese Akita Inu in being allocated Challenge Certificates (CCs) from this date.
The following shows have been allocated CCs from 2026:
German Pinscher
Crufts, National Working and Pastoral Breeds Society and the German Pinscher Club.
The breed clubs will be asked to hold their championship show at least one month apart from Crufts and the relevant group show if possible, to ensure as wide a spread of CCs throughout the year as possible. The breed club championship show must not be held before Crufts in 2026.