What does "VA Qualified" mean? - Page 1

(VA Qualified) V1 German von der Big Kennel, SchH3, Kkl1 I changed the name and kennel name of the dog above as not to cause any personal attacks against anyone, but what does "VA Qualified" mean? This was a direct copy and paste of how it was listed on the website, I just changed the name of the dog and kennel to demonstrate the example. This is a kennel here in the states. How does V1 equate to "VA Qualified"? Thank you in advance for the edification. Stephen

Stephen, The only dog I can think that qualifies in that "catagory" would be Karat's Ulk. He made VA 5 in 2004, but the judge missed that his dam had not been kored by an SV judge and he was moved down to V 1. So, like I said, he is the only dog that I can think of to fit that discription. There may be others....?? Debby

Hi there Stephen, that sounds preposterous. The only definition I could come up with is that the dog is eligible to receive a VA-rating if he was shown under the requirements of USA or WDA? Lots of dogs meet the criteria to be placed into the VA-group, but are they good enough? >>too bad this board does not have the ..smilie<< Regards, Chris

It sounds like a sales pitch to new buyers that don't know the meaning of VA. Some other kinds of animals have Futurities that an animal has to be elegible or qualified for. Maybe these people are trying to insinuate something similar.

It happened once where a dog was awarded a VA rating by the judge. A few minutes later another judge announced there was a problem. The dog had a properly noted broken tooth and because his dentition was not perfect, pulled his VA rating. This went against two written rules. A judge’s decision is final and a dogs rating could not be penalized by a properly noted broken tooth. There was quite a controversy and a suit was threatened. The organization offered up a new rating as a compromise, VA Qualified. So the dog was awarded a VA rating it earned fair under the rules. The rating was reduced to V1 by another judge. The compromise rating of VA qualified was published in the magazine.