Chair: Claudia Bailey, foxleighcb@aol.com
Entry Deadline: forthcoming as of Feb. 23
MVM Entry Form: forthcoming as of Feb. 23
The Most Versatile Belgian Malinois Award (MVBMA) and Reserve Most Versatile Belgian Malinois Award (RMVBMA) are awarded to Belgian Malinois at the National Specialty that excel and qualify in at least three different venues. There is no fee for entering the Most Versatile Malinois award and membership in the ABMC is not required. However, the dog being entered must be a Belgian Malinois. The Most Versatile Malinois and Reserve Most Versatile Malinois will receive trophies matching those of the National Specialty’s Best of Breed and Best of Opposite Sex. The award will be presented at the Banquet on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The winners of the awards need not be present to win. If a winner is not present at the Banquet, their award will be mailed at their expense.
Dogs must earn points from within at least three of the five Roman-numeral venues below to be eligible for the Most Versatile Malinois Award. The five venues are:
I. Conformation / Sweepstakes
II. Herding
III. Obedience / Rally
IV. Tracking / Scent Work
V. Agility / Preferred Agility
Exhibitors may enter as many venues, and classes within a venue, as they wish but only the single run that results in the highest number of points within that venue is counted for that venue’s points. MVM points are not added together within any one venue, only between the five different venues. Points from each venue are added together for the total of MVM points. Consult the MVM Point Schedule below for more details, including the tie-breaking criteria.
