{"id":1729,"date":"2026-02-25T23:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malinoisclub.com\/abmc2026\/?page_id=1729"},"modified":"2026-03-07T23:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:33:10","slug":"most-versatile-malinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/malinoisclub.com\/abmc2026\/most-versatile-malinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Versatile Malinois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Chair<\/strong>: Claudia Bailey,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Foxleighcb@aol.com\">foxleighcb@aol.com<\/a><br><strong>Entry Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Friday, May 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2026 <\/strong>if the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/malinoisclub.com\/abmc2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-MVM-entry-form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MVM Entry Form<\/a><\/strong> is submitted by email\/mail to the Chair;  if it is submitted in person to the Chair the entry deadline is <strong>at least one hour before the dog\u2019s first MVM event <\/strong>to ensure that results are recorded correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Most Versatile Belgian Malinois Award (MVBMA) and Reserve Most Versatile Belgian Malinois Award (RMVBMA) are given to Belgian Malinois at the National Specialty that excel and qualify in at least three different venues.\u00a0\u00a0There is no fee for entering the Most Versatile Malinois award and membership in the ABMC is not required.\u00a0\u00a0However, the dog being entered must be a Belgian Malinois.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Most Versatile Malinois and Reserve Most Versatile Malinois will receive trophies matching those of the National Specialty\u2019s Best of Breed and Best of Opposite Sex. The award will be presented at the Banquet on Saturday, May 16, 2025. The winner of the award need not be present to win. If the winner is not present, awards will be mailed at the winner\u2019s expense.<br><br>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.\u00a0\u00a0The five venues are:\u00a0\u00a0<br><br><strong>I. Conformation<\/strong>\u00a0(Saturday, May 16th) \/ Sweepstakes (Friday, May 15th)<br><strong>II. Herding<\/strong>\u00a0(MVM points are from either Saturday May 8th C Course OR Sunday, May 10th Course A Trial 2)<br><strong>III. Obedience \/ Rally\u00a0<\/strong>(Wednesday May 13th)<br><strong>IV. Tracking<\/strong>\u00a0(Thursday, May 14th) or\u00a0<strong>Scent Work<\/strong>\u00a0(Thursday, May 14<sup>th<\/sup>)<br><strong>V. Agility\/Preferred Agility<\/strong>\u00a0(Tuesday, May 12th)\u00a0<br><br>Exhibitors may enter as many venues and classes within a venue as they wish but only the highest number of points from one activity within that venue is counted. Points are not cumulative within a venue. For example, in the III. Obedience\/Rally venue, qualifying in Open in Obedience earns 4 points and qualifying in Master in Rally earns 5 points. The highest number of points earned in a single run from this venue would be 5 points.\u00a0\u00a0MVM points are not added together within any one venue, only between the different venues. Points from each venue are added together for the total of MVM points. Consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/malinoisclub.com\/abmc2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Most-Versatile-Malinois-Point-Schedule-July-16-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MVM Point Schedule<\/a> for more details, including the tie-breaking criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/malinoisclub.com\/abmc2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Most-Versatile-Malinois-Point-Schedule-July-16-2021.pdf\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.772722788880778;width:704px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chair: Claudia Bailey,\u00a0foxleighcb@aol.comEntry Deadline:\u00a0 Friday, May 1st, 2026 if the MVM Entry Form is submitted by email\/mail to the Chair; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1729","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Most Versatile Malinois - 2026 ABMC National Specialty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/malinoisclub.com\/abmc2026\/most-versatile-malinois\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Most Versatile Malinois - 2026 ABMC National Specialty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chair: Claudia Bailey,\u00a0foxleighcb@aol.comEntry Deadline:\u00a0 Friday, May 1st, 2026 if the MVM Entry Form is submitted by email\/mail to the Chair; 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