What does group 1 or 4 mean when talking about a labs accomplishments? I have no idea what a group 4 winner means...

After dogs are judged in thier own breed they then go up against the other breed winners of their "group" with labs it would be all the different breeds in the sporting group. So a group 1 would be the dog that beat all the other sporting dogs, a group four would be the fourth place winner in the sporting dog group. Hope this helps.
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Jackie

No question is stupid....

Oh yeah, there ARE ALOT of stupid questions. That one happened not to be stupid at all though!

Actually, there are A LOT of stupid answers. No stupid questions.

All the labs will compete, the one that wins Best of Breed will then compete in the Sporting Group. The Sporting Group will be all the Best of Breed winners of each sporting breed. The first place winner in Sporting Group is a Group 1, second place a Group 2,
third place a Group 3, and 4 place a Group 4. The Group 1 winner will then compete with the Group 1 winners of all the other Groups such as Hearding, Non-Sporting, Terrier...etc..then that winner will be the Best in Show winner.