Acronyms
& Abbreviations
Acronyms Appearing Before
a Dog's Name
- Am - American
- Bah - Bahamian
- Ber - Bermudan
- Cam-Guat - Guatamalan
- Can - Canadian
- CH - Champion
(assume American unless otherwise noted)
- CR - Costa Rican
- Eng - English
- Int - International
MACH - Master Agility Champion (with advanced levels indicated by
numbers, such as MACH2)
- Mex - Mexican
- OTCH - Obedience
Trial Champion
- U-CD - Companion
Dog obedience title (United Kennel Club)
- U-CDX - Companion
Dog Excellent obedience title (United Kennel Club)
- U-Ag1 - Agility title (United Kennel Club)
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Acronyms/Abbreviations
Appearing After a Dog's Name
- AX - Agility
Excellent
- AXJ - Excellent
Agility Jumpers With Weaves
- B - Bitch (female)
- BIS - Best In Show winner
- BISS - Best In Specialty Show
winner
CD - Companion Dog (obedience title)
- CDX - Companion
Dog Excellent (obedience title)
- CGC - Canine Good
Citizen
- D - Dog (male)
DOD - Dam of Distinction (Papillon Club of America
honor for producing 10 or more champions, utility dogs, or tracking dog
excellent offspring)
- DOM - Dam of Merit (Papillon
Club of America honor for producing 4-9 champions, utility dogs, or
tracking dog excellent offspring)
- MX - Master Agility Excellent
- MXJ - Master
Agility Excellent Jumpers With Weaves
- NA - Novice
Agility
- NAJ - Novice
Agility Jumpers With Weaves
- NAP - Novice
Agility Preferred
- NJP - Novice Jumpers
Preferred
- OA - Open Agility
- OAJ - Open Agility
Jumpers With Weaves
- OAP - OAP Agility
Preferred
- OJP - Open Jumpers
Preferred
- SOD - Sire of Distinction (Papillon
Club of America honor for producing 13 or more champions, utility dogs, or
tracking dog excellent offspring)
- SOM - Sire of Merit (Papillon
Club of America honor for producing 5-12 champions, utility dogs, or
tracking dog excellent offspring)
- TD - Tracking Dog
- TDI - Therapy Dog
International (indicates passed therapy dog testing with
TDI)
- TDX - Tracking Dog
Excellent
- UD - Utility Dog
(obedience title)
- UDX - Utility Dog Excellent
(obedience title)
- VCD1 - Versatile Companion Dog,
level 1
(obedience title)
- VST - Variable Surface Tracker
Key to reading the title
of the dog
The dogs listed below use this format:
Title / Registered Name / "Call
Name" / D=Dog, B=Bitch
- For example: OTCH
Denzel Bearcat UDX TDX, Can CD TD
"Sweet" D
This
dog is registered as Denzel Bearcat, and his call name is
Sweet (and he is a dog/male "D"). He is an
Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH), with Utility Dog
Excellent (UDX) and Tracking Dog Excellent (TDX) titles
in the USA; and Companion Dog (CD) and Tracking Dog (TD)
titles in Canada. And clicking on him will take you to
the page that will have his picture.