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U-CD KSAP SIR Maximillian, CDX, RAE, CGC, TDI, WC
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AKC

Title  Title Name
  Requirements Necessary To Earn Title
 Suffix Titles- Titles Appearing After a Dog's Name
Obedience 
 CD Companion Dog Dog must be certified by 3 different judges to have qualifying scores in Novice at 3 qualifying trials.
 CDX Companion Dog Excellent Dog has been certified by 3 different judges to have qualifying scores in Open at 3 qualifying trials.
 UD Utility Dog
 Dog must be registered and be certified by 3 obedience trial judges to have qualifying scores at 3 qualifying trials.
 UDX Utility Dog Excellent
 Dog must receive qualifying scores in both Open B and Utility B at 10 separate qualifying trials. 
Agility  
 AJP Excellent Jumpers Preferred
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Jumpers With Weaves Preferred under at least 2 different judges.
 AX Agility Excellent
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Agility under at least 2 different judges.
 AXJ Excellent Agility Jumper
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Jumpers with Weaves under at least 2 different judges.
 AXP Agility Excellent Preferred
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Preferred class under at least 2 different judges.
 MJP Master Excellent Jumper Preferred
 Dog must earn 10 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. (Trial at which AX was earned does not count.) 
 MX Master Agility Excellent
 Dog must earn 10 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. (Trial at which AX was earned does not count.)
MXJ  Master Excellent Jumper
 Dog must earn 10 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. (Trial at which AX was earned does not count.) 
 NA Novice Agility
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice A and/or B Agility under at least 2 different judges.
 NAJ Novice Agility Jumper
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice A and/or B jumpers with weaves under at least 2 different judges. 
 NAP Novice Agility Preferred
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice Agility Preferred  A and/ or B under at least 2 different judges.  
 NJP Novice Jumper Preferred
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice a and/or b Jumpers Preferred under at least 2 different judges.
 OA Open Agility
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. 
 OAJ Open Agility Jumper
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges.
 OAP Open Agility Preferred
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges.
 OJP Open Jumpers Preferred
 Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. 
 RN AKC Rally Novice
 Dog must be certified by 2 different judges to have qualifying scores in Novice at 3 qualifying trials.
 RA AKC Rally Advanced
 Dog must be certified by 2 different judges to have qualifying scores in Advanced at 3 qualifying trials.
 RAE AKC Rally Advanced Excellent
 Dog must earn qualifying scores in both Advanced B and Excellent B at 10 separate qualifying rally trials. 
 Prefixes Titles- Titles Appearing Before a Dog's Name
 Ch. Champion  Dog must acquire 15 points, including 2 majors won under 2 different judges and at least one point under a 3rd judge.
 CGC Grand Champion
 Bench Show Champion must win 3 champion classes with competition against champions
 MACH Master Agility Champion
 Dog must achieve 750 championship points and 20 double qualifying scores from Excellent B Std. Agility and Excellent B Jumpers class. 
 OTCH Obedience Trial Champion
 Dog must win 100 points: Must have 1 first place Open B, 1 first place Utility and a third first place in either. Must be awarded by 3 different judges at all-breed events. One of the required firsts may have been won at Specialty Show. Open B must have 6 in competition and Utility must have 3. 

UKC

Title Title Name
 Requirements Necessary to Earn Title
Obedience  
UCD United Companion Dog  Earn three qualifying scores at 3 different trials under at least 2 different judges.
UCDX  United Companion Dog Excellent  Must first have UCD. Earn 3 qualifying scores at 3 different trials from at least 2 different judges. May be from A and/or B divisions of Open. 
UUD  United Utility Dog  Must first have UCDX. Earn 3 qualifying scores at 3 different trials from at least 2 different judges. May be from A and/or B divisions of Utility.
UOCH  United Obedience Champion Dog  Must first have UUD. At 5 different trials must earn qualifying scores in each Open B and Utility B in the same trial and must accumulate 100 championship points.
GOCH  United Grand Obedience Champion  Must first have UOCH. At 15 different trials must earn qualifying scores in each Open B and Utility B in the same trial. 3 of the combined wins must be under 3 different judges. 
Agility  
UAGI
 United Agility I   Earn 3 qualifying scores at 3 different qualifying Agility I trials. 
UAGII  United Agility II  Earn 3 qualifying scores at 3 different qualifying Agility II trials
UACH  United Agility Champion  Must have completed UAGI and UAGII and may not use scores from those trials. Must earn 100 points in AGI-B and AGII-B with qualifying scores and by completing all obstacles. 
UACHX  United Agility Champion Excellent  Must first have UACH. Earn 5 qualifying scores at 5 different trials in Agility III with scores of 196 or higher and completing all obstacles under at least 3 different judges. 
UGRRACH  United Grand Agility Champion   Must first have UACHX. Must have combined wins at 5 different qualifying trials with qualifying score in each of AGI-B, AGII-B and AGIII under at least 2 different judges. 

Other titles earned

WC - Working Certicate is earned by any dog that has satisfactorily completed both a land and water series in a field trial licensed by The American Kennel Club.

TDI - Therapy dog international were all dogs must be tested and evaluated by a Certified TDI Evaluator.  A dog must be a minimum of one (1) year of age and have a sound temperament. Each dog must pass a temperament evaluation for suitability to become a Therapy Dog, which includes the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen Test (CGC). The test will also include the evaluation of the dog's behavior around people with the use of some type of service equipment (wheelchairs, crutches, etc.). (from the TDI web page http://www.tdi-dog.org/index.htm)

CGC - Canine Good Citizen is were a dog is evaluated on its behavior around people and other dogs and some types of service equipmnet.