Dog Agility FAQs - Agility Titles and Abbreviations

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Agility Titles and Abbreviations

**AKC and UKC Agility Titles**
Organization	Class	Abbrev.	Title	Number of legs
AKC	Novice	NA	Novice Agility	3
AKC	Open	OA	Open Agility	3
AKC	Excellent	AX	Agility Excellent	3
AKC	Excellent	MX	Master Agility Excellent	10
AKC	Novice Jumpers With Weaves	NAJ	Novice Agility Jumpers	3
AKC	Open JWW	OAJ	Open Agility Jumpers	3
AKC	Excellent JWW	AXJ	Agility Excellent Jumpers	3
AKC	Excellent JWW	MXJ	Master Agility Excellent Jumpers	10
AKC	Combination	MACH	Master Agility Champion	point system
UKC	Agility I	U-AgI	Agility Level 1	3
UKC	Agility II	U-AgII	Agility Level 2	3
UKC	Agility I, II	U-ACH	Agility Champion	Point system
UKC	Agility III	U-ACHX	Agility Champion Excellent	5

United States Dog Agility Association (USDAA) Agility Titles

USDAA has three performance programs with varying height and speed requirements; Championship (Regular) program and Performance program are current, and the Veterans program has been replaced by the Performance program.

**Championship, Performance, and Veterans Programs**
Class	Champ. Abbrev.	Perf. Abbrev.	Vet. Abbrev.	Title	Number of legs
Starters/Novice	AD	PDI	VAD	Agility Dog (or) Performance Dog I	3
Advanced	AAD	PDII	VAAD	Advanced Agility Dog (or) Performance Dog II	3
Masters	MAD	PDIII	VMAD	Master Agility Dog (or) Performance Dog III	MAD: 3 std + 1 each in 4 games Vet, Perf: 3 std
Snooker	SM	PS	VS	Snooker Master (or Perf. Sn.)	5 (3 in top 15% for SM, PS)
Gamblers	GM	PG	VG	Gamblers Master (or Perf. Gamb.)	5
Pairs Relay	RM	n/a	n/a	Relay Master	5
Jumpers	JM	PJ	VJ	Jumpers Master (or Perf. Jmp.)	5
All	ADCH	APD	VPD	Agility Dog Champion (or) Accomplished Performance Dog (or) Veteran Performance Dog	7^* std + GM, JM, RM, SM 7 std + PS, PG, PJ 3 std + VS, VG, VJ

^* Only 3 required if dog completed MAD by Jan. 1, 2000

**Junior Handler Program**
Abbrev.	Title	Number of legs
JH-BA	Junior Handler-Beginner Agility	1
JH-EA	Junior Handler-Elementary Agility	2
JH-IA	Junior Handler-Intermediate Agility	3
JH-SA	Junior Handler-Senior Agility	3

(Janet Gauntt, Sally Sheridan, Darelene Woz)
(Updated/formatted 6/23/00 Ellen Finch of The Bay Team)

USDAA Classes & Symbols
S	Starters Title Class	JHP	Junior Handler Program Class
N	Novice Title Class	PGP	Grand Prix Tournament Class
A	Advanced Title Class	DAM	Dog Agility Masters Tournament
M	Masters Title Class	BP	Boxed Pairs
V	Veterans Title Class	KO	Knockout Classes
G	Gamblers Title Class	O	Other Classes
SK	Snooker Title Class	OG	Open Gamblers
J	Jumpers Title Class	OS	Open Snooker
R	Pairs Relay Title Class	OSTD	Open Standard Agility
OJ	Open Jumpers	TBD	To Be Determined
PP	Pairs Pursuit	NT	Non-Titling
PR	Open Pairs Relay	D	Draw Selection of Pair or Team
PS	Pre-Starters/Pre-Novice	*	Application Pending
TS	Time & Score

(Katie Greer)

North American Dog Agility Association (NADAC) Titles

NADAC has an easy titling abbreviation system. Titles look like:

O-EAC-V or EAC

and each letter can be easily predicted:

Performance Prefix	Level	Class	"Certificate"	Division Suffix
S-uperior O-utstanding	Novice Open Elite	Agility (Regular) Jumpers Gamblers	always C	-JH for Junior Handler -Veteran

Therefore, here are the basic titles--just add the appropriate prefix and/or suffix. Point requirements are the same for all Divisions (Regular, Veterans, and Junior Handler).

Abbrev.	Title	Pts Needed	Pts for Outst.	Pts for Super.
NAC	Novice Agility	30	100	200
OAC	Open Agility	30	100	200
EAC	Elite Agility	30	200	400
NJC	Novice Jumpers	20	50	100
OJC	Open Jumpers	20	50	100
EJC	Elite Jumpers	20	100	200
NGC	Novice Gamblers	20	50	100
OGC	Open Gamblers	20	50	100
EGC	Elite Gamblers	20	100	200
NATCH	NADAC Agility Trial Champion	230 in Reg., 120 each in G&J	430/220/220	630/320/320

A clean Regular round is worth 10 points and a 5-fault Regular run worth 5 points. 10 pts for each qualifying run in gamblers and jumpers.
(Mary Jo Sminkey; Updated/formatted 6/23/00 Ellen Finch of The Bay Team)

In 2001, NADAC introduced new titles that don't follow the old conventions. These do not have Outstanding or Superior title versions (at least not at the moment). They are:

Abbrev.	Title	Pts Needed
TN-N	Novice Tunnelers	30
TN-O	Open Tunnelers	30
TN-E	Elite Tunnelers	30
WV-N	Novice Weavers	30
WV-O	Open Weavers	30
WV-E	Elite Weavers	30
TG-N	Novice Touch 'N' Go	30
TG-O	Open Touch 'N' Go	30
TG-E	Elite Touch 'N' Go	30
award, not title?	Novice Versatility Award	earned NAC, NGC, NAC, TN-N, WV-N, TG-N
award, not title?	Open Versatility Award	earned OAC, OGC, OAC, TN-O, WV-O, TG-O
award, not title?	Elite Versatility Award	earned EAC, EGC, EAC, TN-E, WV-E, TG-E

(Added 4/2/2002 Ellen Finch of The Bay Team)

ASCA Agility Titles

RS-N	Reg. Stand. Novice	GJ-N	Gamb. Juniors Novice
RS-O	Reg. Stand. Open	GJ-O	Gamb. Juniors Open
RS-E	Reg. Stand. Elite	GJ-E	Gamb. Juniors Elite
RV-N	Reg. Veterans Novice	GI-N	Gamb. Intern. Novice
RV-O	Reg. Veterans Open	GI-O	Gamb. Intern. Open
RV-E	Reg. Veterans Elite	GI-E	Gamb. Intern. Elite
RJ-N	Reg. Juniors Novice	JS-N	Jump. Stand. Novice
RJ-O	Reg. Juniors Open	JS-O	Jump. Stand. Open
RJ-E	Reg. Juniors Elite	JS-E	Jump. Stand. Elite
RI-N	Reg. Intern. Novice	JV-N	Jump. Vet. Novice
RI-O	Reg. Intern. Open	JV-O	Jump. Vet. Open
RI-E	Reg. Intern. Elite	JV-E	Jump. Vet. Elite
GS-N	Gamb. Stand. Novice	JJ-N	Jump. Juniors Novice
GS-O	Gamb. Stand. Open	JJ-O	Jump. Juniors Open
GS-E	Gamb. Stand. Elite	JJ-E	Jump. Juniors Elite
GV-N	Gamb. Vet. Novice	JI-N	Jump. Intern. Novice
GV-O	Gamb. Vet. Open	JI-O	Jump. Intern. Open
GV-E	Gamb. Vet. Elite	JI-E	Jump. Intern. Elite

(Mary Jo Sminkey)

Agility Association of Canada (AAC) Agility Titles

AAC has three programs with varying height and speed requirements; Regular program, Special program and the Veteran program.

**Regular, Special, and Veteran Programs**
Class	Regular Abbrev.	Special Abbrev.	Veterans Abbrev.	Title	Number of legs
Starters	ADC	SADC	VADC	Agility Dog of Canada (or) Special Agility Dog of Canada (or) Veteran Agility Dog of Canada	3
Advanced	AADC	SAADC	VAADC	Adv. Agility Dog of Canada (or) Spec. Adv. Agility Dog of Can. (or) Vet. Adv. Agility Dog of Can.	3
Masters	MADC	SMADC	VMADC	Master Agility Dog of Canada (or) Spec. Master Agility Dog of Can. (or) Vet. Master Agility Dog of Can.	7 (3 std, 4 adv. games)*
Snooker	MSDC	SMSDC	VMSDC	Masters Snooker Dog of Canada (or Special, Veteran)	3
Gamblers	MGDC	SMGDC	VMGDC	Masters Gamblers Dog of Canada (or Special, Veteran)	3
Team Relay	MTRDC	SMTRDC	VMTRDC	Masters Team Relay Dog of Canada (or Special, Veteran)	3
Jumpers	MJDC	SMJDC	VMJDC	Masters Jumpers Dog of Canada (or Special, Veteran)	3
Champion	ATChC	SATChC	VATChC	Agility Trial Champion of Canada (or Special, Veteran)	(MADC, MSDC, MGDC, MTRDC, MJDC)

^*Three Standard rounds plus Gamblers and 2 other games required if dog completes MADC by Jan. 1, 2000

(Ron Mayeda)

Canine Performance Events (CPE) Titles

CPE has an easy titling abbreviation system. Titles look like:
CL1-S or CL4-H
and each part can be easily predicted:

Prefix for "CPE Level"	Level number	Group
CL	1 thru 4	-Regular (Standard class) -Handler games (Colors plus Wildcard) -Strategy games (Jackput plus Snooker) -Fun games (FullHouse plus Jumpers)

In addition, the simple titles CL1, CL2, and so on indicate that all four titles at that level have been achieved (so, for example, CL1 replaces CL1-H, CL1-R, CL1-F, and CL1-S). There are no separate veterans titles.

	Regular	Handler	Strategy	Fun
Level 1	2 Qs Standard	1 each colors & wildcard	1 each jackpot & snooker	1 each FullHouse & Jumpers
Level 2	2 clean or 3 Qs	2 each	2 each	2 each
Level 3	3 clean or 4 Qs	2 each	2 each	2 each
Level 4	4 clean or 5 Qs	2 each	2 each	2 each
CATCH* (level 5 Qs)	8 clean or 10 Qs	4 each	4 each	4 each
CADE** (level C Qs)	20	20 each	20 each	20 each

* CATCH: CPE Agility Trial Champion (no Level 5 titles for individual categories)

** CADE: CPE Agility Dog Extraordinaire. This title is more complex. Standard, Jackpot, and Snooker legs are worth 25 points each; Wildcard, Full House, and Jumpers are worth 20 pts. each; and Colors are worth 15 points each. The dog must earn the Qs shown in the preceding table (for a total of 3000 point) AND must earn an additional 2000 points from your choice of classes.

New CPE titles for 2004

There are new Specialist titles for dogs jumping 8" lower than normal; I'm not yet clear on how they work. In addition, there are new titles for dogs competing at Level 5 or C: