Obedience

Canine Good Citizen ( CGC)

CGC is a certification program that is designed to reward dogs that have good manners in the community and at home. This is taught in a basic obedience training program to qualify for a passing score on the CGC test. Passing scores will receive a certificate from the AKC and are recorded in the AKC's archives.

Obedience Trials

Obedience trials take training up to a new level. There are three Levels of competition in Obedience.

Novice: for those getting started, dog must:

• Heel on lead and a figure 8 pattern

• Heel free - off lead

• Stand for examination

• Recall

• Long sit ( 1 minute)

• Long down ( 3 minutes)

Open: This is the Second level and includes more complicated exercises.

• Heel free and figure 8- same as novice but all off lead

• Drop on recall

• retrieve on flat

• Retrieve over high jump

• broad jump

• Long sit (3 minutes)

• Long down (5 minutes)

Utility: the 3rd and highest level of competition include:

• Signal exercise

• scent discrimination

• Directed Retrieve

• Moving Stand and examination

• Directed jumping

Qualifying Performance

a qualifying score indicates that a dog has performed all the required exercises according to the rules. a qualifying score is when a dog earns more than 50 % of the points for each exercise with a total of 170 points or more after a dog receives three qualifying scores.

Obedience Titles

• Companion Dog (CD)

• Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)

• Utility Dog (UD)

• Utility Dog Excellent (UDX)

• Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH)

• National Obedience Champion (NOC)

For more information regarding the rules and regulations see the AKC official website at www.AKC.org