29 Acronym List
Description
This article is from the Obedience Trials, by Cindy Tittle Moore with numerous contributions by others.
29 Acronym List
Assumptions
1. All titles are suffixes to dog's registered name if not otherwise
noted.
2. Acronyms listed alphabetically.
Obedience titles - AKC & CKC
CD
Companion Dog
CDX
Companion Dog Excellent
OTCh
Obedience Trial Champion (prefix)
TD
Tracking Dog
TDX
Tracking Dog Excellent
UD
Utility Dog
UDT
Utility Dog title with a Tracking Dog title
UDTX
Utility Dog title with a Tracking Dog Excellent title
UDX
Utility Dog Excellent
NOTE 1: The AKC OTCh is much different and more difficult to achieve
than the Canadian (CKC) OTCh. The CKC OTCh is equivalent to getting a
Canadian UD. In other words the CKC UD = CKC OTCh.
NOTE 2: UDX is a new AKC title for dogs that qualify at both Open and
Utility on the same day at ten different shows. Must already have UD.
Combined titles (UDX + TD/TDX) not yet announced.
NOTE 3: AKC is coming out with the VTD (variable tracking dog) title,
where the track goes across concrete or asphalt as well as grass and
dirt. Not yet verified/announced.
Obedience titles - UKC (all prefixes)
U-CD
Companion Dog
U-CDX
Companion Dog Excellence
U-UD
Utility Dog
NOTE: The UKC does not recognize any title from any other
organization. You could have an AKC OTCH on your dog, but he would
still have to start in Novice in UKC. The one thing they do a little
differently is that if the dog has earned a corresponding title from
another organization, he would have to show in the B class in UKC.
Conversational acronyms
BJ
Broad Jump or Bar Jump (context)
BTW
By The Way
DJ
Directed Jumping
DOR
Drop on Recall
F8
Figure Eight
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
IMHO
In My Honest Opinion
OTOH
On The Other Hand
ROF
Retrieve on the Flat
ROTF
Rolling on the Floor (amusement)
ROH
Retrieve over the High Jump
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