Dog Fanciers' Acronym List

Originally inspired by a list compiled by Kathleen O'Donnell on OBED-L (now OBED-COMP) that had substantial corrections and clarifications suggested by Stacy Pober.

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Organizations
Flyball Titles
Agility Titles
Obedience Titles
Schutzhund
AKC herding titles
Herding titles - AHBA (American Herding Breeds Association)
Herding titles - ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America)
Field trials - AKC, CKC
Go To Ground/Terrier Trials/Tests
Coursing titles - ASFA (American Sighthound Field Association)
Coursing titles - AKC
Coursing titles - NAOFA (North American Open Field Association)
Coursing titles - NACA (North American Coursing Association)
Hunt Test Titles
Working certificates (breed clubs)
Miscellaneous titles
Breed acronyms
Other Dog-Related Acronyms
Conversational acronyms

Comments

This list primarily deals with acronyms and references for dog fanciers. There are many other lists available for other general acronyms and emoticons, which you should consult. These include:

http://www.stevegrossman.com/jargon.htm

Also...

All titles are suffixes to a dog's registered name if not otherwise noted.
Acronyms listed alphabetically, except herding titles, which are in order of difficulty.

Organizations

AAC: Agility Association of Canada
AKC: American Kennel Club
CKC: Canadian Kennel Club
NADAC: North American Dog Agility Council
UKC: United Kennel Club (USA)
USDAA: United States Dog Agility Association

Flyball Titles

FD: Flyball Dog
FDX: Flyball Dog Excellent
FDCh: Flyball Dog Champion
FM: Flyball Master
FMX: Flyball Master Excellent
FMCh: Flyball Master Champion
ONYX: Award (named after first recipient) based on points earned
FGDCh: Flyball Grand Champion

Agility Titles

AX: Agility Excellent (AKC)
MX: Master Agility Excellent (AKC)
NA: Novice Agility (AKC)
OA: Open Agility (AKC)
NAJ: Novice Jumper With Weaves (AKC)
OAJ: Open Jumper With Weaves (AKC)
AXJ: Excellent Jumper With Weaves (AKC)
MXJ: Master Jumper With Weaves (AKC)
U-AGI: Agility I (UKC)
U-AGII: Agility II (UKC)
U-ACH: Agility Champion (UKC)
U-ACHX: Agility Champion Excellent (UKC)
AD: Agility Dog (USDAA)
VAD: Veteran Agility Dog (USDAA)
VAAD: Veteran Advanced Agility Dog (USDAA)
VMAD: Veteran Master Agility Dog (USDAA)
VS: Veterans Snooker
VJ: Veterans Jumper
VG: Veterans Gambler
VPD: Veteran Performance Dog
AAD: Advanced Agility Dog (USDAA)
MAD: Master Agility Dog (USDAA)
SM: Snooker Master (USDAA)
GM: Gambler Master (USDAA)
PM: Pairs Master (USDAA)
JM: Jumpers Master (USDAA)
ADCH: Agility Dog Champion (USDAA)
ADC: Agility Dog of Canada (AAC)
AADC: Advanced Agility Dog of Canada (AAC)
MADC: Master Agility Dog of Canada (AAC)
O-, S-: Outstanding, Superior Peformance, prefixed to any NADAC title
NAC, NAC-V, NAC-JH: Novice Standard, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
OAC, OAC-V, OAC-JH: Open Standard, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
EAC, EAC-V, EAC-JH: Elite Standard, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
NGC, NGC-V, NCG-JH: Novice Gamblers, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
OGC, OGC-V, OCG-JH: Open Gamblers, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
EGC, EGC-V, ECG-JH: Elite Gamblers, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
NJC, NJC-V, NJC-JH: Novice Jumpers, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
OJC, OJC-V, OJC-JH: Open Jumpers, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
EJC, EJC-V, EJC-JH: Elite Jumpers, Veterans, Junior Handler (NADAC)
NATCh: Agility Trial Champion (NADAC)

Obedience Titles

CD: Companion Dog (AKC, CKC)
CDX: Companion Dog Excellent (AKC, CKC)
CT: Champion Tracker (a dog with a TD, TDX and VST) (AKC)
OTCh: Obedience Trial Champion (prefix) (AKC, CKC)
TD: Tracking Dog (AKC, CKC)
TDX: Tracking Dog Excellent (AKC, CKC)
U-CD: Companion Dog (prefix) (UKC)
U-CDX: Companion Dog Excellent (prefix) (UKC)
U-UD: Utility Dog (prefix) (UKC)
UD: Utility Dog (AKC, CKC)
UDT: Utility Dog title with a Tracking Dog title (AKC)
UDTX: Utility Dog title with a Tracking Dog Excellent title (AKC)
UDX: Utility Dog Excellent (AKC)
UDVST: Utility Dog title with a Variable Surface Tracking title (AKC)
VST: Variable Surface Tracking (AKC)

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: There are no combined titles for dogs with UDX and other tracking titles.

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Schutzhund

AD: 12 1/2 mile endurance run (can move from the other category)
B: German equiv. of a CD and CGC test in one
SchH I, SchH II, SchH III: comprising three phases -tracking,obedience and protection. dog must pass all three phases to earn title
FH: advanced tracking title (comparable to TDX)
WH: watchdog title
KKL: Koer'd means the dog is certified as eligible for breeding under the German breed survey system

AKC herding titles

HCH: Herding Champion (prefix)
HI: Herding Intermediate
HS: Herding Started
HT: Herding Tested
HX: Herding Excellent
PT: Pre-trial Tested

Herding titles - AHBA (American Herding Breeds Association)

HCT: Herding Capable Tested
* HTD1: Herding Trial Dog, first level
* HTD2: Herding Trial Dog, second level
* HTD3: Herding Trial Dog, third level
JHD: Junior Herd Dog

* The official AHBA HTD title can have up to 4 suffixes: -d for ducks; -s for sheep; -g for goats; or -c for cattle. The title will always have at least one of these suffixes.

Herding titles - ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America)

* ATD: Advanced Trial Dog
* OTD: Open Trial Dog
RD: Ranch Dog (dog has been evaluated by a judge while doing its routine farm tasks & certified to be a useful working dog)
* STD: Started Trial Dog
WTCH: Working Trial Champion (prefix)
(dog has earned ATD on all 3 types of stock)

* Always with suffix -s, -d, -c to indicate title earned on sheep, ducks or cattle. Titles earned separately on each type of stock.

Field trials - AKC, CKC

AFC: Amateur Field Champion, (prefix)
(must be owner handled)
CFC: Canadian Field Champion, (prefix)
CAFC: Canadian Amateur Field Champion, (prefix)
FC: Field champion, (prefix)
(can be professional handler, open class)
FD: Field Dog (pointing, CKC)
FDJ: Field Dog Junior (pointing, CKC)
FDX: Field Dog Excellent (pointing, CKC)
NFC: National Field Champion, (prefix)

Go To Ground/Terrier Trials/Tests

JE: Junior Earthdog (AKC)
ME: Master Earthdog (AKC)
SE: Senior Earthdog (AKC)

NOTE 1: AWTA Titles and other Terrier titles missing.

Coursing titles - ASFA (American Sighthound Field Association)

F.Ch.: Field Champion
LCM: Lure Courser of Merit
LCM2: Lure Courser of Merit 2
(has met the requirements for LCM twice over. LCM3, LCM4, etc. are also available)