What do the letters before and/or after a dog's name mean ?
       
         Wherever in your reading you find reference to the results of canine competitions, or write-ups on
         individual dogs, you may have seen a series of letters before or after a dog's name, and wondered
         what they signify.
         You may also have noticed that some dogs' names are written up differently: the usual practice
         is to put inverted commas around a pet-name, but not a kennel or pedigree name, such as one of
         the club's Utility dogs is for instance known as 'Morag' whereas her pedigree name, which will be
         the one published in trial catalogues is Glentress
        
         There is a bewildering array of 'titles' on offer to dogs in Dogsports competition in different classes
         of Obedience, Flyball, Agility, Jumping, Tracking, Herding, Conformation (the Show-ring), Retrieving,
         Earthdog, Dancing With Dogs ( the newest branch of canine sport) and others which are less common.
         
         Letters before the name indicate a Championship achieved, most frequently in the Show-ring, which
         will appear as Ch. or Aust. Ch.(you may also see N.Z.Ch.or Am.Ch.or similar, indicating titles gained
         overseas)  There are Obedience Champions too, O.C. We also have in this Club a T.Ch. (Tracking)
         and at least one dog with a Dual Ch. (Championships achieved in two disciplines, Conformation
         and one other) as well as S.A.'s only Triple Champion who has gained her titles in the show-ring as
         well as in Obedience and Tracking. Hovever, the initials you will see most often, and may already
         be aspiring towards yourself, are:
      
         C.C.D. :  Community Companion Dog , the entry level title in Obedience
                   
         C.D. :   Companion Dog;  Novice Obedience
           
         C.D.X. : Companion Dog Excellent: Open Obedience
            
         U.D.      Utility Dog:   Utility Obedience
         
         U.D.X. :Utility Dog Excellent 

         F.D.  :  Flyball Dog

         F.D.X.   Flyball Dog Excellent

         FDCh. : Flyball Dog Champion

         AFCh. :  Australian Flyball Champion

         F.M. :     Flyball Dog Master

         F.M.X. :  Flyball Dog Master Excellent

         FMCh. :  Flyball Dog Master Champion

         Onyx  :  Onyx Plaque

         FDGCh. : Flyball Dog Grand Champion
              
         A.D.  :    Agility Dog:  3 passes in Novice Agility
     
         A.D.X. :  Agility Dog Excellent:   5 Passes in Excellent

         A.D.O. :  Agility Dog Open
                   
         A.D.M.    Agility Dog Master:

         J.D.,  JD.X., &  J.D.M. Jumping titles parallel to Agility

         Ag.Ch.:  Agility Champion which requires consistent excellence
                       in both Agility & Jumping competition following ADM & JDM titles

         G.D., G.D.X., & GDM :  Gamblers titles in Agility Games

         S.D., S.D.X., & SDM :   Snooker titles in Agility Games

         S.P.D., S.P.D.X., & S.P.DM :  Strategic Pairs titles in Agility Games

         T.D.,  &  T.D.X.  Tracking Dog, etc:  Tracking titles gained over a series
                                  of increasingly difficult courses; only conducted in winter.
         
         T.Ch.: Tracking Champion

          E.T.    Endurance Test: 20km supervised group ride/run with the dog
                   being vet-checked at prescribed breaks; only conducted in winter.

      Gr.Ch. : Grand Champion: Conformation (show-ring) title achieved
                       by dogs being awarded their 'Champion' title ten times over
                      
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