Guide to Dog Titles

Many folks get confused when looking at a long series of initials before or after a dogs name. Below is a list of American Kennel Club title abbreviations as well as several also other distinguished titles your dog can possess, even if they are not registered with the AKC. Please send any corrections or additions to the webmaster. There are many other titles that a dog can earn, which are not listed. For more titles, please refer to our links page.

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AKC Titles Appearing Before the Dog's Name
AFC	Amateur Field Trial Champion (Event: Field Trials)
CH	Champion (Event: Conformation)
CT	Champion Tracker (Event: Tracking)
DC	Dual Champion (CH + FC or HC)
FC	Field Trial Champion (Event: Field Trials)
HC	Herding Champion (Event: Herding)
MACH	MACH Master Agility Champion: In order to acquire the title, a dog must achieve a minimum of 750 championship points and 20 double qualifying scores obtained from the Excellent B Standard Agility class and the Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class.
OTCH	Obedience Trial Champion (encompasses the UD title)
TC	Triple Champion - Any dog that has been awarded the title of Dual Champion (DC) and the title of Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH) or Tracking Champion (CT) or Agility Champion (MACH) may be designated as a Triple Champion.
VCCH	Versatile Companion Champion: Completes a OTCH, MACH and CT.

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AKC Titles Appearing After the Dog's Name
CD	Companion Dog
CDX	Companion Dog Excellent
JH	Junior Hunter
MH	Master Hunter
SH	Senior Hunter
TD	Tracking Dog
TDX	Tracking Dog Excellent
UD	Utility Dog
NA	Novice Agility
OA	Open Agility
AX	Agility Excellent
MX	Master Agility Excellent
MXJ	Master Excellent Jumper with weaves
MXP	Master Agility Excellent "B" Preferred - Dog must earn 10 qualifying scores in Excellent Agility Preferred "B" class under at least 2 different judges. Trial at which AXP was earned does not count toward the 10.
NAJ	Novice Jumpers with weaves
OAJ	Open Jumpers with weaves
AJP	Excellent Agility Jumpers with Weaves "A" Preferred - Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Jumpers With Weaves Preferred class under at least 2 different judges.
AXP	Agility Exellent "A" Preferred - Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Jumpers With Weaves Preferred class under at least 2 different judges.
AXJ	Excellent Jumpers with weaves

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Other Distinguished Titles
U-CD	Companion Dog (through United Kennel Club)
CGC	Canine Good Citizen (for all dogs, even mixed breed)
TDI	Therapy Dog International (enables a dog to visit nursing homes, etc.)
U-CDX	Companion Dog Excellent (through United Kennel Club)
VST	Variable Surface Tracker
CT	Champion Tracker (before dogs name)
TT	Temperament Tested

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