He has earned a number of masters -
level agility titles.
Not exact matches
Over the years the club has grown, and many members have shown their Goldens in conformation,
agility, field, tracking, and obedience, winning
titles at all
levels of competition.
A founding member and Training Director for Piscataqua Obedience Club, and a certified member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI), she has
titled her own dogs in Obedience through Utility Dog, Herding to PreTrial
level, plus Tracking and
Agility.
She holds master
level titles in
agility with her dogs Neige (retired) and Alaia, and is training Micah, her German shepherd, as her 3rd
agility competition dog.
Jester, her ten year old Cocker Spaniel, is a Canine Good Citizen and has an Excellent
title in AKC Rally, Championship
level titles in World Cynosport Rally, and continues to compete at the Masters
level in AKC
Agility.
(Obedience and
agility titles require that the dog achieve three qualifying scores in the novice
level of competition; the tracking
title is awarded after a single successful completion of a tracking test.)
However, Novice
level includes two subcategories based on the handler's experience in
agility: Novice A: Novice A is for handlers who have never earned an
agility title on any dog in AKC.
The most recognized suffix
titles are CD (Companion Dog - Novice
Level), CDX (Companion Dog Excellent - Open
Level), UD (Utility Dog - Utility
Level), UDX (Utility Dog Excellent), RN (Rally Novice), RA (Rally Advanced), RE (Rally Excellent), RAE (Rally Advanced Excellent), NA (Novice
Agility), JH (Junior Hunter), and TD (Tracking Dog).
It is the responsibility of the owner / handler to submit regular class or optional
titling class trial -
level qualifying scores, and, in the case of
agility, course times to the Awards Chair either electronically (email) or hard copy (via postal service) no later than December 31st in the year that the trial in which the qualifying score was obtained (use the Performance Awards Achievement Form).