Competition obedience is a canine sport that tests your dog’s ability to perform a series of exercises working with you as a team. The exercises consist of heeling, sit and down stays, stand for examination, retrieving, directed jumping, recalls, scent work, etc.
There are three AKC levels of regular obedience classes:
- Novice (CD title)
- Open (CDX title)
- Utility (UD title)
Each level is more difficult than the previous, similar to achieving a higher education.
There are four AKC optional titling obedience classes:
- Beginner Novice (BN title)
- Graduate Novice (GN title)
- Graduate Open (GO title)
- Versatility (VER title)
There are nine AKC levels of non-regular obedience classes (no titles):
- Wild Card Novice
- Wild Card Open
- Wild Card Utility
- Brace Class
- Veterans Class
- Team Class
- Pre-Novice Class
- International Class
- Obedience Advanced Teamwork
AKC also offers advance titles that requires multipe qualifying score and placements which earned points:
- Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH title)
- Utility Dog Excellent (UDX title)
- Obedience Master title (OM# title)
- Obedience Grand Master (OGM title)
- National Obedience Championship (NOC title)
- Versatile Companion Dog (VCD# title)
- Versatile Companion Champion (VCCH title)
GPCDFA offers classes in Competition Obedience to teach you the skills needed to earn regular, optional, and non-regular obedience titles.
Please see: http://www.akc.org/events/obedience/ for a description of AKC obedience.
