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Lots O' Titles
A little confused by all the titles listed before and after our
dogs' names? Here's the magic decoder ring.
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Ch AKC Conformation Champion, the "beauty queen" title
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DC Dual Champion, indicates the dog has both an AKC
conformation championship and an AKC Lure Coursing Field Championship
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FC or FCh FC as a prefix is an AKC Lure Coursing
Field Champion. FCh as a suffix is an ASFA Lure Coursing Field Championship
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GRC Gazehound Race Champion, the LGRA championship
title
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JOR Junior Oval Racer, the lowest NOTRA title
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LCM Lure Courser of Merit, ASFA's highest title, can be
earned multiple times and if so, is followed by a number ie LCM3
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LCX Lure Courser Excellent, AKC's highest lure coursing
title, it can also be earned multiple times
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MC Master Courser an AKC coursing title
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NA Novice Agility, the first AKC Agility title in the
standard class
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NAJ Novice Agility Jumper, the first AKC Agility title
in the jumpers class
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OA Open Agility, the mid-level AKC Agility title in the
standard class
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OAJ Open Agility Jumper, the mid-level AKC jumpers
title
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ORC Oval Race Champion, the NOTRA championship title
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SC Senior Courser, an intermediate AKC lure coursing
title
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SGRC Superior Gazehound Race Champion, the highest LGRA
title, it too can be earned multiple times, ie SGRC4
Organizations
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AKC, the American
Kennel Club, the governing body of many dog sports
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ASFA, the American
Sighthound Field Association, the governing body of one form of lure coursing
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LGRA, the Large
Gazehound Racing Association, the governing body of 200 yard sprint racing
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NOTRA, the National
Oval Track Racing Association, the governing body of 350 yard oval racing
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Alphabet Soup