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American Kennel Club
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| Title | Title Name |
Requirements Necessary To Earn Title |
| Suffix Titles- Titles Appearing After a Dog's Name |
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| Obedience |
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| CD | Companion Dog | Dog must be certified by 3 different judges to have qualifying scores in Novice at 3 qualifying trials. |
| CDX | Companion Dog Excellent | Dog has been certified by 3 different judges to have qualifying scores in Open at 3 qualifying trials. |
| UD | Utility Dog |
Dog must be registered and be certified by 3 obedience trial judges to have qualifying scores at 3 qualifying trials. |
| UDX | Utility Dog Excellent |
Dog must receive qualifying scores in both Open B and Utility B at 10 separate qualifying trials. |
| Agility |
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| AJP | Excellent Jumpers Preferred |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Jumpers With Weaves Preferred under at least 2 different judges. |
| AX | Agility Excellent |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Agility under at least 2 different judges. |
| AXJ | Excellent Agility Jumper |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Jumpers with Weaves under at least 2 different judges. |
| AXP | Agility Excellent Preferred |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Excellent A Preferred class under at least 2 different judges. |
| MJP | Master Excellent Jumper Preferred |
Dog must earn 10 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. (Trial at which AX was earned does not count.) |
| MX | Master Agility Excellent |
Dog must earn 10 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. (Trial at which AX was earned does not count.) |
| MXJ | Master Excellent Jumper |
Dog must earn 10 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. (Trial at which AX was earned does not count.) |
| NA | Novice Agility |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice A and/or B Agility under at least 2 different judges. |
| NAJ | Novice Agility Jumper |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice A and/or B jumpers with weaves under at least 2 different judges. |
| NAP | Novice Agility Preferred |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice Agility Preferred A and/ or B under at least 2 different judges. |
| NJP | Novice Jumper Preferred |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores in Novice a and/or b Jumpers Preferred under at least 2 different judges. |
| OA | Open Agility |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. |
| OAJ | Open Agility Jumper |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. |
| OAP | Open Agility Preferred |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. |
| OJP | Open Jumpers Preferred |
Dog must earn 3 qualifying scores under at least 2 different judges. |
| RN | AKC Rally Novice |
Dog must be certified by 2 different judges to have qualifying scores in Novice at 3 qualifying trials. |
| RA | AKC Rally Advanced |
Dog must be certified by 2 different judges to have qualifying scores in Advanced at 3 qualifying trials. |
| RAE | AKC Rally Advanced Excellent |
Dog must earn qualifying scores in both Advanced B and Excellent B at 10 separate qualifying rally trials. |
| Prefixes Titles- Titles Appearing Before a Dog's Name |
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| Ch. | Champion | Dog must acquire 15 points, including 2 majors won under 2 different judges and at least one point under a 3rd judge. |
| CGC | Grand Champion |
Bench Show Champion must win 3 champion classes with competition against champions |
| MACH | Master Agility Champion |
Dog must achieve 750 championship points and 20 double qualifying scores from Excellent B Std. Agility and Excellent B Jumpers class. |
| OTCH | Obedience Trial Champion |
Dog must win 100 points: Must have 1 first place Open B, 1 first place Utility and a third first place in either. Must be awarded by 3 different judges at all-breed events. One of the required firsts may have been won at Specialty Show. Open B must have 6 in competition and Utility must have 3. |


