Originally posted by ShepherdLover:
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Just go to the AKC web site and search for obedience. Maybe that will help you. But here is some info:

CD (Companion Dog), Novice
CDX (Companion Dog Excellent), Open
UD (Utility Dog), Utility
UDX (Utility Dog Excellent), Utility and Open
OTCH (Obedience Trial Champion), Utility and Open</STRONG>
These are all the obedience titles you can get. For your CD you have to get a qualifying score in Novice (heeling, stand for examination, recall, heeling off leash, long sit stay and down stay) 3 times.

For your CDX you have to get 3 qualifying scores in Open (all of leash - heeling, drop on recall, retrieve a dumbbell, retrieve a dumbbell while going over a jump, a long jump, and very long sit stay and down stay).

For your UD you have to get 3 qualifying scores in Utility (Utility stand for exam and recall, Directed Jumping, directed retrieve, signal exercise - where you can't talk to the dog, they must heel, stay, sit, down, and come all on hand signals, scent discrimination, I think there might be more - I just can't remember)

For your UDX you have to quailify in Open and Utility on the same day, 10 times.

For your OTCH you have to get 100 points. The way you earn points is what place you get in Open or Utility (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th) and how many dogs you defeated.