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AKC Championships
CH Conformation Champion
OTCH Obedience Trial Champion
MACH Master Agility Champion
HC Herding Champion
CT Champion Tracker (TD, TDX & VST)

AKC Obedience
CD Companion Dog
CDX Companion Dog Excellent
UD Utility Dog
UDX Utility Dog Excellent

Herding
HIC Herding Instinct Certified
PT  Pre-Trial Tested
HS Herding Started
HI Herding Intermediate
HX Herding Excellent
HT Herding Tested

Tracking
TD Tracking Dog
TDX Tracking Dog Excellent
VST Variable Surface Tracker

Advanced Obedience Titles
UDT Utility Dog Tracking Dog
UDXTD Utility Dog Excellent Tracking Dog
UDTDX Utility Dog Tracking Dog Excellent
UDXTDX Utility Dog Excellent Tracking Dog Excellent
UDVST Utility Dog Variable Surface Tracking
UDXVST Utility Dog Excellent Variable Surface Tracking
VCD1 Versatile Companion Dog
Must complete CD, NA, NAJ, TD
VCD2 Versatile Companion Dog 2
Must complete CDX, OA, OAJ, TD
VCD3 Versatile Companion Dog 3
Must complete UD, AX, AXJ, TDX
VCD4 Versatile Companion Dog 4
Must complete UDX, MX, MXJ, VST

Agility
AJP Excellent Agility Jumpers With Weaves “A” Preferred
AX Agility Excellent
AXJ Excellent Agility Jumper
AXP Agility Excellent “A” Preferred
MJP Master Excellent Jumpers With Weaves “B” Preferred
MX Master Agility Excellent
MXJ Master Excellent Jumpers With Weaves
MXP Master Agility Excellent “B” Preferred
NA Novice Agility
NAJ Novice Agility Jumper
NAP Novice Agility Preferred
NJP Novice Jumpers With Weaves Preferred
OA Open Agility
OAJ Open Agility Jumper
OAP Open Agility Preferred
OJP Open Jumpers With Weaves Preferred

Rally
RN Rally Novice
RA Rally Advanced
RE Rally Excellent
RAE Rally Advanced Excellent
A numeric designation indicates the number of times the dog has met the RAE requirements, i.e. RAE2, RAE3, etc.

Certificates
CGC Canine Good Citizen
TT Temperament Test
RTD Registered Therapy Dog
TDI Therapy Dog International

FCI recognized show titles
Sieger is a male Champion; Siegerin is female
WS World Sieger /Siegerin
WJS World Youth Sieger
ES Europa Sieger
JS  Europa Youth Sieger
IntCh International Champion
IFR-Sgr IFR International Show Sieger/Siegerin

Internationally recognized working titles
AD 20 km endurance test (trot)
FH I Advanced Tracking
FH II Most Advanced Tracking
BH Begleithunde: Obedience and Traffic sureness
WH Watchunde: Watchdog test
SchH Schutzhund: a dog sport involving 3 phases:
tracking, obedience and protection
SchH I First level
SchH II Second level
SchH III Third level and highest level
SchH A Obedience and Protection phases only of SchH I
IPO I Schutzhund outside of Germany, beginning level
IPO II Intermediate level
IPO III Advanced level

USRC (United States Rottweiler Club) issued titles
BST Breed suitability test
ABST Advanced breed test
LBST Lifetime breed test
ADRK (Allgemeiner Deutscher Rottweiler Klub) titles/ratings
ZtP Zuchttauglichkeitsprufung: breed suitability test
Gekört bis Korung Advanced breed test
Gek bis EzA Korung lifetime breed test
(dog does not need to be retested)
DPO I,II, & III service dog
beginning, intermediate &advanced
DM FH Deutsch Meistershaft tracking champion
DM SchH Deutsch Meistershaft schutzhund champion

Show titles
(both males and females compete)
KS Klubsieger show winner
KJS ADRK Klubsieger youth show winner
BS ADRK Bundesieger winner
BJS ADRK youth Bundesieger winner
The year won is before the title.

Sieger/German Style Ratings
Sieger show ratings are translated as follows:
Puppies:
VP Very Promising
P Promising
G Good
Adult Dogs:
V Vorzuglich (Excellent)
SG Sehr Gut (Very Good)
G Gut (Good)