Alta-Tollhaus Puppies

General Acronyms:
AKC	American Kennel Club
CKC	Canadian Kennel Club
KC	Kennel Club
Am	American or AKC Title
Can	Canadian or CKC Title
GSD	German Shepherd Dog; GS—German Shepherd
GSDC	German Shepherd Dog Club; GSDCA—German Shepherd Dog Club of America GSDCC—German Shepherd Dog Club of Canada
BOB	Best of Breed
BOS	Best of Opposite Sex
WD	Winners Dog
WB	Winners Bitch
BOW	Best of Winners
Conformation (Show) Titles These titles appear on a pedigree as a prefix (before a dog's name)
CH	Champion
BIS	Best In Show
Sel	Select rating awarded at the annual GSDCA Specialty
GV	Grand Victor (Dog) and Grand Victrix (Bitch) either BOB or BOS at the GSDCA annual National Specialty.
AOM	Award of Merit
CT	Tracking Champion or Champion Tracker
FV	Futurity Victor or Victrix at US national speciality
MV	Maturity Victor or Victrix at US national speciality
BIF/BOF	Best in Futurity or Best of Opposite Sex in Futurity at one of the nine US regional specialities.
BIM/BOM	Best in Maturity or Best of Opposite Sex in Maturity at one of the nine US regional specialities.
Working Titles These titles appear on pedigrees after a dog's name
Obedience Titles
CGC	Canine Good Citizen
CD	Companion Dog
CDX	Companion Dog Excellent
UD	Utility Dog
UDX	Utility Dog Excellent
OTCH	Obedience Trial Champion this title is placed in front of the dog's name
Tracking Titles
TD	Tracking Dog
TDX	Tracking Dog Excellent
VST	Variable Surface Tracker
CT	Champion Tracker - appears before dogs name
TC	Temperament Certified
TT	Temperament Tested
Herding Titles
HT	Herding Tested - First Level
PT	Pre-trial Tested - Second Level
HC or HIC	Herding Instinct Certified
HS	Herding Started
HI	Herding Intermediate
HX	Herding Excellent
HCh or HC	Herding Champion
Agility Titles
NA	Novice Agility
OA	Open Agility
AX	Agility Excellent
MX	Master Agility Excellent
Health Certifications and Other Awards or Titles These appear on pedigrees after a dog's name.
OFA	Orthopaedic Foundation for Animals a non-profit registry which issues "arms length" certification on various health concerns, which are not limited to Orthopaedics.
VwD	Von Willebrand Disease
CERF	Canine Eye Registration Foundation
ROM	Register of Merit title awarded to the sire or dam for the accomplishments of its progeny.
AOE	Award of Excellence - Qualifications, dog must: 1) be a champion; 2) received a select rating at a GSDCA national show; 3) OFA certified hips & elbows; 4) have earned a performance degree, such as obedience, tracking, agility, etc.
ROMC	Canadian equivalent of the ROM
TDI	Therapy Dog International
CHIC

Foreign Working Titles
- appear after dog's name
- do not appear on AKC certified pedigrees
SchHA	Novice Schutzhund obedience and protection
BH	BH = Begleithund. Dog must have their "B" before further titles can be obtained in schutzhund. The BH is a combination temperament and basic obedience test. It is also sometimes referred to as a traffic-sureness test.
WH	Basic protection test.
AD	12.5 mile endurance test whihc does include obedience.
SchH1	Novice Schutzhund qualification in tracking, obedience, and protection
SchH2	Intermediate Schutzhund qualification in tracking, obedience, and protection
SchH3	Masters level of Schutzhund tracking, obedience, and protection
FH1	Advanced tracking
FH2	Superior tracking qualification
IPO1	International Novice Schutzhund trial qualification
IPO2	International Intermediate Schutzhund
IPO3	International Masters Level Schutzhund
BpDH1 2	Railroad Police Dog
BIH	Blind Leader Dog
DH	Service Dog
DPH	Service Police Dog
HGH	Herding Dog
LwH	Avalanche Dog
PFP1 & PFP2	Police Tracking Dog
PH	Police Dog (obtained through the Danish Politihundeforeningen, a police dog association open to civilians)
PSP1, 2 3	Police Guard Dog
RtH	Rescue Dog
ZFH	Customs Tracking Dog
ZH1, 2 3	Customs Dog
Africa	IWT 1, 2, 3
Austria	SchH1, 2 3 and FHA 1, 2, 3
Belgium	Cereco1, IWR1, 2 3 equivalent to IPO1, 2 3
Czech Republic	ZVV1, 2 3 equivalent to SchH1, 2 3
Denmark	BHP1, 2 3 equivalent to SchH1, 2 3 and SPH equivalent to FH
England	PD (Police Dog)
Finland	SK1 equivalent to IPO1
Holland	VH1, 2 3 equivalent to SchH1, 2 3 and SPH equivalent to FH
Hungary	SZL1, 2 3 also ZVV1, 2 3 equivalent to SchH1, 2 3
Italy	Brevetto 1, 2 3 equivalent to SchH1, 2 3
Poland	ZVV1, 2 3 equivalent to SchH1, 2 3
Switzerland	SchH, SchHB, SchHC; CHD1 equivalent to SchH1
Yugoslavia	CAB1, 2 3 equivalent to SchH1, 2 3

German Conformation Titles
- appear before dog's name
VA	Vorzuglich-Auslese-excellent select(only awarded at the National Specialty GSD show in the country the VA is awarded in
V	Vorzuglich-excellent
SG	Sehr Gut-very good- the SG rating is the highest offered in young dog competitions, 12-18 month and 18-24 month age groups
A	Ausreichend-sufficient
U	Ungenugend-Insufficient
M	Mangelhaft-faulty
KKL1	Breed Survey Class 1-the best breed survey classification given
KKL2	Breed Survey Class 2
Lbz	Lebenszeit-Breed surveyed for lifetime
Korung 19	zuruckgestellt(M)-did not pass breed survey in protection work zuruckgestellt(K)-did not pass breed survey due to structural fault A dog that did not pass the breed survey will have to wait one year before being presented again. If he fails the second time, he can never breed surveyed.
A +	Dog has been breed surveyed
Sieger/Siegerin	Best male/female at the national conformation speciality show
VA	The Sieger or Siegerin is VA-1 followed by VA-2, etc. In the judges opinion these are very close in quality to the Sieger or Siegerin. The national show is judged by the SV President, he determines how many VA ratings he wishes to make. There have been times in history when the Sieger/Siegerin titles were discontinued and only VAs awarded, to discourage excessive breeding to the dog who was named Sieger.
German Ratings from Puppy Classes
VP	Very Promising
P	Promising
LP	Less Promising
German Hip Certifications
“a” normal	certified normal hips, required for a dog to pass a breed survey
“a” fast normal	certified near normal hips
“a” noch zugelassen	still permissible

German Odds and Ends
WS	Weltsieger-World Sieger at the FCI all-breed show-
FCI	Federation Cynologique Internationale; an all breed worldwide dog organization,made up of various countries’ whom are members of and whose registries are recognized. The "IPO" is a FCI program.
Hutesieger	Herding Dog Champion at the German National Herding competition
Bundesleistungssieger	The winner of the annual SV National SchH3 working competition, where dogs are competing for perfect scores in SchH3 and the coveted title. Working scores also are evaluated similarly to the conformation titles, V is the highest and the dogs are placed on down in order of the scores they receive.
Bundeszuchtsieger	Another term for the Sieger at the SV German National conformation show
Landesgruppensieger	Rarely seen in contemporary pedigrees, this title reflects the first place winner at a regional show in Germany.
Junghundsieger/ Jugendsieger	Another rating rarely used nowadays, reflecting the first place winner in the 18-24 month young dog class at the Sieger Show.
Landesgruppenjunghund/ Landesgruppenjugend Sieger	First place winner at the regional 18-24 month young dog class. Comparable to the regional futurity/maturity conformation winners at the GSDCA specialty regional futurity/maturity shows.
Europameister	European SchH3 Champion-highest scoring SchH3 dog in annual multi-country SchH3 competition.
Stadtmeister	Rarely used on pedigrees means winner at the city SchH3 competition trial.
Landessieger	Winner of the German annual Regional SchH3 competition. Dogs must compete and meet certain requirements at the regional level to be eligible to compete in the Bundesleistungssieger Prufung.
VPG 1, 2, 3	Vielseitigkeitsprüfung für Gebrauchshunde; Versatility Test for the Working Dogs. Similar to the SChH and IPO 1, 2, 3.
VDH	Verband für das Deutsche Hundewesen - the German Kennel Club
SV	Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde; the German GSD Club.
WUSV	World Union of German Shepherd Clubs