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The Rough & Smooth Collie Personality

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As a whole, the Rough & Smooth Collie is a hardy, healthy breed. There traits are some of the most desired in the world among dog owners - they’re beautiful, intelligent, sensitive, easy to train, loyal, friendly, and very loving. Unlike the chow, the collie is not known for being a “one person” [...]
Showring Titles awarded by the AKC
Titles awarded by the American Kennel Club for
winning competitions:
Conformation
Ch -champion
Obedience
CD -companion
dog
CDX -companion
dog excellent
UD -utility
dog
UDX -utility dog
excellent
OTCh -obedience trial
champion
Field
JH -junior hunter
SH -senior hunter
MH -master hunter
AFCh -amateur fiels
champion
FCh -fiels champion
Lure
Coursing
JC -junior courser
SC -senior courser
Herding
HT -herding tested
PT -pretrial tested
HS -herding started
HI -herding intermediate
HX -herding excellent
HCh -herding champion
Tracking
TD -tracking dog
TDX -tracking dog
excellent
Agility
NAD -novice agility [...]
Agility Scoring
3-Basic Methods - Standard scoring, Time + Fault scoring, Point basis scoring Standard Scoring - A time limit is set on the course by the judge.
You & the dog must complete the course before the time runs out.
Penalties are set on each obstacle for each type of fault that can occur.
The dog with the fewest penalties wins. In the event of a tie [...]