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The Rough & Smooth Collie Personality

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 [...]