Abbreviations Used for Titles

Titles Appearing Before A Dog's name

AFC Amateur Field Trial Champion
CH Champion
CT Champion Tracker (TD, TDX & VST)
DC Dual Champion (Ch & FC or HC)
FC Field Trial Champion (Field Trial and Lure Coursing)
HC Herding Champion
MACH Master Agility Champion
NAFC National Amateur Field Champion
NFC (National Field Champion
NGDC National Gundog Champion
NAGDC National Amateur Gundog Champion
NOC National Obedience Champion
OTCH Obedience Trial Champion
TC Triple Champion (DC, OTCH or MACH or CT)
VCCH Versatile Companion Champion

Abbreviations Used for OFA and CERF Certifications

Certifications by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals ("OFA") for hips is shown as follows:
"OFA {age in months when certified} {grade}"
where the grade is either "E", "G", or "F" for "excellent", "good", or "fair" respectively.  Note that the grade may be absent if the dog passed by the grade is unavailable or unpublished.

Abbreviations Used for Colors and Markings

The follwing partial list shows the abbrevations used for colors and markings (For a complete list visit www.akc.org/registration/colors-markings.cfm)  Note that due to space limitations, abbrevations for compound colors (such as "Salt and Pepper" or "red Merle") are not shown; instead, you will need to find the abbreviations for each color in the compound color to discover what the abbreviations means.  Also, colors of foreighn-registered dogs are not given ont he Certified Pedigree.

AGT...... Agouti     APCT.....Apricot     BCKSN.....Buckskin     BDGR.....Badger
BF.....Buff     BHEIM.....Blenheim     BG.....Beige     BL.....Blue     BLG.....Belge
BLK.....Black     BLK-TN.....Black & Tan     BLTK.....Bluetick     BLTN.....Belton
BR.....Brown     BRDL.....Brindle     BRDLD.....Brindlled     BRNZ.....Bronze
BSCT.....Biscuit     BVR.....Beaver     CAFE.....Cafe au Lait     CHAR.....Charcoal
CHSNT.....Chestnut     CHLT.....Chocolate     CMN.....Cinnamon     CPR.....Copper
CR.....Cream     DBLDPL.....Double Dapple     DG.....Deadgrass     DK.....Dark    
DLUT.....Dilute     DMNO.....Domino     DPL.....Dapple     FCE.....Face     FN.....Fawn
GLD.....Gold     GLDN.....Golden     GR.....Gray     GRZL.....Grizzle     HLQN.....Harlequin
LMN.....Lemon     LT.....Light     LVR.....Liver     MALT.....Maltese     MHGY.....Mahogany
MKGS.....Markings     MRL.....Merle     MSK.....Mask     MSTD.....Mustard     MZL.....Muzzle
ORG.....Orange     OVRLY.....Overlay     PBLD.....Piebald     PK.....Pink     PLMNO.....Palomino     PLTM.....Platinum     PNTO.....Pinto     PPR.....Pepper     PRTI.....Parti-colored     PTCHD.....Patched     PTS.....Points     RBY.....Ruby     RCH.....Rich     RD.....Red     RDSH.....Redish     RDTK.....Redtick     RN.....Roan     RST.....Rust     SBL.....Sable     SBLG.....Sabling     SDG.....Sedge     SDL.....Saddle     SESME.....Sesame     SL.....Seal     SLT.....Salt     SLTE.....Slate     SLVR.....Silver     SMT.....Smut     SNDY.....Sandy     SPKLD.....Speckled     SPTD.....Spotted     STG.....Stag     STL.....Steel     TKD.....Ticked     TN.....Tan     TPS.....Tips     TRI.....Tri-Color     TWNY.....Tawny     WH.....White     WHTN.....Wheaten     WLDBR.....Wild Boar     WLF.....Wolf     WLFGR.....Wolfgray     YLW.....Yellow