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There are several levels of obedience, such as the long-standing classes of Novice (CD), Open (CDX) and Utility (UD). A higher level of competition was added in recent years, which includes Utility Excellent (UDX) and Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH). The newest title is to be awarded to the winning dog at the AKC National Obedience Invitational. The dog that wins this National Obedience Invitational becomes the National Obedience Champion for the year. This is the only dog that can carry that distinction. In 2005, we added the new AKC Rally Obedience classes to our trial.
AKC Obedience Trials were developed to foster training, as well as, to demonstrate dogs' willingness, capabilities and enjoyment of working, and working in partnership with humans. The AKC GAZETTE annually publishes dog obedience trial rankings and statistics. For the year 2006 (most recent published figures), DOTC's annual Obedience Trial was again ranked seventh in the country in entries with 184 dogs in competition. Our Rally Trial was ranked thirteenth in the country with 186 dogs in competition.
For the year 2008, our 71st Obedience and 4th RallyTrials will be held on Sunday, March 16th at the Howard County Fairgrounds in the spacious Main Exhibition Building where we have held our trial for many years. Although trial hours are 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, judging starts at 8:30 and most major classes are completed by 2:30 or 3:00 p.m. In addition to regular A and B classes in Novice, Open, Utility, and Rally obedience, we will continue to offer non-regular classes in Pre-Novice and Veterans. We anticipate that the Rally classes will draw many exhibitors, therefore, entries will be limited; however, we look forward to another record entry for our show.
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