NOVICE Eligibility - Do I go to Novice A or Novice B?

 CHAPTER 3

NOVICE

Section 1. Novice A Class. 

• The Novice A class shall be for dogs that have not won the CD title. 
• A handler must own the dog entered or be a member of the owner’s household or immediate family 
• and may not have previously handled any dog that has earned an AKC Regular or Preferred Novice, Open, or Utility title. 
• Owners may enter more than one dog in this class. The same person who handles the dog in the first five exercises must handle the dog in the group exercise; however, if a person has handled more than one dog in the first five exercises that will participate in the group exercise, that person must provide a handler for the additional dog in the same group exercise. The additional handler for the group exercise need not be a member of the owner’s household or immediate family. 
• No dog may be entered in both Novice A and Novice B at any one trial.

Section 2. Novice B Class. 

• The owner or any other person may handle dogs in this class to earn a CD title. 
• Owners may enter more than one dog in this class. 
• No dog may be entered in both Novice A and Novice B at any one trial.