RULES - CHAPTER 4 OPEN: Section 1. Open A Class; Section 2. Open B Class. Section 3. Open A Exercises and Scores. Section 5. Companion Dog Excellent Title.

AKC® OBEDIENCE REGULATIONS

 CHAPTER 4 

OPEN 

Obedience Regulations 

Section  1. Open A Class.  

• The Open A class  will  be  for dogs that have won the CD title  but have not won the CDX title.  
• Anyone who has trained  or exhibited  a  dog that  has  earned  an  OTCH may  not  enter  or handle  dogs in  this  class.  
• Each  dog must  be  handled  by its  owner or by a  member  of the  owner’s household  or immediate  family.  
• Owners may enter more than one dog in this class. 
• No dog may be entered in both the Open A and Open B classes at any one trial. 
• Prior to the  start of judging,  the  judge will  decide  where the leash will be placed and post this information at the  ring approximately  45 minutes or earlier  before the start of the class. 
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Section 2. Open B Class.  

• The Open B class will be for dogs that have won the CD or CDX titles. 
•  A dog may  continue  to compete  in this class after it has won the UD  title.  
• The owner or any other person may handle dogs in this class. 
• Owners may enter more than one dog in this class. 
• No dog may be entered in both Open A and Open B classes at any one trial. 
• Prior to  the  start  of judging,  the  judge  will  decide  where the  leash will be placed and the order of exercises to be performed in that class. The placement  of the leash  and the order will not be disclosed to exhibitors  until  it is posted at the ring, approximately  45 minutes or earlier  before  the start of the  class. 
• In future  assignments,  judges are required  to  alternate  the  six orders of exercises  so that  each  will  be  used approximately  the same number of times. 

Section 3. Open A Exercises and Scores.  

The exercises and maximum  score in the Open A class: 

1. Heel Free and Figure Eight                 40 points

2. Command  Discrimination  (Stand, Down, Sit)     30 points

3. Drop on Recall                                     30 points

4. Retrieve  on Flat                                    20 points

5. Retrieve  over High Jump                     30 points

6. Broad Jump                                             20 points

7.  Stand  Stay – Get Your Leash             30 points

TOTAL MAXIMUM SCORE         200 points 

The maximum  judging rate is eight  (8) dogs per hour.

Section 5. Companion Dog Excellent  Title.  

The  letters  CDX may  be added  after  the  name  of  each  dog  that  has  been  certified  by  two  different judges  to have  received  qualifying  scores in Open classes  at  three licensed  or member  obedience  trials.  That  dog will  receive  a  Companion Dog Excellent  certificate  from the AKC.