Titles and what they mean - Page 1

Ok, I'm going to put it out there just how ignorant I am and hope you will enlighten me.  Since I am in the USA I am somewhat familiar with AKC, CD, CDX and even SchIII...what I don't recognize is the "IPO" "FH" "SPH" and "BSP".  I have'nt a clue.   I'm sure I will run across others and be equally confused...I'm impressed but I don't know what with.  Is there a website I can access that will tell me what all this is so when I read the pedigree I will understand it better?  Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks, Deb

http://hauspharao.com/titlerans.html

IPO 1, 2 and 3 is roughly the equivalent to the SV's SchH 1, 2 and 3 but from the international (and all-breed) FCI (of which the U.S. is not an affiliated member).  The U.S. can compete under SV regulations for SchH titles through United Schutzhund Clubs of America (USA).  The FH is an advanced tracking title, similar to the AKC's TDX.  The SPH is a Danish version of the FH.  The BSP is a once a year schutzhund event held in Germany (gsd's only) under the SV.

There's alot of sites explaining titles, but here's one to get you started.  http://www.justfurkids.com/dog_titles.html

Sure, I'll try to help. Can't learn if you don't ask and I wasn't born with this knowledge either, so I am very glad you are asking and broadening your knowledge.

Sch titles - exclusively for GSD breed sanctioned trials.

IPO - same as sch but facoring to the international rules. Not a rule, but a lot of people competing with other breeds than GSD competing in it (as well as gsd can earn an IPO title!), like Malinois, Doberman, Bouvier, Rottweiler etc... list them as IPO. A GSD can be Sch and IPO, if he competed in those events as many do.

FH - tracking title, from German word FarthenHund  - tracking dog

Other titles and their meanings:

"A" stamp - German certificate for quality hips. To be used for breeding in Germany,the dog MUST have an A stamp. Different ratings for an "A" stamp are: normal, fast normal (almost normal) and noch zugelassen (still acceptable). Any dog scoring below that is not allowed to be bred.

Ad title - Endurance title (a dog has to trot for 12 miles besides handler and at the end perform a few simple obedience exercises to be awarded the title).

BLH - german for "BlindenHund", blinden meaning "blind", assistance dog for visually impaired people

BpDH - german for Bahnpolizeidientshund - railroad police service dog

Bundesleistungsieger - German national Workind Dog Champion

BSP - Bundessiegerprufung - German Working Champion (for example, Javir Talka Marda won this event in 2008)

Dh - DienstHund - Service Dog

HGH - german for HerdenGebrauchsHund - Herding Dog title

Huttesieger - Herding Dog Chamopion at the herding dog trial

INT1 - Internationalle PrufungsKlasse - International Training Degree

JugendSieger - First place winner (SG-1) in youth class (12 to 18 months) at the Sieger show

Junghundsieger - First place winner (SG-1) in young dog lass (18 to 24 months) at the Sieger show

Lbs - (lebenszeit), where leben means life and Zeit is time, hence breed surveyed for life

Landesgruppensieger - First place winner (V-1) at the regional show, adult class

LwH - Avalanche Rescue Dog

PH - PolizeiHund, self explanatory, I hope.

PSP, german short for PolizeiSchutzhundPrufung, self explanatory

RtH - Rescue Dog

VA-1 - Grand Victor, the winner at the German Sieger Show

ZB - german for Zuchtbewertung, a conformation show rating

ZH I and ZH II - german for ZollHund - where Zoll means Customs

WH - watchdog

etc.. etc... I hope this helps. Any titles by the dog's name are to be congratulated to the dog and their owners, helpers and trainers - it's hard work, but so worth it.

HOLY SMOKES!  Awesome replies.  Thanks so very much...now I have my homework to do.  I joined this site as a lark some time ago.   I just recently decided to check into it.  I am so very impressed with what I see and the way all of you respond to help people like me with our questions.  Thank you, thank you. 

Deb

Darylehret and Adi, very good posts and will be very helpful information, so nice to see people being helpful to others needing questions answered and not ripping them apart for asking. Well done. liz

Oh, also, when somebody mentions a "HOT" dog, that's just an acronym, but it also could be kinda sorta of a title, since they do have HOT championships or recognize HOT dogs in Schutzhund trials.

Those are the hardest (in my opinion) ones to achieve as HOT stands for "Handler" (meaning the dog's partner in a Schutzhund competition, as opposed to a dog owner who wants the dog to compete but gets a different handler for various reasons).

"Owner", the one who not only handles the dog competing but owns the dog as well) and T is for Trainer (owner personaly did all the training of the dog), so HOT = Handler Owner Trained.

The longest road and the toughest way to do it, as opposed to somebody buying an adult dog with all titles and then competing with it.

The only touger one would be BHOT = Breeder Handler Owner Trainer. So, there are a few more to confuse ya! Don't worry, it'll settle quick and you'll gain more appreciation over time for people and dogs that did the legwork, competed and attained the titles when you try it yourself. It is time consuming.

Hi Deb

not forgetting the Czech qualifications of which I have on some of the dogs in my 2 girls pedigrees

ZM basic title similar to BH but with bite work

ZPO Czech Protection Dog title

ZVV Schutzhund

ZZZ basic qualification for SAR work

vyborny equivalent to V rating

velmi dobry equivalent to SG rating

there are others but not sure of all of them, maybe someone can add.

Pam

It is my understanding that as of the last rule change (2004?) that SchH /IPO/VDH were all exactly the same routine- the small differences had been eliminated. 

FYI you can compete for EITHER a Sch or IPO title at a USA event as long as the club offers both or if willing to do the extra paperwork. You simply indicate on the entry which one you are trialing for.

FYI There are two FH titles, FH1 Advanced Tracking and FH2 Superior Tracking, My Weimaraner has both.

I am a HOT (handler owner trainer) of a SchH3 dog.

In the UK the titles CDex UDex WDex TDex PDex are slightly different to those in the US as they involve exercises other than nosework.