Alamance, if you're going to send a PM to someone and ask them a question, it's helpful if you don't block them from responding to you.

Since you did just that, however, I'll answer your question, even though it is something that, if you REALLY wanted to know, you could have much more easily just done a damn web search and found the information.

Phyllis Dobbs and her dog live in Marysville, California; she and her husband, Jim, have been involved with working dogs of all breeds for ages, and founded the Dobbs Training Center.

Oh, and apparently, T-Rex, when he's not competing in IPO, AKC obedience, tracking, herding and agility, or being shown in the SV-style and AKC conformation rings, is also his breeder/owner/working handler's service dog.

Not really sure why where the dog and owner live matters so much to you--no matter where you live or where you show, it still takes the same number of major and minor points to achieve an AKC breed championship. Try as you might, there's nothing that diminishes this dog's accomplishments.

Before I finish reading your post, this stupid tablet moved and I hit the wrong key.  Then I tried to unblock and could not know if I had unblocked the item or not.

Please admin help me with this mess!!!  I could not find how to unblock the mistake!!

Please do not assume that someone did something wrong.  Just as a blood clot killed the horse and not the tapes!

Since I am being blamed for something that I did NOT do, but this Verizon "free" tablet did, I will not finish reading your post.

If you didn't intend to block me, then I'll retract that admonition.

I still don't really understand why it seems to matter so much where Phyllis Dobbs and T-Rex are from, or why you didn't just do a web search on them, though.

I shouldn't presume that you are trying to make a negative point, either. I shouldn't respond to messages when I'm in a somewhat pissy frame of mind. My apologies to you, Alamance.

Why is it people think AKC venues including an AKC championship is easy?  It is some of the hardest and most committed work I have ever done. 

About the dog:  All I can say is a hugh congratulations, I hope he passes on his good stuff to his offspring.  Best of luck with him  I tip my glass.

OH and by the way;  in case you are wondering what I mean by "good stuff" that he might pass on to his offspring that would be beauty and versatility...

What is AKC Obedience?

• Demonstrating the usefulness of a dog as a companion to humankind, AKC Obedience is a sport with rules, regulations, judges, conditioning, training, placements and prizes.
• Dog and handler teams are judged on how closely they match the judge's mental picture of a theoretically perfect performance as they execute a series of specified exercises.
• Accuracy and precision are essential, but the natural movement of the handler and the willingness and enjoyment of the dog are very important.
• Helen Whitehouse Walker devised the first obedience "test" in Mt. Kisco, New York in 1933 to show the intelligence of her poodles.
• The first AKC licensed obedience trial was held in 1936 with approximately 200 entries in 18 trials.
• Each level of obedience competition -- novice, open, and utility -- requires mastering a specific skill set, which increase in difficulty, before advancing to the next level.
• Novice Class demonstrates good canine companion skills such as heeling, both with and without a leash, coming when called, standing for a simple physical examination, and staying in both a sit and a down position with a group of dogs.
• In the Novice Class, dogs earn an AKC Companion Dog (CD) title after receiving three qualifying scores under two different judges.
• The Open Class is more challenging as more exercises are done off leash and retrieving and jumping challenges are added.
• In the Open Class, dogs earn an AKC Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) title after receiving three qualifying scores under two different judges.
• The Utility Class, which includes scent discrimination, directed retrieves, jumping and silent signal exercises, is the most challenging class.
• In the Utility Class, dogs earn an AKC Utility Dog (UD) title after receiving three qualifying scores from two different judges.
• Upon completion of the UD title, dogs may earn the Utility Dog Excellent (UDX) by receiving 10 passing scores in both Open B and Utility B at the same show.
• In October of 2004, numeric designations were added to the UDX. The highest UDX title to date is a UDX71, OTCH Jo's Xpensif Hobi O'Redfield UDX71 MX MXJ
• The Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH) title is often referred to as the "PhD" for dogs, is the highest obedience honor a dog can receive.
• To obtain an OTCH title, a dog and handler team must receive 100 points by placing first, second, third or fourth in the Open B or Utility B classes and a first place in Utility B and/or Open B three times.
• To compete in the AKC National Obedience Invitational dogs must be the top OTCH and OTCH-pointed dogs in each breed.
• The AKC National Obedience Championship title (NOC) is awarded to one dog each year.
• Only dogs winning the AKC National Obedience Championship are permitted to have the prestigious NOC letters precede its name in AKC records.
• There are 14 NOCs in the seventeen-year history of this event 3 dogs having won the award twice.

Alamance, after reading your post on the SV elections thread, the purpose of your question may be clearer to me now.  While I don't know Phyllis Dobbs, I would doubt that T-Rex's conformation title has anything to do with the politics of GSDCA and WDA. I'm pretty certain she falls more on the side of the parent club, as I know she was on the Herding Course C Committee for the 2013 Nationals...

I did come back and read only the last post.  And my WDA post had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the location/state where the dog is.  Maybe one would would like to see the dog in the ring if he was still being shown or to obtain a pup.  But if the dog was 3k miles, no.

Just because a dog does not have titles does NOT have fanvy titles does not mean it is not a spectular dog.  But I could not work one spectular dog due to a severe injury that I received and i did not want to send her out.  Another good wonderful dog whichwas so mucam.talent totally refused to work for anyone but me.  So no fancy titles for her.  Another dog came to me as an older dog and because of mistreatment absolutely refuses to do something needed to be done in obedience type work.  The fear that comes into her eyes when asked to do this request makes me so sick.  An abcess across her back and down both sides almost to midline cost way more than $2K to dianose and to treat.  Beatings????

Word to the wise -- all your readings of my posts ain't a gonna tell anything about me!!!  You need to see my beaten dog look at me with her beautiful eyes and see her around me to know who I am. When people see the two of us together that tells the story as she is so happy the two of us are together and she is safe with me.  The sad part is that I do not and cannot obtain the correct eresser  that causes the fear in her beautiful eyes.

See, I purposefully do not let this list know me as I do not consider this list my friends as you have proven me right with your stalking of me in thismy posts just because because this free tablet betrayed me.  See you proved me right!!!

I am just so happy that this dog can show up other dogs with all his titles and that he is a GSD!!   And so happy that as a German dog, he has a CH.

What is funny is that the owner of a CH German dog somewhat near me was putting a lot of pressure on me to obtain one of his pups.  Nice dog, but right I do not need another dog.

Guess I need to disappear again.

Now I'm stalking you because I read a thread you posted in, and read your post which made me consider that maybe you thought this dog could be part of Yee's alleged 'flood the show ring' scheme...

You are absolutely right--I wouldn't be able to get a glimpse into how your thought processes work if I had a freakin' schematic of them in my hands. Like your arguing with yourself in a question you posted about a vet who did a special type of hip surgery, because nobody had any info to share in the thread--no one posted any answers most likely because no one knew anything about his whereabouts.

I give up. You win.

IMO the most interesting thing about this dog's AKC CH is that he is an Am bred working line with AKC performance titles that few dogs of any breed are able to attain.  In many areas of the country, the competition in the OB ring is so intense that it isn't unusual for a dog to score a 198 in open and/or utility and not be eligible for one of the 4 available placements; the OTCH is almost unattainable in those areas. It's just an outstanding accomplishment. BTW earning an AKC OB or CH title has nothing to do with the GSDCA  or the WDA - it's all about the AKC.