Staffordshire Terrier Club of America - Performance Committee
Chairperson: Denise Wedel
Members: Faith Beiser, Linn Cabral, Sylvia Krpan, Sara Nugent, John & Cindy Lottinville, Corinne Omilanowicz, Maurine Pearson, Dave Tyler, Barb Wheat
Contact: performance@amstaff.org
There are more performance venues than ever before in the AKC history. In addition to obedience events, agility and rally offer titles at beginning, intermediate and expert levels. Our naturally athletic dogs enjoy these activities as well as tracking. While herding is not open to our breed, the AKC is presently considering approving drafting for am staffs and several other breeds. There is no question that, in an atmosphere of increasing irrational public hostility toward our breed, the presence of our dogs in performance venues is a strongly positive example of their stable temperaments. Quite often their comic personalities entertain onlookers during these events as well!
The Register of Honor (ROH) has been a highly coveted award to American Staffordshire Terriers that have earned a CH (AKC Champion title), AKC obedience title and CGC equivalent and are owned by STCA members. The ROH Bronze award is the basic level for a dog meeting the above criteria with a CD (Companion Dog) title. The ROH Silver, ROH Gold and ROH Platinum awards are for dogs achieving the titles of CDX, UD and UDX respectively, as described in detail below.
The STCA Versatility Award rewards am staffs that perform in several performance venues and/or achieve very high levels in a single venue whether or not they have a championship title. The basic (Bronze) award is for American Staffordshire Terriers (including ILP am staffs) that have earned enough points in any AKCrecognized performance event to achieve the stated point total (see below for specifics). This award will also recognize dogs that continue to earn higher performance titles (Silver, Gold and Platinum as defined by the point system below). Similar to the ROH, a CD and CGC or equivalent are required and owners must be STCA members. Unlike the ROH, this award does not require a championship, and it encourages and rewards titles in multiple venues.
These titles were awarded retroactively to any living dog in 2008. From this date forward, the awards will be presented yearly at the STCA National Specialty. The Performance Committee and Board of Directors hope that this recognition will encourage Am Staff owners to train and show their dogs in performance events. The challenge is on - let's show them all what our dogs can do!
STCA ROH Award
Requirement for Basic ROH = CH, CD and CGC (or TT)
ROH Silver = Basic + CDX
ROH Gold = Basic + UD
ROH Platinum = Basic + UDX
OTCH - special award presentation
STCA Versatility Award
Requirement for basic Versatility award = CD, CGC (or TT) and other performance titles in obedience, rally, agility and tracking to reach 25-49 point total (e.g. CD RN NA NAJ = 25 pts)
Versatility Silver = Basic plus additional titles to reach 50-99 point total
Versatility Gold = Silver plus additional titles to reach 100-149 points
Versatility Platinum = Gold plus additional titles to reach 150 or more points
Point Schedule for Versatility Award
Obedience
CD (Companion Dog) = 5 pts
CDX (Companion Dog Excellent) = 10 pts
UD (Utility Dog) = 25 pts
UDX (Utility Dog Excellent) = 50 pts (each)
OTCH (Obedience Trial Champion) = 75 pts (each)
Agility
NA NAJ (Novice Agility/ Novice Agility Jumpers) = 5 pts each
OA OAJ (Open Agility/Open Agility Jumpers) = 10 pts each
AX AXJ (Excellent Agility/Excellent Agility Jumpers) = 15 pts each
MX MXJ (Masters Agility/Masters Agility Jumpers) = 25 pts each
MACH (Masters Agility Champion) = 50 pts each
Rally
RN (Rally Novice) = 5pts
RA (Rally Advanced) = 10 pts
RE (Rally Excellent) = 10 pts
RAE (Rally Advanced Excellent) = 15 pts
Tracking
TD (Tracking Dog) = 10 pts
TDX (Tracking Dog Excellent) = 25 pts
VST (Variable Surface Tracking Dog) = 50 pts
Temperament Tests
CGC or Equivalent (TT) = 5 pts
Therapy Dog Award (any system) = 10 pts
Only AKC Titles (with the exception made for temperament testing) will be recognized. Preferred or regular agility titles will be counted, but not both. Points will be cumulative in each category (e.g. CD + CDX = 5 + 10 = 15 pts. Carting (and other performance events) will be added when approved by the AKC. Multiples of titles allowed by AKC (e.g. MACH, OTCH, UDX) will be counted separately (e.g. UDX2 = 100 pts, MACH3 = 100 pts, etc.)
