Updated 28 May 2020
To earn the AGCH title, the following number of qualifying scores must be earned at the highest level in each of these classes:
Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | Janice Leverenz and Carol Carlsen | MI |
100 Premier Standard legs with 5 in the top 25%
08/30/19 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
75 Premier Standard legs with 5 in the top 25%
05/12/19 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
75 Premier JWW legs with 5 in the top 25%
11/30/18 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
50 Premier Standard legs with 5 in the top 25%
05/25/18 | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | Janice Leverenz and Carol Carlsen | MI |
09/09/18 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
50 Premier JWW legs with 5 in the top 25%
07/20/18 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
25 Premier Standard legs with 5 in the top 25%
08/27/17 | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | Janice Leverenz and Carol Carlsen | MI |
09/30/17 | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | Lawrence Dalan and Sharon Ipser | MO |
11/04/17 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
07/27/19 | MacKenzie | Aberdeen's Dancing Queen | Patsy Sullivan | PA |
25 Premier JWW legs with 5 in the top 25%
07/16/17 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
"Triple Qs will be retroactive back to 1/01/07. They will not become effective until 1/01/10."
10 triple Qs in Standard, JWW, and FAST on the same day
02/01/10 |
Zoom | Wigglesworth Super Sonic | Sharon and Jeff Ipser | OH |
04/01/10 | Wizard | Anasazi Secret Of The Wizard | Sarah and Douglas Halsey | CA |
11/01/10 | Mika | Fox Lane's Mika At Twe Edd Ale | Linda Porter | MD |
02/01/11 | Miller | Colquhoun's No Time To Relax | Karen Barratt | TX |
10/01/12 | Polo | Caledonia's O Polo Mio | Kay and Carl Widell | OR |
12/01/12 | Morgan | Wynsum Many Splendored Thing | Glenn Alexander and Carol Carlsen | LA |
09/05/14 | Kizzy | Colard Flyme Tothe Moon | Miranda and John Mulders | TX |
02/14/15 | McKenzie | Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N' The Ruff | Deborah Alexander and Carol Carlsen | LA |
10/23/15 | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | Janice Leverenz and Carol Carlsen | MI |
03/20/16 | Pip | Wigglesworth Great Expectations | Lawrence Dalan | MO |
05/13/16 | Kailey | Wigglesworth No Way Out | Diane Lipman and Sharon Ipser | NY |
08/06/16 | ReZoom | Wigglesworth Super Smooth Operator | Sharon and Jeff Ipser | OH |
02/25/17 | Ryan | Estrella's Orion The Dark Hunter | Jennifer Phillips | TX |
07/08/17 | Bing | Wigglesworth Pride And Prejudice | Lawrence Dalan and Sharon Ipser | MO |
25 Premier StandardPreferred legs with 5 in the top 25%
06/15/19 | Emma | Headline's Upcoming News | Suzanne Beddoe and Matthew Beddoe | OR |
25 Premier StandardPreferred legs with 5 in the top 25%
10/18/19 | Smitty | Wynsum Rhythm And Brews | Janice Leverenz and Carol Carlsen | MI |
10 triple Qs in Standard, JWW, and FAST on the same day
11/09/13 | Flash | Britannia Flashback | Joanne Williamson | MA |
02/23/18 | McKenzie | Wynsum Queen Of Diamonds N' The Ruff | Deborah Alexander and Carol J Carlsen | LA |
The Agility Grand Champion (AGCH) recognizes dogs that show consistency and versatility across all classes of the AKC agility program.
To earn the AGCH title, the following number of qualifying scores must be earned at the highest level in each of these classes:
These qualifying scores may be earned from either the Regular or Preferred classes or a combination of both these classes. Qualifying scores will be grandfathered.
These optional titling classes are designed to challenge dogs and handlers at an increased speed and skill level above those set for the Master level classes. Handlers/dogs will need to negotiate courses that require varied approach angles, spacing, and obstacle discriminations to be successful in these classes.
These classes are offered as separate titling tracks and are not part of the MACH/PACH Championships. Premier may be offered once per day as an additional class or classes. Clubs may, but are not required to offer Premier Standard and Premier Jumpers with Weaves on the same day.
The Premier class has a single class level. Dogs Eligible to enter Novice, Open, Excellent or Master level classes may enter the Premier Class.
Maximum Course Times (MCT)
Premier Standard
Regular:
- 55 seconds for the 20 and 24 inch Choice Regular jump heights.
- 60 seconds for the 16 and 24 inch Regular jump heights.
- 65 seconds for the 8 and 12 inch Regular jump heights.
Preferred:
- 60 seconds for 16 inch Preferred jump height.
- 65 seconds for 12 and 20 inch Preferred jump heights.
- 70 seconds for 4 and 8 inch Preferred jump heights.
Note: For timing purposes all Premier Standard classes may have timer set for MCT of 70 seconds.
Premier Jumpers With Weaves
Regular:
- 46 seconds for the 24 inch Regular jump height.
- 42 seconds for the 20 inch and 24 inch Choice Regular jump heights.
- 45 seconds for the 16 inch Regular jump height.
- 48 seconds for the 12 inch Regular jump height.
- 50 seconds for the 8 inch Regular jump heights
Preferred:
- 51 seconds for the 20 inch Preferred jump height.
- 47 seconds for the 16 inch Preferred jump height.
- 50 seconds for the 12 inch Preferred jump heights.
- 53 seconds for the 8 inch Preferred jump heights.
- 55 seconds for the 4 inch Preferred jump height.
Note: For timing purposes all Premier Jumpers With Weaves classes may have timer set for MCT of 55 seconds.
Minimum Obstacle Requirements:
- Quantity = 19-21
- Obstacles required, allowed, and not allowed will be the same as the Master level courses as noted in Chapter 6, Section 5 for Standard; and Chapter 7, Section 5 for Jumpers With Weaves, except that both classes will have a maximum of three tunnel passes and Standard will not have a table.
- In both classes the wall jump, as described in Chapter 3, Section 16, can be substituted for the panel jump or a spread jump, as long as the wall jump can be set for all heights
Section 4. Obstacle and Jump Positions.
Shall generally follow the requirements set forth in Chapter 4, Section 4, with the following exceptions:
- A Distance of 25 - 30 feet between two obstacles may be approved up to two times on a course.
- Distances of greater than 30 feet between obstacles may be approved to allow for turns between obstacles as necessary.
- There may be one bi-directional tunnel or bar/single bar jump on the course.
Section 5.
Approach Angles.
Shall generally follow what is stated in Chapter 4, Section 5, except as detailed in the AKC Agility Judges Guidelines for the Premier Class. Section 6.
Titles.
To earn the Premier Agility Dog (PAD), Premier Agility Dog Preferred (PADP), Premier Jumpers Dog (PJD) or Premier Jumpers Dog Preferred (PJDP) titles, a dog must earn 25 qualifying scores with five qualifying scores earned for placing in the top 25% of the dogs that competed in their jump height. Dogs that are absent or withdrawn will not count toward the number of dogs competing in the jump height. The 25% calculation will be rounded to determine the number of 25% placements in each jump height. In the case of a tie both dogs will receive the top 25% placement. If a class has two or three dogs competing, the 1st place dog will be awarded a top 25% placement qualifying score. If only one dog competes in the jump height, there will be no top 25% placement earned in that jump height.
AKC Regulations for Agility Trials, Chapter 9
Triple Q Excellent = TQX
Requires the XF title. In order to acquire the Triple Q Excellent Title, a dog must receive 10 triple qualifying scores obtained from the Excellent B Standard Agility Class, the Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves Agility Class and the Excellent B FAST Agility Class on the same day.
Triple Q Excellent Preferred = TQXP
Requires the XFP title. In order to acquire the Triple Q Excellent Preferred Title, a dog must receive 10 triple qualifying scores from the Excellent B Standard Preferred Agility Class, the Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves Preferred Agility Class and the Excellent B FAST Preferred Agility Class on the same day.
Mon, Jul 20, 2009 4:15 pm
Subject: TQX question
"Triple Qs will be retroactive back to 1/01/07.
They will not become effective until 1/01/10."
Andy Hartman
Director of Agility
American Kennel Club
aah@akc.org
919-816-3502
Regular Titling Classes | Preferred Titling Classes | Minimum Qs and Points | Scores Obtained From | Lower Level Title Required |
NF - Novice FAST | NFP - Novice FAST P |
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Novice FAST Classes | None |
OF - Open FAST | OFP - Open FAST P |
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Open FAST Classes | Novice FAST |
XF - Excellent FAST | XFP - Excellent FAST P |
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Excellent FAST "A" Classes | Open FAST |
MXF - Master FAST Excellent | MFP - Master Excellent FAST P |
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Excellent FAST "B" Classes | Excellent FAST "A" |
MFB - Master Bronze FAST | MFBP -Master Bronze FAST P |
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Excellent FAST "B" Classes | Excellent FAST "B" |
MFS - Master Silver FAST | MFSP - Master Silver FAST P |
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Excellent FAST "B" Classes | MFB - FAST Bronze |
MFG - Master Gold FAST | MFGP - Master Gold FAST P |
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Excellent FAST "B" Classes | MFS - FAST Silver |
MFC - Master Century FAST | MFCP - Master Century FAST P |
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Excellent FAST "B" Classes | MFG - FAST Gold |
The number of points which must be accumulated
in order to qualify differs according to level:
Novice = 50 points
Open = 55 points
Excellent = 60 points