XIII. REQUIREMENTS FOR TITLE AND CHAMPIONSHIP DESIGNATIONS
*Effective January 1, 2009

No person shall advertise, publish or hold out a dog as holding a title or championship designation until written certification of such title or championship has been issued by UKC. After a dog has completed the requirements for a UKC title or championship designation, UKC will mail the owner(s) of record a certificate of attainment of the title or championship designation. UKC has established the following titles and championship designations which are effective as of the date set forth in these rules. Any prior title and championship designations conferred by UKC shall not be
affected by the changes included herein. UKC reserves the sole right to determine whether any and all requirements for earning a title or designation are met based on these rules as modified compared to any previous version of these rules.

*A. TAN. A dog that has passed the requirements outlined in the Natural Ability Test (TAN) shall be awarded the designated title TAN. The designation "TAN" will be placed before the dog's name on the UKC registration records. The Judge may award any dog the age of three (3) or under as of the date of the field trial that displays natural ability in any class of field trial competition and satisfies the UKC TAN requirements, TAN certification by way of equivalency. A dog that has previously earned a pass or a higher title in any class of field trial competition may not earn a TAN, or compete in a TAN event.

In order for a TAN certification that is awarded due to entry in any licensed field trial event to be recorded, the handler must notify the Judge prior to the running of the heat that his/her dog is eligible for a TAN certificate. Should the dog be awarded a TAN during a field trial heat, the handler will be required to submit a separate and additional entry fee in such amount set by the sponsoring club but not less than for the TAN certificate to the sponsoring club prior to submission of the results by the Field Trial Committee if the fee was not already submitted for entry in a separate TAN event scheduled by the same sponsoring club in close proximity to the field trial.

*B. HUNT. A dog in the Gun Dog Class that earns three (3) passes (such passes being inclusive of Passes with Honor) in Gun Dog Class licensed field trials, shall be awarded the designated title HUNT. The designation "HUNT" shall be placed before the dog's name on the UKC registration records until a higher title or championship designation is earned.

*C. GUN. A dog in the Gun Dog Class that earns three (3) passes (such passes being inclusive of Passes with Honor), including at least one First Place or two Reserve Placements in Gun Dog Class licensed field trials, shall be awarded the designated title GUN. The designation "GUN" will be placed before the dog's name on the UKC registration records until a higher title or championship designation is earned in the Open Dog Class.

(Any references in prior UKC rules to "Novice" Class shall hereafter be deemed to apply to the Gun Dog Class.)

*D. Trialer. A dog in the Open Dog Class that has earned and been awarded a total of three (3) Passes (such passes being inclusive of any Passes with Honor) in the Open Dog Class; either one (1) of which must be a First Place, in the Open Dog Class, or in the alternative two (2) of which may be Reserve Placements in the Open Dog Class will be awarded the title of Trialer, designated as "TR". Of the three passes or placements in Open Dog Class field trials required to satisfy requirements for the Trialer "TR" title, only one of such passes may be received in a field trial run on grounds designated as Limited Successive Courses. The designation as a Trialer, which is "TR", will be placed before the dog's name on the UKC registration records until a higher title or championship designation is earned in the Open Dog Class.

*E. Champion of the Field. A dog that has earned and been awarded three (3) First Places in the Open Dog Class as specified herein will be awarded and designated as a Champion of the Field. "CHF" will be placed before the dog's name on the registration records until a higher title or championship designation in the Open Dog Class is earned. At least one First Place must be earned in both Type (W) and Type (L) trials in order for a dog to receive the designation as a Champion of the Field, "CHF". Only one (1) of the three (3) First Places required for the title Champion of the Field may be received in a field trial run on grounds designated as Limited Successive Courses and count toward satisfaction of the requirements for the title Champion of the Field "CHF". The three (3) first places required for the Champion of the Field "CHF" title may be earned in field trials run in solo, run braces, or run in a combination thereof, so long as each first place is earned in a separate field trial, judged by separate judges. (First places earned in braces and solo in the same field trial, shall not satisfy more than one (1) of the three (3) first places required to earn the Champion of the Field "CHF" title, as the required three first places must be earned in separate field trials.)

*F. Grand Champion of the Field. A dog that has earned and been awarded five (5) First Places in the Open Dog Class in separate field trials as specified herein will be awarded and designated as a Grand Champion of the Field. "GRCHF" will be placed before the dog's name on the registration records. A minimum of two (2) First Places in Type (W) and two (2) First Places in Type (L) field trials must be earned, with at least one (1) of such required First Places being earned in Type (W) braces competition and at least one (1) of such required First Places being earned in Type (L) braces competition. Only a maximum of two (2) of the five (5) First Places required to earn the title Grand Champion of the Field "GRCHF" may be received in field trials run on grounds designated as Limited Successive Courses and count towards satisfaction of the requirements for the title Grand Champion of the Field "GRCHF." (First places earned in braces and solo in the same field trial, shall not satisfy more than one (1) of the five (5) first places required to earn the Grand Champion of the Field "GRCHF" title, as the required five first places must be earned in separate field trials).

G. Multiple Titles. A dog in either the Open Dog Class or Gun Dog Class that has satisfied the requirements for a particular title or championship designation more than once shall be entitled to receive multiple titles or championship designations for the applicable title or championship status. The appropriate certificate for the additional title or championship designation shall be issued by UKC and the appropriate designation shall be placed before the dog's name in the registration records until a single higher title or championship designation is earned in a higher class (i.e. 2XHUNT, 2XGUN, 2XTR, 2XCHF, 2XGRCHF). There shall be no limit on the number of times which a dog shall be permitted to obtain a particular UKC title or championship designation, except that a dog which has earned any title in the Open Dog Class shall not thereafter be permitted to compete for any duplicate title in the Gun Dog Class.

H. Placements Under Different Judges Required. First Placements and Reserve Placements in solo or braces must be earned and awarded under different Head Judges for all satisfying requirements for titles in the Open Class or Gun Dog Class. First Placements and Reserve Placements awarded by the same Head Judge will not count more than once towards satisfaction of the requirement for any UKC title except the HUNT title.

Attainment of the titles "CHF" and "GRCHF" are the supreme achievements in UKC field trial competition and shall be bestowed only upon dogs which have repeatedly demonstrated outstanding merit in the Open Dog Class of UKC Field Trials.