abbreviations

                  AFC — Amateur Field Champion (Requires 10 points with one 3 pt. Major)
                  AKC — American Kennel Club
                  AM — American Kennel Club
                  AX — Agility Excellent (AKC agility title)
                  AXJ — Excellent Jumpers With Weaves (AKC agility title)
                  BIS — Best In Show
                  BISS — Best In Specialty Show
                  CAN — Canadian
                  CERF—Canine Eye Registry Foundation
                  CH — Show Champion (Requires 15 points with two 3 pt. Majors)
                  CD — Companion Dog (AKC obedience title)
                  CDX — Companion Dog Excellent (AKC obedience title)
                  CGC — Canine Good Citizen
                  CKC — Canadian Kennel Club
                  DC — Dual Champion (Show Champion and Open Field Champion)
                  Double Q — Must qualify in both the Standard Class and the Jumpers With Weaves Class at the same agility trial.
                  FC — Field Champion  (Requires 10 points with one 3 pt. Major)
                  FD — Field Dog (CKC hunting title)
                  GCGSPC — Gulf Coast German Shorthaired Pointer Club
                  GSPCA — German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America
                  HOF — GSPCA Hall of Fame
                  HROM — Honorary Registry of Merit for those sires and dams born prior to 1982 and recipients of the Top Producer                                                 award.  Sires that produced minimum of 10 AKC Champions of record and dams that produced minimum of 5
                                      AKC Champions of record will have HROM at the end of their name.          
                  JH — Junior Hunter (AKC hunting title)
                  JWW — Jumpers with Weaves (agility class consisting of all jumps and tunnels)
                  INT’L — International Champion
                  MACH — Master Agility Championship (Requires 750 points, plus 20 double Q’s)
                  Major Ptd. — One win is at least three points                   
                  MH — Master Hunter (AKC hunting title)
                  MX — Master Agility (Requires 10 Agility Excellent B legs)
                  MXJ — Master Agility Jumpers (Requires 10 Agility Excellent B Jumpers with Weaves legs)
                  NA — Novice Agility (AKC agility title)
                  NAJ — Novice Jumpers With Weaves (AKC agility title)
                  NRD — Novice Retrieving Dog (Water test — GSPCA working title)
                  NSC — National Show Champion (Winner of GSPCA National Specialty)
                  OA — Open Agility (AKC agility title)
                  OAJ — Open Jumpers With Weaves (AKC agility title)
                  OFA — Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
                  Ptd. — Points toward Show Championship
                  RD — Retrieving Dog (Water Test — GSPCA working title)
                  RDX — Retrieving Dog Excellent (Water Test — GSPCA working title)
                   ROM — Registry of Merit (Sire of 12 AKC Champions or Dam of 8 AKC Champions)
                   ROMX — Registry of Merit (Sire of 40 AKC Champions or Dam of 12 AKC Champions)
                  ROMXX — Registry of Merit ( Sire of 100 AKC Champions or Dam of 20 AKC Champions)
                  SH — Senior Hunter (AKC hunting title)
                  SKC — States Kennel Club
                  Specialty — A breed specific show
                  STD — Agility class with contact obstacles and pause table
                  U-CDX — United Kennel Club Companion Dog Excellent (UKC obedience title)
                  UD — Utility Dog (AKC obedience title)
                  VC —GSPCA Versatility Certificate
                  VCA — GSPCA Versatility Certificate Advanced
                  VCX— GSPCA Versatility Certificate Excellent