Finnish dog sports and titles

Classes

• Large / Intermediate class-1 (A1, AG1)
• competing in the first class, three 1st place clear runs needed before the second class

• Large / Intermediate class-2 (A2, AG2)
• competing in the second class, three 1st place clear runs needed before the third class

• Large / Intermediate class-3 (A3, AG3)
• competing in the third class

• AGI-A = agility course
• AGI-H = jumping course
• AGI-S = snooker course
• AGI-G = gamblers course
• AGI-HO = hoopers course

Titles

• six clear runs in the first class

• six clear runs in the second class

• ten clear runs in the third class

• three 1st place clear runs (CERT) from the agility-3 class and at least G from a dog show.

• three 1st place clear runs (CERT) from the jumping-3 class and at least G from a dog show.

• three 1st place clear runs (CERT) from the snooker-3 class and at least G from a dog show.

• three 1st place clear runs (CERT) from the gamblers-3 class and at least G from a dog show.

• three 1st place clear runs (CERT) from the hoopers-3 class and at least G from a dog show.

Classes

• beginner, national novice, NOV, class-1
• ALO1 = exc, ALO2 = vg, ALO3 = g, ALO0 = fair, ALO- =disc
• 1 exc is needed before the open class

• open, OPN, class-2
• AVO1 = exc, AVO2 = vg, AVO3 = g, AVO0 = fair, AVO- =disc
• 1 exc is needed before the winner class

• winner, WIN, class-3
• VOI1 = exc, VOI2 = vg, VOI3 = g, VOI0 = fair, VOI- =disc
• 1 exc is needed before the elite class

• elite, ELIT, class-4
• EVL1 = exc, EVL2 = vg, EVL3 = g, EVL0 = fair, EVL- =disc

Titles

• TK1 = Obedience-1, three exc from the novice class
• TK2 = Obedience-2, three exc from the open class
• TK3 = Obedience-3, three exc from the winner class
• TK4 = Obedience-4, three exc from the elite class

• three exc from the winner class and at least G from a dog show

• three exc from the elite class and at least G from a dog show

Classes

• beginner, novice, NOV, class-1
• ALOHYV = 70 p. or more
• 3x ALOHYV or 1x 100p., needed for the open class

• open, OPN, class-2
• AVOHYV = 70 p. or more
• 3x AVOHYV or 1x 100p., needed for the winner class

• winner, WIN, class-3
• VOIHYV = 70 p. or more
• 3x VOIHYV or 1x 100p., needed for the elite class

• elite, ELIT, class-4
• MESHYV = 70 p. or more

Titles

• RTK1 = Rally-Obedience-1, three over 70 p. from the novice class.
• RTK2 = Rally-Obedience-2, three over 70 p. from the open class.
• RTK3 = Rally-Obedience-3, three over 70 p. from the winner class.
• RTK4 = Rally-Obedience-4, three over 70 p. from the elite class

• three 95 p. or more from the elite class and at least G from a dog show

Classes

• beginner, novice, NOV, class-1
• KM = 70% of points or more
• 1 KM needed for the open class

• open, OPN, class-2
• KM = 70% of points or more
• 1 KM needed for the winner class

• winner, WIN, class-3
• CERT = 70% of points or more

Titles

• FS1 = Freestyle-1, three KM from the novice class.
• FS2 = Freestyle-2, three KM from the open class.
• FS3 = Freestyle-3, three SERT from the winner class.

• HTM1 = Heelwork-to-music-1, three KM from the novice.
• HTM2 = Heelwork-to-music-2, three KM from the open.
• HTM3 = Heelwork-to-music-3, three SERT from the winner.

• FS3 and at least G from a dog show

• HTM3 and at least G from a dog show

FCI IPO-R

• FI KVA-RH-FL = 3x RH-FL B excellent and at least G from a dog show
• FI KVA-RH-F = 3x RH-F B excellent and at least G from a dog show
• FI KVA-RH-T = 3x RH-T B excellent and at least G from a dog show

FI KC National

• FI KVA-PEKO = 3x PEKO-T and at least G from a dog show

Finnish Rescue Dog Association (SPeKL)

Finnish Rescue Dog Association gives unofficial titles, not recognized by FCI or FI KC. Their area-searching differs a bit from PEKO, the area can be any shape, and instead of sending a dog to do spikes, the scent usually is picked up while patroling.

• HP = haku perus, basic test (lvl-1)
• HL = haku loppu, advanced test (lvl-2)
• HTTpä = HL skill test, daytime. Needs to be passed every other year
• HTTpi = HL skill test, night time. Needs to be passed every other year

• JP = jälki perus, basic test (lvl-1)
• JL = jälki loppu, advanced test (lvl-2)
• JTTpä = JL skill test, daytime. Needs to be passed every other year
• JTTpi = JL skill test, night time. Needs to be passed every other year

• RS = raunio sove, suitability test
• RP = raunio perus, basic test (lvl-1)
• RL = raunio loppu, advanced test (lvl-2)
• RTT = RL skill test. Needs to be passed every other year

• EK = etsintäkoe = multi-searching; searching lost people from the forest, tracking, tiny item searching, and a long-distance item retrieving
• HK = haku = area searching for lost people from the forest, similar to SAR RH-FL
• JK = jälki = tracking in forest, similar to SAR RH-F
• VK = viesti = message, a dog runs between two handlers in a forest

• ALO, alokas, 1 = novice, class-1
• AVO, avoin, 2 = open, class-2
• VOI, voittaja, 3 = winner, class-3

• tottis, section 1 = working dog trial obedience. Two options: A tottis with IGP rules, or B tottis with IBGH rules
• metsä, section 2 = one of the main four; HK, JK, VK, EK
• esine-etsintä, section 3 = seaching lost items in forest, 50m x 50m. Somewhat similar to the FCI Article Indication Trial (StPr)

We can decide if we want to do A or B tottis. If a dog gets a title from A tottis class, it can compete in A or B tottis in its next trial. But if a dog gets a title from B tottis class, it can compete only in B tottis in its next trial. Therefore A tottis is considered more valuable than B tottis.

JK1 with A tottis -> promotion to AVO-class, a dog can compete for JK2 title in both A tottis and B tottis trials.

JK1 with B tottis -> promotion to AVO-class, a dog can compete for JK2 title only in B tottis trials.

• EK1 = multi-searching novice, 1st – 3rd prize from novice class
• EK2 = multi-searching open, 1st – 3rd prize from open class
• EK3 = multi-searching winner, 1st – 3rd prize from winner class

• HK1 = area novice, 1st – 3rd prize from novice class (100m x 100m, 10 min, 3 lost persons, 1 full-covered)
• HK2 = area open, 1st – 3rd prize from open class (100m x 200m, 15 min, 3 lost persons, 1 full-covered)
• HK3 = area winner, 1st – 3rd prize from winner class (100m x 300m, 20 min, 3 lost persons, 2 full-covered)

• JK1 = tracking novice, 1st – 3rd prize from novice class (500m, 20 min, 6 objects)
• JK2 = tracking open, 1st – 3rd prize from open class (1000m, 30 min, 6 objects)
• JK3 = tracking winner, 1st – 3rd prize from winner class (1500m, 40 min, 6 objects)

• VK1 = message novice, 1st – 3rd prize from novice class (2000m running, 300m tracking, 2 trips)
• VK2 = message open, 1st – 3rd prize from open class (3300m running, 300m tracking, 3 trips)
• VK3 = message winner, 1st – 3rd prize from winner class (6600m running, 800m tracking, 5 trips)

• three excellent from the winner class, and at least G from a dog show
• KVA is an old Finnish title, now they are KVA-PKH, -PKJ, -PKV or -PKE.

• FI KVA-PKE = Multi-searching Champion
• FI KVA-PKH = Area-searching Champion
• FI KVA-PKJ = Tracking Champion
• FI KVA-PKV = Message Champion

• suitability test
• same as ALO
• 65 p. or more (of 100) needed to pass

• beginner, novice, NOV, class-1
• 90-100 p = exc, 80-89 p = vg, 65-79 p = g
• 2x exc needed for the open class

• open, OPN, class-2
• 90-100 p = exc, 80-89 p = vg, 65-79 p = g
• 3x exc needed for the winner class

• winner, WIN, class-3
• 90-100 p = exc, 80-89 p = vg, 65-79 p = g

• recall from the boat, 50m
• deliver an object to the boat, 30m
• retrieve the boat, 30m
• rescue a drowning person, 30m

• retrieve the boat, 50m
• deliver a lifebuoy to the boat, 30m
• directed boat retrieve, 30m
• rescue a drowning person, starting from a boat, 50m

• directed boat fetching, 50m
• deliver a rope to the boat, 30m
• retrieve a lifebuoy from another boat, 30m
• rescue a drowning person with a lifebuoy, 30m

• three exc from the winner class and at least G from a dog show