The Rhodesian Ridgeback Hunting Trial System
- Regulations and Guidelines –
Section 3 Titling
Section 3.1 Designation
The title conferred on Rhodesian Ridgebacks for this trial system will be
'Hunting Ridgeback'.
Section 3.1.1 Game-Class Qualifiers
A dog who has qualified to trial for a given game-class, but has not yet
successfully completed that leg of the title can receive a “Q”. The “Q”, while
only a precertification - not a true title - will recognize the dog that has
qualified to trial but not yet completed the trial in the interim.
Section 3.2 Titling Overview
When a dog has successfully achieved any one leg of the trial, he/she would
receive a Junior title. For successfully achieving any two legs of the trial,
he/she would receive a Senior title. For any three, a Master title. For
successful completion of all four, a Champion title.
Section 3.3 Titling Sequence and
Abbreviations
The titling sequence is the suffixes JHR, SHR, MHR and finally the prefix CHHR.
Section 3.4 Qualifier/Titling Examples (Registered Name “Fairway’s Power of One” with HR related items underlined)
A dog that is a Field Champion, qualified to trial for Game Birds, and Large Game classes (classes 1 and 4), and has completed the Game Bird (class 1) leg of the HR title would be designated as:
FC Fairway’s Power of One JHR, HRQ4
A dog that is a Conformation Champion, qualified to trial for Game Birds, Small Game, and Medium Game classes (classes 1, 2, and 3) and has completed the Small Game leg of the HR title would be designated as:
Ch. Fairway’s Power of One JHR, HRQ1,3
A dog that is a Field Champion and has completed the Game Bird and Medium Game legs of the HR title would be designated as:
FC Fairway’s Power of One SHR
A dog that is a Conformation Champion, Hunting Trial Champion, is Novice Agility titled and a Good Citizen would be designated as:
Ch. CHHR Fairway’s Power of One NA CGC
A dog that is a Conformation Champion, Field Champion and Hunting Trial Champion, would be designated in one of two ways:
DC
CHHR Fairway’s Power of One
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Ch. FC CHHR Fairway’s Power of One