We think our dogs are pretty terrific, and what they’ve achieved says a lot about what we expect for any of our dogs, whether “show” or “companion”.
DC Taji’s hAfrican Queen Disa SC CA BCAT CGCA CGCU TKA FDX RATM*
A half-African out of a mother who was brought out of the Congo as a puppy (Avongara Naziki) and a domesticated father (Penda Taji’s Tri-Umphant One), Disa is a prime example of the uncommon “open cap” coloration pattern.
She is a natural hunter, finding great success in both lure-coursing—she’s earned her Field Championship, which is implied in the “DC” title—and in Barn Hunt—the “RATM”. Disa also enjoys “working” just for the sake of work, and spending time with us, be it working on tricks (“TKA”) or on flyball (“FDX”). Yes, that’s right, Basenjis can play flyball! (If you’re patient, anyway.)
CH Kibushi Gugu Diospyros RI JC CAA BCAT SWA RATO CGCA CGCU TKP
Technically a half-African, but what we’d prefer to call “two-quarters African” because of an additional generation of breeding, Spyros is out of two half-African parents: mother Possum Creek’s Ngoma and father Kibushi The Oracle (a.k.a. “Wags”). Spyros shows a much-more-typical tri-color pattern but is distinguished by having very little white, with no flashy white “collar” around his neck.
Spyros loves to run and chase, happily volunteering to test lure-coursing layouts, run in the singles stakes, and in coursing ability tests, all on the same day. As long as the “bunny” is moving, he’s after it! He also truly loves “working” when there’s a chance for treats at the end.
BIF FC Ture’s Stuff Dreams Are Made Of BCAT TKN NTD-M
Our male “keeper” out of Disa’s second litter, sired by Dark Moon’s Bada Bing! (a.k.a. “Yoshi”), Bogart is an absolute sweetheart.
GCHB Ture’s Sending Sirius Signals TKN
Our female “keeper” out of Disa’s second litter, sired by Dark Moon’s Bada Bing! (a.k.a. “Yoshi”), Hedy is affectionately nicknamed “Hurricane Hedy”.
So glad you asked!
TL;DR: hover over the letters to see what title they represent. On mobile, well, you’ll have to keep reading.
In the conformation and performance dog world, we sometimes call this the “alphabet soup”, because it looks like a bunch of random gibberish. In truth, it’s simply the way that AKC and other organizations indicate any titles earned by the dog.
Here’s a quick guide to the ones you might see on this page:
| BCAT | Fast CAT—150 points (Earned 150 points at Fast CAT events) | |
| BIF | Best In Field (Won final Best In Field run-off against all other breeds at a lure coursing trial) | |
| CA | Coursing Ability | |
| CAA | Coursing Ability Advanced | |
| CGCA | Canine Good Citizen Advanced | |
| CGCU | Canine Good Citizen Urban | |
| CH | Champion (15 points with at least 2 majors) | |
| DC | Dual-champion (Dog earns both conformation Champion and Field Champion) | |
| FC | Field Champion | |
| FDX | Flyball Dog Excellent | |
| GCHB | Grand Champion Bronze | |
| JC | Junior Courser (Two successful solo lure-coursing scores) | |
| RATM | Barn Hunt Master | |
| RATO | Barn Hunt Open | |
| RI | Rally Intermediate | |
| SC | Senior Courser (Four successful scores) | |
| SWA | Scent Work Advanced (complete all four elements in advanced) | |
| TKA | Trick Dog Advanced | |
| TKI | Trick Dog Intermediate | |
| TKN | Trick Dog Novice | |
| TKP | Trick Dog Performer |
(There are more listed on the titles page.)
So, you would interpret Disa’s titles (DC / SC CA BCAT CGCA CGCU TKA FDX RATM) as:
... and Spyros’s titles (CH / RI JC CAA BCAT SWA RATO CGCA CGCU TKP) as: