Regulations for Agility Trials - Page 53
Amended to September 1, 2006
Published by The American Kennel Club
Section 6. Preferred Agility Excellent Title (PAX).
To obtain the Preferred Agility Excellent title (PAX),a dog must exhibit superior performance on the agility course. Consistency is the main quality denoting “superior performance” and therefore is the basis for the Preferred Agility Excellent program. The highest level of achievement in the Preferred Classes is the Preferred Agility Excellent title (PAX).
In order to acquire the Preferred Agility Excellent title, a dog must achieve 20 double qualifying scores obtained from the Preferred Excellent B Standard Agility class and the Preferred Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class. Qualifying in both the Preferred Excellent B Standard Agility class and the Preferred Excellent B Jumpers With Weaves class on the same day equals one (1) double qualifying score (2Q).
Requirements / General Scoring. Scores of 100 (clean rounds) obtained in the Excellent B Preferred classes will count towards a dog’s Preferred Agility Excellent requirements if the scores are earned in both Standard and JWW classes on the same day. A dog does not have to obtain the Master Agility Excellent Preferred (MXP) or the Master Agility Excellent Preferred JWW (MJP) titles prior to achieving scores that will count towards their Preferred Agility Excellent (PAX) title. Scores of 100 will count toward the dog’s MXP or MJP titles, and double qualifying scores count toward the PAX title even if the MXP or MJP title has not yet been achieved.
The PAX title will follow a dog’s registered name in all official AKC records. The PAX title will supersede all other Preferred agility titles. The title PAX will be followed by a numeric designation indicating the quantity of times the dog has met the requirements of the PAX title as defined e.g. 40 2Q’s = PAX2, 60 2Q’s = PAX3, etc.
