CGCA — Canine Good Citizen Advanced (Community Canine)
American Kennel Club
Canine Good Citizen
Requires evaluator
About this title
The advanced CGC tests dogs in real-world community settings rather than a controlled test environment.
Requirements
- Dog must have the CGC title
- Walk on a loose leash in a natural setting with distractions
- Sit or down and stay in a natural setting with distractions
- Walk through a crowd of people and past dogs
- Walk past food on the ground
- Walk past distracting items (bikes, skateboards, shopping carts)
- Down, stay, and recall from 20 feet
- Say hello to a person while handler talks
- Leave it
- Wait at threshold (door or gate)