Why your AKC title or points aren’t showing up yet

A title or a Q shows up on AKC only after AKC has added that trial’s results to its records, and that takes a few weeks. First the club sends the results in. In agility, that’s the marked catalog showing every dog that qualified, signed by the judge and the trial secretary, and AKC’s agility rules give the club seven days after the trial to get it to AKC. The rules for Fast CAT and the report AKC uses for obedience trials set the same seven days.

Once the results are in, AKC works through each sport date by date. Every event held on one date has to be finished before AKC moves on to the next day’s events in that sport. AKC says that order is how it confirms each dog was eligible for the class it ran in and gives each title the right date. For a title earned from trial results, like an agility or obedience title, you don’t apply for anything. When the run that finished it is recorded, AKC’s system sees the requirements are met and adds the title on its own.

About three weeks: AKC’s conformation FAQ says that’s roughly how long results from shows and trials take to be entered into its system. AKC’s agility FAQ, its rally FAQ and the Points Progression page don’t give a timeline at all. With Moose, it usually takes 2 to 4 weeks for a run to show up, and I understand why: there are a lot of trials to add.

Each sport also moves on its own schedule. The Points Progression report has an “Awards Processed Through” date for each sport, so an agility run and a Fast CAT run from the same weekend can reach the record on different days.

Sign in at akc.org, open My AKC, then Manage Dogs, and click your dog to find the Titles & Points tab. You can also open the free Points Progression report from the AKC Shop, and it’s the same report either way. I’ve written up every click, with screenshots, in my step-by-step guide to the free Points Progression report.

When you’re looking for a recent run, look at that sport’s “Awards Processed Through” date first. If your trial was after that date, AKC hasn’t added it yet. AKC’s Event Search also shows a trial’s results under View Complete Event Details, but only once AKC has processed that event.

Titles that come from a test with an AKC evaluator, or from another organization, need an application. A title earned at an AKC trial, like agility, obedience, rally or Fast CAT, doesn’t: AKC adds it on its own. You apply through AKC’s online Title Application Portal, where you sign in with a free AKC account and pick the program. These are the options the portal lists:

• AKC tests and programs: Trick Dog, Canine Good Citizen (CGC, CGCA and CGCU) and S.T.A.R. Puppy, FIT DOG, Fetch, Virtual Home Manners, the AKC Temperament Test, the Certificate of Conformation Assessment, and the National Owner-Handled Series.
• Titles from other organizations, through AKC’s Title Recognition Program: Barn Hunt, dock diving (Diving Dog), flyball, disc dog, parent club titles, working dog titles, public service dog titles, and search and rescue.
• International titles: Canadian Kennel Club conformation, obedience and rally titles.

Farm Dog Certified and Therapy Dog titles aren’t on the portal and still use a paper form. For questions about the portal, AKC’s title recognition team is at titlerecognition@akc.org.

The portal is where you track an application, but AKC doesn’t publish what each status means or list a processing time. AKC’s Trick Dog application and FAQ do tell you two useful things. Several titles sent together are processed 24 hours apart, and if an application isn’t approved because the dog didn’t meet the requirements, AKC lets you know and refunds the fee. Parent club titles are the exception on timing: AKC asks you to allow 4 to 6 weeks for those. If an application has been sitting a while, email the program: trickdog@akc.org for Trick Dog, cgc@akc.org for CGC and S.T.A.R. Puppy, or FITDOG@akc.org for FIT DOG.

AKC says about six weeks from the day your dog finishes the title: around three weeks for the results to be entered, then up to three weeks in the mail. For a title earned from trial results you don’t need to order it, because AKC’s system creates the certificate once the record shows the title is finished. It goes out by third class mail, which isn’t forwarded and doesn’t come back to AKC if the address is wrong. So if six weeks have gone by, check the mailing address on your dog’s AKC record, because AKC can correct it and send the certificate again.

For titles that need an application, the certificate comes after AKC has checked the application. The Farm Dog application and AKC’s Temperament Test page both say so, and the Temperament Test page adds that the certificate is mailed to the dog’s primary owner.

Look at the “Awards Processed Through” date first: if your trial is after it, AKC hasn’t reached it yet, and if your trial is before it and the run still isn’t on the record, that’s the time to ask. I’d go through it in this order.

1. Find that sport’s “Awards Processed Through” date on the Points Progression report. A trial after that date only needs more time.
2. Look at the trial’s own results. AKC’s agility rules ask clubs to post scores at the trial site, so the results you saw there (or a photo of them) tell you whether the Q was recorded on the day.
3. Ask the trial secretary, who signs the results that go to AKC and can check what was sent. AKC’s Event Search lists the secretary for each trial under View Complete Event Details.
4. Contact AKC if the trial’s results show the Q and AKC’s record still doesn’t after the processed-through date has passed your trial.

AKC’s directory lists who handles what:

• Agility, rally or scent work results: AKC’s results line, (919) 816-3725. For agility you can also email agility@akc.org.
• Obedience results: eventrecords@akc.org.
• Fast CAT and other performance events: performanceevents@akc.org.
• A title application: the email on that program’s application.
• Not sure who to ask: AKC Customer Service, info@akc.org or (919) 233-9767.

Have your dog’s registered name and AKC number ready, with the club, the trial date and location, and the class. AKC’s FAQ says the records team checks the judge’s book and may ask for a copy of the ribbon or a photo, so include one if you have it.

Each organization keeps its own record of your dog’s results and titles, and each one works a little differently. Here’s where to find each one and what to know about it.

When you add a dog to Dog Title Tracker, the setup can read your dog’s AKC Points Progression report (as a PDF or screenshots), UKI results screenshots or an ASCA results CSV file, so you start with the history you already have. That import happens once, when you add the dog, and after that you add each new run yourself.