{"id":483,"date":"2011-01-17T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T02:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:52:39","slug":"tracking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/achievement-awards\/hall-of-fame\/tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracking was originally part of AKC Obedience as an exercise in the Utility class (1936-1946), and became a stand-alone sport as TD in 1947. \u00a0<\/span>The more advanced TDX was added in 1980, and the VST in 1995; \u00a0the Champion Tracker (CT prefix title) is awarded to dogs with all three of those titles. \u00a0 <\/span>(The optional beginning tracking title TDU was added in\u00a0 <\/span>2014.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The purpose of the ABMC Tracking Hall of Fame is to recognize dogs who have attained outstanding achievements in the sport of AKC Tracking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tracking Hall of Fame requirements:<\/p>\n

To \u00a0be inducted into the ABMC Herding Hall of Fame a dog must earn<\/span>\u00a0a tracking championship (CT) from the American Kennel Club. \u00a0
In addition:<\/span>
1.\u00a0The owner of the dog must be a member of the ABMC, or have been a member of ABMC during the time the dog was being exhibited.
2. Copies of the title certificates validating the dog\u2019s achievements must be submitted.
3. A copy of the dog\u2019s AKC registration papers must be submitted.
4. A photograph of the dog must be submitted.
5. After<\/strong> the HOF chair has verified that all the above requirements have been met, a Jotform HOF application for the dog must also be submitted. \u00a0The HOF chair will either complete the Jotform themselves, or provide that URL for the owner to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n

Inductions into the Halls of Fame are made at the National Specialty occurring in the calendar year following<\/strong> the year the qualifying title was earned and retroactive applications based on the qualifying title being earned in a previous year are also accepted.  The application, requested materials, and Jotform must all be received by February 1st  in order for the dog to be inducted at that calendar year’s  National Specialty.

Contact the HOF Tracking Chair Annette Lynch agaklynch@sbcglobal.net<\/a> to apply. To have a HOF dog\u2019s AKC titles updated, email a website volunteer<\/a> with the dog\u2019s AKC registration number and which Hall of Fame.  AKC title updates are by request only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracking Hall of Fame<\/span><\/strong> (dogs listed by date CT title awarded, from oldest to most recent):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CT Carousel’s Triumphant Rumor CD HSAs CGC ROM II<\/a> Owner: Diane Muzzey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CT Avonlea Betcha By Golly Wow TDU PT MXB MJS OF<\/a> Owner: Ann MacKay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CH CT Broadcreek’s Dream Maker VCD2 GN RE PT AXJ OF<\/a> Owner: Gary Roche<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CT Trisorts Fly Me High Chewie RN TDU OA OAJ XF BCAT CGC TKA<\/a> Owner: Theresa Kulb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CT TriSorts Starry Night CD BN RA <\/a> Owner: Rachel Fabrizi
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Hall of Fame<\/a><\/strong>
Conformation<\/a> | Obedience<\/a> |Tracking | Herding<\/a>  | Agility<\/a> | Rally<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracking was originally part of AKC Obedience as an exercise in the Utility class (1936-1946), and became a stand-alone sport as TD in 1947. \u00a0The more advanced TDX was added in 1980, and the VST in 1995; \u00a0the Champion Tracker (CT prefix title) is awarded to dogs with all three of those titles. \u00a0 (The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":412,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-483","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10140,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483\/revisions\/10140"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malinoisclub.com\/abmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}