Front and Finish :: FFX :: Front and Finish Award Of Excellence


FFX The Front & Finish Award Of Excellence *New Applications Now Available!* Due to expansion of the FFX and because of exising differences across registeries, the FFX application has been udated. Front & Finish® is now offering separate applications for each registry within the Agility and Obedience performance events. Beginning January 1, 2004 applicants must use the new forms when applying for FFX recognition. Applications are now available for the American Kennel Club (Agility & Obedience), Australian Shepherd Club of America (Agility & Obedience), Bermuda Kennel Club (Obedience), Canadian Kennel Club (Agility & Obedience), North American Dog Agility Council (Agility), and the United Kennel Club (Agility & Obedience). We are working on the development of applications for other registeries. If you have requests for a specific registery which is not listed above write us with your concerns. We will do our best to accomodate your requests and suggestions.
FFX Requirements For AKC & CKC *FFX Obedience Platinum (AKC & CKC Applicants)* The FFX Platinum Award is offered for exhibitors earning an obedience title in their first three consecutive classes with scores of 195 or better, or who earn the CD, CDX, and UD titles within a twelve month time period. *FFX Obedience Gold (AKC & CKC Applicants)* The FFX Gold Award will be presented to exhibitors earning an obedience title in their first three consecutive classes with scores of 190 or better, or who earn the CD, CDX, and UD titles within a 24 month time period. *FFX Agility Platinum (AKC & CKC Applicants)* Attainment of an agility title in the first three consecutive classes with clear rounds (scores of 100), or all 8 Agility titles within a 24 month period of time. *FFX Agility Gold (AKC & CKC Applicants)* Attainment of an agility title in the first three consecutive classes with scores of at least 95, or 6 Agility titles within a 12-month period of time. FFX Requirements For ASCA *FFX Obedience Platinum (ASCA Applicants)* The FFX Platinum Award is offered for exhibitors earning an obedience title in their first three consecutive classes with scores of 195 or better, or who earn the CD, CDX, and UD titles within a twelve month time period. *FFX Obedience Platinum (ASCA Applicants)* The FFX Gold Award will be presented to exhibitors earning an obedience title in their first three consecutive classes with scores of 190 or better, or who earn the CD, CDX, and UD titles within a 24 month time period. *FFX Agility Platinum (ASCA Applicants)* ASCA members applying for this award must achieve attainment of a Certification Class agility title (either at the Novice, Open, or Elite level) in the first three consecutive runs with perfect scores of 10 points. Platinum awards may also be presented for those achieving any 12 Agility titles in a 24 month time period. *FFX Agility Gold (ASCA Applicants)* ASCA members applying for this award must achieve a Certification Class agility title (either at the Novice, Open, or Elite level) by attaining at least 30 points in the first four consecutive runs with scores of 5 points or higher. Gold awards may also be presented to those achieving any 6 Agility titles in a 12 month time period. FFX Requirements For NADAC *FFX Agility Platinum (NADAC Applicants)* NADAC members applying for this award must achieve attainment of a Regular class agility title (either at the Novice, Open, or Elite level) in the first three consecutive runs with perfect scores of 10 points. Platinum awards may also be presented for those achieving any 12 Agility titles in a 24 month time period. *FFX Agility Gold (NADAC Applicants)* NADAC members applying for this award must achieve a Regular class agility title (either at the Novice, Open, or Elite level) by attaining at least 30 points in the first four consecutive runs with scores of 5 points or higher. Gold awards may also be presented to those achieving any 6 Agility titles in a 12 month time period. FFX Requirements For UKC *FFX Obedience Platinum (UKC Applicants)* The FFX Platinum Award is offered for exhibitors earning an obedience title in their first three consecutive classes with scores of 195 or better, or who earn the CD, CDX, and UD titles within a twelve month time period. *FFX Obedience Gold (UKC Applicants)* The FFX Gold Award will be presented to exhibitors earning an obedience title in their first three consecutive classes with scores of 190 or better, or who earn the CD, CDX, and UD titles within a 24 month time period. *FFX Agility Platinum (UKC Applicants)* Attainment of an Agility I (UAGI) or Agility II (UAGII) title in the first three consecutive classes with scores of 200, or attainment of 4 Agility titles (UAGI, UAGII, UACH, UACHX) within a 30 month time period. *FFX Agility Gold (UKC Applicants)* Attainment of an Agility I (UAGI) or Agility II (UAGII) title in the first three consecutive classes with scores of at least 198, or attainment of 3 Agility titles (UAGI, UAGII, UACH) within a 30 month time period.	How To Apply As always, handling teams are eligible to qualify and apply for multiple FFX awards. Separate applications have been developed to incorporate the recent FFX amendments. These applications are identified below. You can obtain an official application by calling our office at 309-344-1333, by emailing us at mailbox@frontandfinish.com, or you can download an application in PDF format by clicking one of the following links. Download the AKC Obedience FFX Application Download the AKC Agility FFX Application Download the ASCA Obedience FFX Application Download the ASCA Agility FFX Application Download the BKC Obedience FFX Application Download the CKC Obedience FFX Application Download the CKC Agility FFX Application Download the UKC Obedience FFX Application Download the UKC Agility FFX Application Download the NADAC Agility FFX Application Recognition *Certification* Applicants of the FFX receive an attractive personalized certificate indicating their accomplishment and the details of each show leading to this award. *Individual Announcements* Exhibitors may elect to have an individual announcement published in Front and Finish. This announcement includes a picture and copy of their choice. *Pin* Exhibitors may elect to receive an honorary lapel pin to display their accomplishment. *Annual Listing* Front & Finish® provides public acknowledgment of all FFX recipients through an annual listing of all FFX honorees. Be sure to watch for this feature in an upcoming issue! Theory We have received questions from exhibitors wondering whether it is appropriate to use the FFX acronym after their dog's name. The FFX is an acknowledgement of distinction that is above and beyond the typical standards for title achievement within each registry. As in education, students receive diplomas to indicate successful completion of standards set by their school systems. Yet, fewer students receive acknowledgement of standards above and beyond those required for graduation. This is the theory behind the Platinum and Gold levels of this award. While a title can be considered similar to a diploma, the FFX is intended to recognize a higher degree of title accomplishment (i.e. the Platinum and Gold levels). If exhibitors desire, they are welcome to use the FFX acronym following their dog's name to indicate that they have achieved their title at a superior level. We recommend that they place the FFX acronym last in their list of titles and signify "FFXP" for the Platinum Award and "FFXG" for the Gold Award. Multiple award winners should use a number following the acronym (as in FFXP2, or FFXG4, etc.) Retroactivity Applications should be submitted within one calendar year of the date an award was completed. Occasionally exhibitors ask if they can apply for awards that are past the requested submission date. We will do our best to honor these requests but there may be delays as we have to process old show records. Appreciation Front & Finish® would like to acknowledge our sincere appreciation to Ms. Jenee Staltzer of Marshalltown, IA for initially bringing the FFX idea to us. In addition, we would like to express our earnest gratitude to those numerous contributors who offered suggestions and comments regarding the formation of this award. Front & Finish® is highly interested in all of your comments and suggestions to further improve the FFX! Please submit your opinions to Editor, P.O. Box 333, Galesburg, IL, 61402; or email mailbox@frontandfinish.com.