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Canine Good Citizen

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Canine Good Citizen Advanced

The Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program, established in 1989, is an American Kennel Club program to promote responsible dog ownership and to encourage the training of well-mannered dogs.[1][2][3] A dog and handler team must take a short behavioral evaluation of less than half an hour; dogs who pass the evaluation earn the Canine Good Citizen certificate, which many people represent after the dog's name, abbreviating it as CGC.

The evaluation consists of ten objectives. All items must be completed satisfactorily or the team fails. Test items include:

    Accepting a friendly stranger.

    Sitting politely for petting.

    Allowing basic grooming procedures.

    Walking on a loose lead.

    Walking through a crowd.

    Sitting and lying down on command and staying in place.

    Coming when called.

    Reacting appropriately to another dog.

    Reacting appropriately to distractions.

    Calmly enduring supervised separation from the owner.