Certificate of Gameness (CG):

This certificate is awarded to an dog that qualifies with a score of 100% in an Open Class at an AWTA sanctioned trial. The dog is required to travel a thirty-foot earth, reaching the quarry within thirty seconds (50%). The dog must then work the quarry, as defined on the Judge’s score sheet, continuously for a full sixty seconds (50%). the handler may give one command on release and then must stand quietly at the release point throughout the test. Time in the Open Class is stated when the dog is released. The dog may enter the earth, come out, and reenter providing he does not go all the way to the quarry. He is not penalized as long as he reaches the quarry within thirty seconds from time of release. Once the dog reaches the quarry he must not leave it; if he does, he receives no score for working even though he may return to the quarry. If the dog reaches the quarry within thirty seconds and worked the quarry continuously for a full minute, he earns his CG. The dog’s score sheet will be sent, with the trial report, to the Trial Secretary who will issue the Certificate of Gameness. “Work” is defined on the judge’s score sheet as barking, growling, whining, digging, biting at the cage, lunging at the cage, and/or a frozen, concentrated, focused stare (Note for Judges: when a terrier is doing concentrated staring, the focus of the terrier must be tested by moving the rat cage which should result in a favorable reaction from the terrier if it is working.) Any definite break in work marks the dog’s time, even though he starts up again, this does not mean a natural change from one type of work to another.