Should we make CGC a pass/fail system?

[Jasmine]

Taking a poll if we should change CGC to a pass/fail system like in real life. Let me know what you think

What I propose is making it pass/fail, but you can only have your dogs try it once. This would prevent just consistently taking to get it. And if you pass first level, then you can try next, but again only once. So technically only should be a few to be top ranked and prevent too many dogs from getting it consistently.

There'll be a list of dog's names and their result, so you don't have to remember if was a pass/fail or not, and the test can be taken anytime.

[Vienna Raine]

I'm still not sure how I feel about this. I love the pass/fail concept for sure, but the only once gives me a lot of trepidation. That said, I do agree that we don't want the title to be flooded on every single dog and such, but I still feel that only being able to test once is a bit unfair as well. I mentioned this in our conversation, but in real life testing, there is training that goes into it. Puppies often fail their first attempt because they're just immature and can be easily overstimulated. The AKC even strongly encourages people to retest dogs once they've reach maturity.

[Rotte]

I agree with Vienna. I’d like to see maybe a two or three goes. Perhaps your first is free then you have to pay an amount which changes each time? (So first go is free, second is $10 a dog and third is $20 a dog)? And then it’s capped at three?

I feel like if you’re testing a pup too, like V says, in reality they could get super overwhelmed. Perhaps you can have two tries as a under 2 year old and if they don’t pass you have one try as a 2+ year old. Then if they fail they fail and you can’t change the result?

[Jasmine]

From a tracking perspective it can be a bit much. I think I’d be prepared to either have one test for under two and one test for over two, which would be easier to keep track of, or just keep it as it is now I think.

[Rotte]

One for under two and one for over two seems fair to me

[Vienna Raine]

From a logistics standpoint, since pass/fails are being recorded anyway, you could always put their name down and if they retest, put an asterisk next to it with the new result. Just a thought! I'd still prefer to see 2 tests per dog, though maybe slightly harder judging couple be implemented to balance it.

[Rotte]

Yep asterisks could be used if it’s final test, that’s a good idea!