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The AKC Rules & Regulations 
To Performance Events Competition
for Juniors

          Section 1. Eligibility as a Junior. Any Junior up to the age of 18 is eligible to compete as a Junior in Performance Events. The Junior must obtain a Junior Number. The ownership requirements are the same as for participating in Conformation Junior Showmanship: the dog must be owned by the Junior Handler or the Junior Handler's father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, grandfather or grandmother, including corresponding step and half relations, of by a member of the Junior Handler's household.

          Section 2. Classes. The Junior will enter the dog in the class in which it would normally compete for the event. In each of these events the dogs are scored individually on their performance. A Junior will not receive credit for any qualifying scores in a class  in which the dog has already successfully completed a title, with the exception of the  Retriever Hunting Tests.

          Section 3. Records. The dog's score in these events will be linked to the Junior Handler's number through the use of the Junior Certification Form. This form can be obtained from the Show Secretary, Superintendent or Field Representative, or by contacting the AKC. It is the responsibility of the Junior to have the Junior Certification Form filled out and signed by the judge on the day of the event for any qualifying score.  The judge will retain on copy to be mailed in with his/her judge's book to the AKC while  returning the other to the Junior.

          Section 4. Awards. The AKC will acknowledge any Junior who successfully completes a title. The Junior must have been the handler of record for all qualifying scores leading to the titles in that event. All qualifying scores and titles must have
been completed after January 1, 1999.