Hi all,
I am composing a list of abbreviations used in the pet world, both rescue, breeding, shelters, pets, veterinarians and other areas you can think of that concerns animals.

So please do feel free to off list them to me or psot them in this chat board. This should be fun, teach us all some new ones and tax our brains <G>

BREED ABBREVIATIONS
ACD..........................Australian Cattle Dog (also called Queensland Heeler, Red Heeler or Blue Heeler)
GSD..........................German Shepard Dog
SBT .........................Staffordshire Bull Terrier


RESCUE ABBREVIATIONS
TNR ...... .................Trap-Neuter-Release
DNA..........................Do not adopt
SNYP ....................... Spay and Neuter Your Pet

MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS
PTS ........................ Put To Sleep
CHF......................... Chronic Heart Failure

FOOD ABBREVIATIONS
RMB ...... ................. Raw Meaty Bones
BARF ....................... Bones and Raw Food (or Biologically Appropriate Raw Food)


UKC POODLE ABBREVIATIONS
GUN.........................Gun Dogs - GUN (Standard Poodles)
COMP......................Companion Dogs (Miniture and Toy Poodles)

MCPDL....................Multi-Colored Poodle (Toy, Miniature)
MCSTP....................Multi-Colored Standard Poodle
POODL....................Poodle (Toy, Miniature)
STDPDL..................Standard Poodle

CH.........................Champion
GRCH.....................Grand Champion

BIS........................Best in Show
RBIS......................Reserve Best in Show

AA/CP ...................Assisted Animation/Critique Procedure (BSD only)
LF..........................Long Form (BSD only)
SF..........................Short Form (BSD only)

ADV.......................Advance Entry
DOS.......................Day-of-event Entry
PE..........................Pre-entry Only

AGIL......................Agility, all classes
AGI........................Agility I
AGIII.....................Agility III

NLC........................Non-licensed classes
JR SHOW.................Junior Showmanship

OBED.......................Obedience, all classes -
NOV.........................Obedience, Novice classes
OPEN........................Obedience, Open classes
UTIL.........................Obedience, Utility classes - UTIL

WPULL......................Weight Pull
A - A..........................Format
B - B..........................Format
WHL...........................Wheels
SNOW.........................Snow
RAIL...........................Rail

S1...............................Show #1
S2...............................Show #2

T1...............................Trial #1
T2...............................Trial #2