Finding a sign

The Signs tab opens to every AKC Rally sign, all levels, in one long scrollable list. When you know roughly what you’re after, two tools get you there fast.

The Signs tab: every sign, every level, in one place.

Search

The search bar looks at more than just names. Type a sign number, part of its name, or a keyword that describes what the dog actually does, and the list narrows as you go. So “270” works, “about turn” works, and so does something looser like “pivot” or “halt.” If a sign has slipped your mind but you remember the movement, just describe it.

Type a number, a name, or a keyword and the list narrows as you go.

Filter by level

A row of chips runs along the top: All, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Excellent, Master. Tap one and the list drops to just the signs used at that level. Each level has its own set:

• Novice: signs 1 through 42
• Intermediate: 101 through 123, minus the jump (sign 103)
• Advanced: 101 through 123, jump included
• Excellent: 201 through 216, plus 298 and 299
• Master: 301 through 322

So if you’ve ever wondered how Intermediate and Advanced relate, there it is: the same signs, except Intermediate leaves out the jump.

Search and the level filter stack, by the way. Filter to Excellent, then search “left,” and you’ll see only the Excellent signs that match.

Tap a level chip to show only the signs that appear at that level.

What’s on a sign’s page

Tap any sign to open it. The page has two tabs along the top, Details and Video, though the Video tab only appears when that particular sign has a demonstration video. Not every sign does yet.

The Details tab is where you’ll spend your time. It gives you:

• The picture. The same sign you’ll see posted on the course.
• Which levels it belongs to. Badges showing every level the sign appears in, so you know where it can turn up.
• The full description. This is the official wording, taken straight from the AKC Rally handbook, with the principal part bolded and underlined exactly as it reads in the manual. Whenever the handbook changes, this gets updated to match.
• STATIONARY EXERCISE and REPEATABLE markers, when they apply. The first tells you the sign is performed in place. The second flags a sign you might see repeated on a course.

A sign’s Details tab: picture, the levels it appears in, and the full write-up.

Saving a sign to a list

There are two ways to file a sign away, and you just saw where the first one lives. Right there on the sign’s own page, tap the heart. A little sheet slides up and lets you choose where the sign should go.

The second way is a shortcut, handy when you’re scanning the main list and don’t want to open each sign one at a time. Press and hold any sign in the list, and the same sheet slides up. Faster when you’re adding several in a row.

Press and hold any sign to drop it into a list.

A list that’s already full shows up greyed out, so you won’t accidentally try to cram a sign where it won’t fit. And a sign you’ve already added shows a checkmark, which makes it easy to remove it too. Same press, tap to toggle it off.

That’s really the whole bridge between Signs and Lists. If you want to dig into building and organizing lists themselves, naming them, planning a trial around one, keeping a separate list per dog, that all lives in the Lists guide.

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