The mark consists of a red and white Malinois dog running above a curved grey horizontal line with the white letters "C","C","A","S" under this line. The dog is in the center of a black circle with a thin white line outlining this black circle. Surrounding this thin white line is a red ring containing white words "CERTIFIED CANINE ATHLETE SPECIALIST". The white words "CERTIFIED CANINE" are positioned above the dog. The white words "ATHLETE SPECIALIST" are positioned under the dog. There is a white star between the words "ATHLETE" and "CERTIFIED". There is another white star between the words "SPECIALIST" and "CANINE". Outside the edge of the red ring is another white thin ring, and a final thin black ring surrounds this white ring.