Bloomington Obedience Training Club

07/31/2024

📢 Attention all Wednesday students! 📢
All classes for Wednesday, July 31st, are canceled due to building temperatures! ♨️
Your instructors will discuss make up dates with you at your next class.

07/01/2024

Do you have a new puppy in the house that could use some manners and 'good dog' skills?
We have openings in both of our Puppy Skills classes starting July 10th!

For puppies born between March 20, 2024 and May 22, 2024, choose Puppy Skills 1:
https://www.botcmn.org/purchase-classes/e/Puppy-Skills-1-July-10-2024-August-14-2024-6-30PM-Wednesdays-p657272620

For puppies born between January 24, 2024 and March 20, 2024, choose Puppy Skills 2:
https://www.botcmn.org/purchase-classes/e/Puppy-Skills-2-July-10-2024-August-14-2024-7-45PM-Wednesdays-p657272623

05/13/2024

On behalf of the Spring Obedience Trial Committee, we would like to thank everyone who entered our trial this past weekend!
And a special thank you to our judges Phil & Cindy Rustad, as well as our wonderful volunteers!
We hope everyone enjoyed the trial and had much success to celebrate. Whether you Q'd or not, you each took home the best dog! 🐾💜

05/03/2024

We have a rare 3 spots left for our Beginner 1 Obedience class starting Monday, May 13th at 10am. These classes fill fast!

04/19/2024

Interested in volunteering at our upcoming obedience and rally trial.

Looking for some volunteer hours? Our Spring Obedience and Rally Trial is coming up and we need some help cleaning, moving agility equipment, setting up the rings and stewarding.

You can use the link below to sign up for these opportunities (more info listed below):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BAiIEdjXa_H_XbMTsN9dSJynmp2xoxOK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108384407142409269007&rtpof=true&sd=true

Opportunities include:

May 4 @11:30am : Mat cleaning & take down agility equipment

May 9 @ 7:30pm: Take down agility equipment and ring/trial setup

May 12 @~3pm: Trial takedown and agility equipment setup

May 11 & May 12 @7:30am start: stewards

04/18/2024

Would you like to impress your friends and family by teaching your old (or new) dog some tricks? Join our 2 week class to learn some tricks and earn an AKC Trick Dog title or learn some helpful hints on teaching tricks. Any level is appropriate for this class. Title evaluations will be provided.
Registration link below:

04/03/2024

Congratulations to our Therapy Dog teams!! Parker, Finn, Gilbert, Finley, Maddie, Duke, Benji, Parker, Kodi, and Millie 🐾💜

04/02/2024

We still have room in our Saturday, April 13th CGC practice and test. The first part of the class will be reviewing the test items, followed by taking the test. All in one day! Get your CGC this month and be ready for the CGCA and CGCU tests in June!
Sign up here:

03/26/2024

Attention students!
BOTC will be closed today and all classes cancelled due to weather and poor road conditions.

03/07/2024

For our students coming from the St Louis Park & Edina areas, please make note of these upcoming road closures that may impact your commute to BOTC

01/24/2024

On Jan 13th, BOTC held their annual year-end awards banquet to celebrate the new titles, achievements and awards earned by members in 2023.
Please enjoy a slideshow recap of all our member's accomplishments!
There's a lot of smiles in this video!

Congratulations to everyone on their success!

Congratulations on all our member's 2022 successes! For more information , check out our Bloomington MN dog obedience club at botcmn.org~Happy Training to al...

01/12/2024

Do you have a dog that loves to learn or perform?
Would you like to teach your old (or new) dog some tricks? Join our 3 week class to learn some tricks and earn an AKC Trick Dog title or learn some helpful hints on teaching tricks. Any level is appropriate for this class. Title evaluations will be provided!

01/10/2024

Calling all good dogs!
Do you and your dog want to bring comfort, smiles and happiness to others?
Our Therapy Dog class will prepare you and your dog for therapy visits! This class will focus on basic skills for successful visits, what settings would be best for you and your dog and, options for therapy dog testing.

01/05/2024

Heads up to our evening students, there will be potentially impactful road closures on 35W around 494 January 8th - 10th. Please take note!
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/heres-when-i-35w-at-the-i-494-interchange-will-close-overnight?fbclid=IwAR3tBHTP4vxASmv_59Bjohx1OTi_WstyRcdJjPrzH_Q-tzFfNmKZP4Fq3zE

Work on the new turbine ramp continues.

09/21/2023

Upcoming road construction that could impact your commute to & from BOTC starting Sept. 25th. Please see the alternate routes listed.

09/09/2023

Are you thinking about entering an Obedience or Rally trial but, are brand new to competing in actual trials? Not sure how to register your dog, how to fill out an entry form or, what to expect at your first trial?
BOTC will be offering a Trial Prep Class starting Sept 23rd!

This class is for handlers thinking of entering their first obedience or rally trial. The first week will be lecture (no dogs) covering subjects such as: filling out an entry, registering your dog with an organization, how to find out about trials, how to prepare yourself and your dog for showing, and more!

The second week will be a mock trial with dogs to practice ring procedure and preparation.
September 23, 2023 class is 1:00pm - 2:00pm (no dog)

September 30, 2023 class is 1:00pm - 3:00pm (mock trial / bring dog)

Visit this link to register:

08/22/2023

Evening classes for Tues. 8/22 and Wed. 8/23 have been canceled due to the predicted extreme heat.
Daytime classes, including; Tuesday's morning Agility class and Wednesday’s Rally classes, will go on as scheduled.

08/15/2023

We're excited to share that starting this Thursday Aug. 17th, the installation of our new Agility room mats will begin!
We also have some other exciting updates and facelifts happening throughout the club!
Please pardon our mess during these projects. 🛠
We anticipate everything will be completed by Aug. 25th.

07/27/2023

All classes at BOTC for Thursday, July 27th have been canceled due to the excessive heat. Impacted students will be contacted.
This heat ALMOST makes us miss winter. Almost. 😉
Stay safe and cool out there!

06/20/2023

Wonderful News!
On May 6, 2023, Kori Bevis and her Golden Retriever, Baker, won the Master Obedience Championship at Westminster! As part of her win, she was awarded a cash prize to be donated to the training facility of her choice. We are filled with gratitude to say she chose BOTC, toward the replacement of the mats in the agility room. This is a much needed improvement to our facility, and will help us provide a safer floor for agility classes and obedience trials. Thank you, Kori and Baker, and congratulations!

05/04/2023

UPDATE: Our Spring Obedience and Rally Trial Judging Program had an error in the running order for the obedience classes on Sunday. If you entered the trial you should have received an email today with the corrected version.
You can also find it on our website at the following link:

05/03/2023

Our Spring Obedience & Rally Trial is almost here. May 13-14,2023. The Judging Program has been posted on our website. If you’ve entered the trial your armband numbers are being emailed today or tomorrow.

UPDATE: Please check your emails if you entered as for some I had to send a corrected judging program. If your file says “FINAL…” you have the correct one.

04/20/2023

Entries for our Spring Obedience & Rally trial close April 26th, less than one week away! Get your entries in soon!
We will have fantastic judges Deb Schneider and Susan Pauline Emerson.
The premium can be found at

04/12/2023

The premium for our Spring Agility trial at Fusion Pet Retreat is now available at:https://xtremek9s.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Event-Premium-List-BOTC-May-2023.pdf
Our judge will be Michelle Persian.
Entries open today! Electronic entries are being accepted via labtestedonline.com!

03/31/2023

Flyball class & practice have both been canceled for tonight, 3/31/23.
Flyball students, please see your email. A make up day will be announced.

03/15/2023

Our Spring AKC Obedience and Rally Trial premium is out today!
Our trial will be May 13 & 14, 2023
Please go to our website to find the premium! Hope you are all set to enter those fantastic pups!
HTTPS://www.botcmn.org/special-events/

Please feel free to contact Donna or I if you have any questions. Our contact info is in the premium.

Good luck to all that enter!
Thanks
Kelly
BOTC Spring Trial Secretary

03/11/2023

Congratulations to 2 new CGC title holders from the CGC test today; Dolce the Shih Tzu and Riot the Shetland Sheepdog!
2 Certified good boys!

03/06/2023

We have a few openings for our CGC test this Saturday, March 11th from 10:30am-12pm.
There will be a review of the CGC test items prior to the test.
To register for the test, visit this link:
https://www.botcmn.org/purchase-classes/e/AKC-Canine-Good-Citizen-Class-&-Evaluation-March-11-2032-10-30am-12-00pm-Saturday-p534270937

02/23/2023

❄️❄️CLASS CANCELLATION! 2.0❄️❄️
Due to the continued travel impacts from all the snow, BOTC will be closed again today; Thursday February 23rd and all classes are canceled.
This is how we feel about all this snow!

02/22/2023

❄️❄️CLASS CANCELLATION!❄️❄️

Unfortunately due to the "Snowmaggedon" creating poor travel conditions, BOTC will be closed today; Wednesday February 22nd, and all classes are canceled.

We will re-evaluate the conditions tomorrow and announce any Thursday closures at a later time.