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Monday 6:30pm - 9:30pm Tuesday 6:30pm - 9:30pm Wednesday 6:30pm - 9:30pm Thursday 6:30pm - 9:30pm Friday 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Bloomington Obedience Training Club

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Bloomington Obedience Training Club

We offer a variety of classes in Obedience, Agility, Rally, Conformation, and Flyball Paul metro area for more than 55 years.

The Bloomington Obedience Training Club (BOTC) is a dog training school that has been serving the Minneapolis/St. BOTC is run by a group of dedicated volunteer members committed to helping you train your dog to be a well mannered family dog or a competition dog by using a variety of positive motivational techniques.

12/19/2024

❄️📣BOTC will be closed and all classes for Thursday, Dec. 19th are canceled due to snow. ❄️📣
No "Dashing through the snow" to get to dog class tonight!

12/10/2024

With the upcoming Land O’ Lakes Kennel Club show, we’ve added 2 more Conformation classes on Dec. 30! Please sign up using the link below:

11/28/2024

As we sit down to dinner with family, friends and loved ones today, this is a good reminder of what is and is not safe to share with our canine family members!
Wishing you all a happy, healthy and safe Thanksgiving!

11/14/2024

We have rolled out 2 new *drop-in* Agility classes.

**Agility Drop in classes: This class will consist of numbered courses, but teams have the flexibility to focus on specific skills or sequences during each timed turn. An instructor will be available to provide feedback, if desired. All skill levels are welcome, as outlined in the prerequisites.
Prerequisites:
Teams must have completed a minimum of 3 Foundations classes, with the majority of obstacles set at full height. Obstacle heights will not be adjusted during this class.**

**Weaves Drop-in classes: Start weaving, improve your weaves, speed up, work on entrances, work on distractions, etc. This will be instructor led and one or two dogs will be working at a time. All skill levels welcome.**

Please visit the link below to register for these new offerings!

09/19/2024

🌟 Help Us Clear Out the Clutter! 🌟
Saturday, September 28, 2024
9:00AM - NOON
💖 Got items to donate? Drop them off between 9:00 and 10:00 on sale day!
Join us for a big sale featuring outdoor agility trial gear—think wooden jumps, a large tent, course numbers, a chute, tunnel holders, and more!
Plus, we’ve got some miscellaneous treasures: sawhorse sets, a corkboard, judges' measuring wheel, large coolers, an equipment wagon, a non-regulation tire, and an EZ up!
✨ All proceeds will go towards new equipment and storage solutions!
Let’s make room for the new! 🐾

09/18/2024

It was an honor to present Bloomington Police Department with a check towards the purchase of a canine safety vest. Your donations made it possible to get them half way to their goal. We appreciate every dollar you gave, and so did they.
May the vest protect the one protecting us. 💜

09/04/2024

Does your dog already have the CGC title and now you want a title at the next level?
We are offering evaluations for CGCA & CGCU titles Sept 21st starting at 1pm.

08/28/2024

Have you felt that your dog would be suited to Therapy Dog work?
Therapy dogs are dogs who work with their human partners as a team to improve the lives of the people they meet. They are trained to provide affection and comfort to people outside their family as volunteers in settings such as; schools, libraries, hospitals, hospice, nursing homes and airports. Some also have additional training as responders in disaster response settings.

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.

We have 1 spot remaining in our Therapy Dog class starting Sept 8th!

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

Address

8127 Pleasant Avenue S
Bloomington, MN
55420

Opening Hours

Monday	6:30pm - 9:30pm
Tuesday	6:30pm - 9:30pm
Wednesday	6:30pm - 9:30pm
Thursday	6:30pm - 9:30pm
Friday	6:30pm - 9:30pm

Telephone

+19528884998

Website

http://www.botcmn.org/

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