Des Moines Obedience Training Club

12/18/2024

Congratulations to our most recent AKC Community Canine (CGCA) title holders!

12/16/2024

🐕 Drop In Conformation classes 🐕
Saturday, 12/28 @ 1PM
Saturday, 1/10 @ 1PM
*Bring proof of your dog’s vaccinations*
$10 per dog, per class

12/14/2024

🎄 Our annual DMOTC Holiday Party and meetings scheduled for today (12/14) will be moved to tomorrow (12/15) at 1PM 🎄

If you’re out and about, please drive carefully!

12/08/2024

🐕 Agility Foundations 🐕
We have an Agility Foundations class that will start on Mondays the end of February! There is ONE slot available. If you are interested, please note:
1. Your dog needs to have a SOLID understanding of stay, come, sit, and down - these skills will be tested at an evaluation that you must pass to participate;
2. Must have taken our Intermediate class (or equivalent; I’ll get more detail from you if you sign up);
3. Must not be dog or human aggressive or excessively reactive. This is a group class and much of our training is done off leash; and
4. This is a competition class - you need to intend on competing. This is not a class just for fun; it is an 18 month to 2 year training commitment.

Dogs need to be at least a year old to participate. If you’ve read the above and are interested in more information, please send us an email at [email protected].

12/03/2024

Our 2nd annual Scentwork trial was a success! Thank you to everyone that entered and volunteered.

Let’s see those ribbon pics!

12/02/2024

📷 Conformation Class
$10 per dog, per night
Remember to bring your dog’s vaccination records!
12/9, 6PM
12/16, 6PM
12/28, 1PM
1/12, 1PM

12/02/2024

🎄Last Obedience fun match of 2024🎄
Sunday, Dec 8th
8AM
To register: https://slotted.co/dec24obmatch
Volunteer! : https://slotted.co/dec24obvolunteer

Slotted meets all your signup needs: office hours, open-mic signups, one-on-one meetings, pot-luck parties, volunteers, and much more!

11/29/2024

⭐️ January (yes January!) classes are open for registration ⭐️

11/12/2024

💥 Obedience Fun Match this Sunday, November 17th!
One last chance to practice in our building before our Fall trial on 11/23 and 11/24!

Volunteers needed: https://slotted.co/nov24volunteer

Register: https://slotted.co/nov24obmatch

Slotted meets all your signup needs: office hours, open-mic signups, one-on-one meetings, pot-luck parties, volunteers, and much more!

10/24/2024

😁 Rally Fun Match this Sunday, 10/27!
Beginner Novice Obedience runs will also be offered.

Slotted meets all your signup needs: office hours, open-mic signups, one-on-one meetings, pot-luck parties, volunteers, and much more!

10/16/2024

⭐️ Reminder: We are not offering Exterior at our Scentwork trial in November - so if you use an entry form other than the one provided on the premium, don’t mark (and pay for) Exterior.

10/10/2024

Our very last session of classes for 2024 is now open!

10/08/2024

🐕 Therapy Dogs International (TDI) Test 🐕
10/27, 4PM
Pre-registration is required! Details can be found on our website:

Therapy Dogs International (TDI) Training for TDI – Completion of the CGC classes will be the best preparation for the TDI testing. If you haven’t already taken our beginners class, that would be the perfect start and is a prerequisite for the CGC class (CGC is a prerequisite for the CGCA). Inde...

10/02/2024

Beat that 🦃 coma and enter our second annual Scent Work trial!
📝 opens for entry next Wednesday, 10/9
🗓️ 11/30 and 12/1
West Des Moines, IA
Interiors, Containers, and Buried - all levels
Detective both days!

09/26/2024

Rally Fun Match this Sunday, 9/29, 9AM!

Slotted meets all your signup needs: office hours, open-mic signups, one-on-one meetings, pot-luck parties, volunteers, and much more!

09/05/2024

We rely entirely on our members to keep our club moving, and much of that work is behind the scenes. Many of you have had conversations with Bev, one of our Training Directors, but may not have met her in person (yet!)
Bev and her lovely Great Dane, Bing, were on hiatus from DMOTC earlier this year to make Bing’s dream of being a movie star a reality! He was paid handsomely with many snacks, hugs from celebrities, and visits to film festivals.
We are all very proud of Bev and Bing! ❤️

https://deadline.com/2024/08/the-friend-review-naomi-watts-bill-murray-1236072224/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR03P1OBbVb_f88vtvhkX_9ShMFCyQf5w8jNIjK0gcWbEoXsPsI_Jzfbdnw_aem_A1hf8WsHyQ9zBp9CRcpcRA

08/28/2024

💥 Obedience Fun Match this Sunday, 9/1 💥

Sign up: https://slotted.co/sept24obed
Volunteer: https://slotted.co/sept24volunteer

Slotted meets all your signup needs: office hours, open-mic signups, one-on-one meetings, pot-luck parties, volunteers, and much more!

08/26/2024

🐕 Drop In Conformation Class 🐕
Bring your dog, their vaccination record (including rabies!) and $10 (per dog)
🌟 Tuesday, Sept 3rd at 6:30PM🌟