Capitol Dog Training Club of Austin, Inc

09/02/2026

09/02/2026

🐾✨ Friday Night Lights was a success! ✨🐾

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for our Dog Days of Summer Skills Challenge! We loved seeing so many teams having fun, trying new things, and celebrating successes big and small. 💙🧡

Special thanks to all of our amazing volunteers who helped make the evening possible — we couldn’t have done it without you!

📸 Check out some of our favorite moments from the night!

Thank you for supporting the Capitol Dog Training Club of Austin. We can’t wait to do it again! 🐕

09/01/2026

CDTCA's August Agility Trial at the Huntington Bank Expo (yes, a new sponsor for Bell County Expo) was a huge success!
Michelle Swartz has such an amazing relationship with the Expo arena crew that they never let us down when it comes to creating the best dirt in Texas for Agility trials!! Heather Dickinson was our judge, and she created some great courses and fun gambles in the FAST class.
Heather is certainly one of the nicest, and kindest judges we have had the honor of having come to CDTCA agility trials.
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There were a lot of hard working and dedicated volunteers that built courses, worked in the rings and at the score table that deserve a pat on the back and a huge thank you!! Our chief course builders, John and Sonja, worked tireless, even though they were tired, to change the courses for each trial, each class, and stayed late on Sunday to help load the equipment trailer.
Many CDTCA members came and worked all day in the ring leash running, setting bars, and changing the table legs. Our trials cannot run without the volunteers. Thank you many times for your help.

Time to move forward to our next agility trial on October 30-31 and November 1st at DePaw Dog Sports and Training Academy , Leander TX.
Our trials are open to the public at any time as long as the family dog stays home. If interested, you will meet some of the nicest folks around. CDTCA members will happily talk to you about agility classes. Premium is posted at AKC events, and Labtested online.

09/01/2026

CDTCA had a wonderful 1st Friday Night Lights Agility Challenge at our new field location behind Hearts and Paws on Pond Springs Road.
Each challenge course presented opportunities to improve handling skills and advance each dog's performance. Photos of the evening are following in another post.
Thank you to the Committee members Jessica Thompson and Sherry Weise for all their work that made this happen. They spent a lot of personal time over the last month, creating advertising flyers, making raffle baskets, and hours of the week of the event setting up the four challenges. they made this happen, I was told what to do and when to do it.
special thanks go to Sandra Schanks for her beautiful handmade lap quilt donation!! Our club member, Ma**ca Fowler won the quilt.

CDTCA is offering a full line up of agility classes starting the second and third week in September. The class descriptions can be found on CDTCA's website and under classes on Hearts and Paws website.
Each class lesson is customized to the participants needs within the class curriculum. Our instructors possess a wealth of agility knowledge and great communication skills that effectively advance your agility goals.
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11/30/2025

HEADS UP!
CDTCA'S SWT Jan 2026 entries open Monday, Dec 1 at 8am via Secreterrier.

06/06/2022

It is DONE!!!
CDTCA'S contact equipment has new rubber skins.
Thanks goes to Paw Power Agility Equipment and Mike Press.
They look great and our digs are going to love the softer,quieter,and safer contacts.
Mike let me help. I got to drill the rivets and carry the skins. He really appreciates help.

02/21/2022

Effective 3/01/22 we are moving our Scent Work classes back to the YMCA in Cedar Park. We still have a few spots left for the March classes.

05/28/2021

Congratulations to our Advanced Sequencing students on their qualifying ACT 1 Jumpers runs and new titles!

04/28/2021

Congratulations to our Advanced Sequencing students on their qualifying runs and new ACT 1 titles!