Richmond Dog Obedience Club - RDOC

06/10/2026

🐾 NEW CLASS ALERT: Introduction to Rally! 🐾

Looking for a fun way to build your dog's obedience skills and strengthen your teamwork? Our new Introduction to Rally class is a great place to start!

In this class, you'll learn the basic Rally signs and skills, including:

✔️ Heeling
✔️ Turns
✔️ Sits and Downs
✔️ Fronts and Finishes
✔️ Navigating Rally courses

Rally is a fun dog sport that combines obedience with a course of stations where you and your dog work together as a team. Whether you're interested in competing someday or just looking for a new activity to enjoy with your dog, Rally is a great way to improve focus, communication, and confidence.

This class is open to dogs and handlers of all experience levels. It's a great next step after our Puppy 2 or Basic and can also help prepare teams for CGC and other advanced training classes.

Come join us and discover why so many dogs (and their people!) love Rally!

📅 Class begins Sunday, June 28 at 3:30 PM.

📝 Registration opens Sunday, June 14 at 7:00 AM.

https://www.rdoc.org/training

06/04/2026

🐕Dog Walks: The Survival Guide (for Dogs AND Humans) 🐕

Walking your dog shouldn’t feel like training for a marathon… or a circus act. But between other dogs, barking pooches behind fences, kids on bikes, and the occasional squirrel olympics, it often does.

Enter Street Walking, our practical, real-world class where we turn chaos into calm. You’ll learn:

🐾 Keep your cool when other dogs say “Hi!”, even if your reactive pup wants to start a barking choir or audition for “Zoomies: The Sequel.”
🐾 Tricks for ignoring fence-barking drama queens
🐾 How to survive kids zooming by on skateboards, bikes, or scooters
🐾 Ways to prevent your dog from auditioning for Fast & Furious: Squirrel Edition

With hands-on practice, positive reinforcement, and real-life street scenarios, you’ll leave with a calmer dog and a confident, prepared human, ready to enjoy walks again instead of fearing them.

📅 Spots are limited - your sanity (and your leash) will thank you!

Registration opens June 10, 2026, at 7:00 AM.

https://www.rdoc.org/training

05/19/2026

🚨 AKC Scent Work Fans, Listen Up! 🚨

Our AKC Scent Work Trial for Buried & Container is happening May 30 & 31, 2026, and there are still spots up for grabs! 🐶💨

⏳ Entry closes tomorrow, May 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM ⏳

https://secreterrier.com/events/2942/enter

Don’t wait, sniff out your spot and join the fun! 🐾

05/17/2026

Bear Creek K9 Sports, with Aleta Channell and Danielle Angel, will be holding Novice and Advanced NASDA clinics on Saturday, July 18.

BEGINNERS - 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
ADVANCED - 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Limit of 10 working teams per clinic. Auditing spots available.
Minimum of 6 working teams per clinic to hold. Working Spot $135 (one handler/one dog) Auditing Spots $65.

For more information and to register for the clinic, visit rdoc.org under Trials and Events.

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05/04/2026

Just a reminder that RDOC is having a Novice-Masters Container and Buried scent work trial May 30 and 31. There is still time to register. Visit our website at rdoc.org under Trials and Events for the Premium.

03/30/2026

Just a reminder that our Buried and Containers scent work trial opened for registration this morning at 8 a.m. The trial will be held May 30 and 31 at the club. Register now before it fills.

03/19/2026

Photos are up from this past weekend!

03/18/2026

Get ready! RDOC has been approved to hold our 2nd Buried and Container Scent Work Trial May 30 and 31! Registration opens March 30, 8 a.m. See attached Premium for more information.

03/16/2026

⚠️ Club Closure Notice - Monday, March 16

Due to severe weather expected tomorrow afternoon, including the potential for high winds, hazardous travel conditions, and power outages, RDOC will be closed on Monday, March 16.

We plan to reopen on Tuesday and resume our regular schedule.

Please stay safe, and thank you for your understanding.

03/13/2026

Field is ready for all the dogs to run at RDOC'S FCAT. Accepting Day of Entry registrations. Register at: https://www.sugarloafmountainracing.com/ #/