Spokane Dog Training Club

04/10/2026

🐾✨ Ready to level up your obedience game? ✨🐾

The Spokane Dog Training Club is thrilled to host an exciting Obedience Seminar with Connie Cleveland-Nolan—and you won’t want to miss this!

🔥 What to Expect:
Spend the weekend learning from one of the best in the sport! Connie will work one-on-one with 20 dog/handler teams, tackling your specific questions, challenges, and exercises. Whether you’re polishing skills or troubleshooting a tough issue, this is your chance to get personalized, expert guidance.

👀 Not ready to participate? No problem!
We have space for 60 auditors each day, so you can still soak up all the knowledge, tips, and “aha” moments from the sidelines.

🏆 Why Connie?
With over 30 years of experience, Connie is an internationally recognized trainer and competitor. Her accomplishments include:
• 12 Obedience Trial Champions (OTCH)
• 3 Field Champions (FC)
• 6 Amateur Field Champions (AFC)
• Titles earned across multiple breeds—from a UDT Maltese to a CDX Shih-Tzu!

She’s also the creator of The Obedience Road, a comprehensive online training resource for competitors at every level.

🚨 Spots are limited!
Only 20 working spots available—reserve yours now before they’re gone!

🐕 Whether you’re just starting out or aiming for your next title, this seminar is your opportunity to learn, grow, and have a blast with your dog.

📩 Message us at [email protected] or sign up today to secure your spot!

🔗 to the entry form:https://www.spokanedtc.org/documents/2026_AUG_15-16_Connie_Cleveland_Flyer.pdf

03/17/2026

📣 Class Registration for Session 2 is Opening Soon! 🐾
Ready to get back to training, learning, and having some fun with your dog? Session 2 is just around the corner!

📅 Session Dates: March 30, 2026 – May 21, 2026�🕖 New Student Registration Opens: March 18 at 7:00 AM�⏰ Registration Closes: March 25 at 10:00 PM

We still have open spots in several classes, including puppy and beginner classes - perfect for getting started or building a strong foundation!

⏳ Pro tip: Hit that registration button before our favorite Klee Kai decide it’s still nap time and convince you to stay curled up with them. Those snooze buttons are strong, but your dog’s training goals are stronger!

For full details and to register, visit:�https://www.spokanedtc.org/registration.html
We’re excited to see you and your dogs back in class soon! 🐶✨

02/23/2026

As we wrap up an incredible 2-day Scent Work trial, the Spokane Dog Training Club would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make this weekend such a success.

First and foremost, thank you to our amazing Trial Chair and Trial Secretary. Your countless hours of preparation, organization, and behind-the-scenes problem solving ensured that everything ran seamlessly from the first walkthrough to the final ribbon. Events like this simply don’t happen without your dedication and steady leadership.

We are also deeply grateful to our judges for designing thoughtful, challenging searches and for creating a positive experience for every team who stepped to the line. Your professionalism and consistency are so appreciated.
To our volunteers - timers, scribes, stewards, hospitality crew, setup and teardown teams - thank you. Your willingness to jump in wherever needed kept the trial running smoothly and on schedule all weekend long. It truly takes a team effort, and SDTC has the best.

A special thank you as well to the school for allowing us to use your facility. We are incredibly appreciative of the opportunity to host our trial in such a welcoming and accommodating space.

We’re proud of how well the weekend flowed - efficient, organized, and supportive for exhibitors and dogs alike. It was wonderful to see so many teams having success and enjoying the sport we all love.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this trial such a smooth and successful event. We look forward to seeing you at the next one!

12/24/2025

🎉 Registration for New Students Is Now Open! 🎉

Our first session of 2026 officially opened for registration on 12/22/2025, and we’re thrilled to welcome new teams into the Spokane Dog Training Club community.

Many of our classes filled quickly this year, but we still have a handful of spots available for those eager to jump in. If the class you want is currently full, don’t worry - our waiting list often moves, and many students are still able to join before the session begins.

🐾 Learn more and register here:
https://www.spokanedtc.org/registration.html

Wishing you and your pups a warm, joyful, treat-filled holiday season. May your days be merry, bright, and full of wagging tails 🎄✨

09/10/2025

📸 Call for Photographers!

Spokane Dog Training Club is seeking a photographer for our Wall of Fame portraits 🐾. Each year, we honor dogs who’ve earned AKC recognition in obedience with a framed 8x10 black-and-white headshot on display at our club.

We’re looking to contract with a photographer (one-year term) to:
✅ Provide 8x10 matte, B&W headshots of each honored dog
✅ Offer additional prints directly to owners
✅ Handle two photo sessions per year (Oct & Feb, ~20 dogs total)
✅ Supply all equipment, editing, proofs, and archival-quality prints

📌 Proofs due within 1 month, finished prints within 6 weeks.
📌 Please include your per-dog cost in your proposal.

Interested? Send us your info to [email protected] we’d love to work with you!

09/01/2025

📣 Entries are OPEN for our AKC Obedience & Rally Trial on October 4–5, 2025!

We’re excited to welcome our judging panel:
⭐ Carole Lynn Evans (stepping in for Laura Delfino)
⭐ Stella Rowlett
⭐ Earl Vaughan

🐾 Rally will be held outdoors on grass. October weather in our area can be unpredictable—sun, wind, or a little rain—so dressing in layers is your best bet for comfort throughout the day.

🗓️ Entries close on September 17, 2025—don’t wait to get yours in!

The revised premium list is now available on the AKC website: http://apps.akc.org/apps/eventplans/eventsearch/blocks/dsp_generate_pdf.cfm?KEY_BINARY_CONTENT=95320

We’re looking forward to a great weekend of obedience and rally! Get those entries in and join us in the ring! 🐶

08/05/2025

🚨 Attention Nose Nerds! 🚨
Spokane Dog Training Club is sniffing out talent (literally) at our AKC Scent Work Trial this September 12–14 at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Davenport, WA!
🎯 Three days of:
🕵️‍♀️ Detective drama
💩 Buried secrets
🧦 Handler Discrimination (aka "Whose laundry is this??")
🛋️ Interior sniffs
🌲 Exterior escapades

If your dog lives to stick their nose where it doesn’t belong (and yours only does that for food wrappers), this is their Super Bowl.

💥 Entry opens August 6 @ 7AM (PDT) – and no, you can't send your entry in early wrapped in bacon to bribe the secretary. We’ve tried. She’s immune.
🛑 Closes August 29 @ 7PM sharp – like a German Shepherd’s alert at 30 feet.
🐾 Limit: 375 entries/day + 32 detectives. If your dog’s nose has a resume, now’s the time.

💸 $25 per class, $40 for Detective (because uncovering conspiracies costs extra).
💼 Judges? Yes. Several. All with exceptional noses and excellent hats.
🏅 Titles, ribbons, and bragging rights are on the line.

Spectators? Maybe. Training on site? Nope. Drama? Probably.
Fun? ABSOLUTELY.

So grab your leash, your dog, and maybe a raincoat (just in case), and join us in September to find out:
Who’s a good sniffer?

📬 Premium and entry info:https://www.spokanedtc.org/documents/SDTC%20September%202025.pdf
🐶 Hosted by: Spokane Dog Training Club
💌 Questions? Contact Trial Secretary Laurie Clark at [email protected]

Now excuse us while we practice hiding Q-tips in increasingly absurd places.

08/02/2025

Our Judge for the ISC trial this weekend, Gillian Crawford, is a VMO! If you’re needing an official measurement she is available!
We also have Gentle Touch Pet Massage here with availability on her schedule for dog massage!

07/09/2025

🌟 Mark your calendars, scent work fans! 🌟

Spokane Dog Training Club is excited to share that the Puget Sound Vizsla Club will be hosting a new AKC Scent Work Trial right here in Eastern Washington—and we hope our community shows up to support them!

📍 Location: Nine Mile Falls Elementary School
📆 Dates: August 22–24
📬 Entries open July 23

🐶 3 full days of Detective, Exteriors, Interiors, and Containers
🧑‍⚖️ Judges: Judith Guthrie, Victoria Lovejoy, Karen Allen, Carla Slabaugh

✨ Perks include:

Indoor crating with A/C (because your dog’s comfort matters!)
100 pine cone search, $10 per run – fastest time wins a prize!
CGC testing available Saturday by our own Katt Peterson!

🔗 Premium List:
https://www.apps.akc.org/apps/eventplans/eventsearch/blocks/dsp_generate_pdf.cfm?KEY_BINARY_CONTENT=93173

📝 Enter by mail or online:
https://www.secreterrier.com/events/1587/enter

📄 Fillable entry form:
https://www.apps.akc.org/apps/eventplans/eventsearch/blocks/dsp_generate_pdf.cfm?KEY_BINARY_CONTENT=93174

Let’s help make PSVCs scent work trial a big success!

07/07/2025

Consider the Spokane Dog Training Club July Agility trial baked! Thank you to our judge Christian Eckhoff for bringing over some cooler western Washington weather 🌧️ for Saturday and the challenging courses! Sunday came along with our regularly scheduled summer weather but we were finished by about 4pm so no one roasted too much.

When I asked for volunteers to help set up at 10am on July 4th, you all said bet and showed up way early! 💪 By the time I arrived at 9:50am, the building was nearly cleared out and ready for crating and the ring already had most of the corners set, it was just about time to put up the fencing! You guys showed up and showed off.
Despite a little dust devil 🌪️ dropping in and destroying a canopy then making our chief course builder rebuild half the course the weekend was smooth sailing.

Volunteers were ready for nearly all the classes, exhibitors were at the gate chomping at the bit to run their dogs. 🐕 OK maybe their dogs were chomping at the bit while the handler waffled on whether or not to commit to the blind, go with the safe front cross option, or if their dog was going to be in sport mode and needed a rear cross on some of those complicated turns on these courses.

Thank you all for making this weekend wonderful. Congratulations to everyone who got some Q’s, got a title or two, and to the person who earned a PACH on Sunday.

We hope to see everyone and more next year for a July 4th & 5th 2026 agility trial. Our judge will be the fantastic Torka Poet!
❣️ Katt P trial chair
Drop your trial photos below!
📸: mikan_not_pecan

06/12/2025

🎉 Sniff this out! 🎉

Our friends at the Idaho Capital City Kennel Club asked us to share their upcoming scent work trial - and we’re happy to help spread the word! If you and your dog love the thrill of the sniff, this one's for you:

AKC ALL-BREED HANDLER DISCRIMINATION SCENT WORK TRIAL

Hosting Club: Idaho Capital City Kennel Club (ICCKC)
Location: Boise, Idaho
University of Idaho Extension, Ada County
5880 N Glenwood St

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025
Time: 8 AM - 6 PM

Two handler discrimination scent work trials – Novice to Excellent

🗓️ Entries open Monday, July 21, 2025 at 8 AM MDT
🛑 Entries close Friday, August 29, 2025 at 6 PM MDT

Entry method: First received
Limit: 62 runs per trial (2 trials on Saturday)

Judges: Patrice Dodd and Ellen Parr

📄 Premium list available at: akc.org

Let’s show some love for our scent work community and support a great event! 🐽🐽

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