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Competition Classes

  • The Muncie Obedience Training Club has a long history of offering obedience classes dating back to the 1960s.
  • MOTC’s competition classes are geared to prepare the dog/handler team to compete in AKC trials to obtain any of the various Obedience, Rally, and Scent Work titles. 
  • Our trials feature dogs that are well behaved at home, in public places, and in the presence of other dogs.
  • It is essential that the competition dog demonstrates willingness and enjoyment while it is working with the handler.

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Class Details

MOTC currently offers three levels of AKC Competition Obedience classes. All three levels are offered twice a week. 

  • Novice:  preparing the dog and handler team to attain the Beginner Novice and Companion Dog titles.
  • Open:  preparing the dog and handler team to attain the Graduate Novice and Companion Dog Excellent titles.
  • Utility:  preparing the dog and handler team to attain the Graduate Open and Utility Dog titles.

When:

     Wednesdays – 9:00am to noon

     Tuesdays – 6:30 to 8:30pm

Requirements:

  • 8 week course (1 hour sessions)
  • Public $120/ MOTC Members $72 
  • Dogs of any age
  • Novice classes require successful completion of the  Performance Fundamentals Class or have instructor permission
  • Open and Utility classes require that the dog has already earned its CD title

Novice Classes 

  • Dog/handler teams will build on their skill in the novice exercises, including heeling off-lead, and learn the techniques needed to attain qualifying scores in AKC trials.
  • Practicing in a variety of places is essential to the success of each team. Dogs must be able to work around other dogs, on leash, without signs of aggression, and minimal distractions.
  • A flat collar or martingale is recommended for this class. Handlers will want to bring plenty of high-value treats.

Open Classes

  • Expands on off-lead heeling and introduces the broad and high jumps and the retrieving exercises.
  • Handlers will continue to improve their handling skills.
  • Dogs must be able to work around other dogs, on and off leash, without signs of aggression, and among distractions.
  • Handlers will want to bring plenty of high-value treats.

Utility Classes

  • New exercises introduced in this class are scent discrimination, the directed retrieve, and directed jumping.
  • At this training level, dogs work on their own more so than at any previous level. Thus, the class is designed to build the dog’s confidence in working without constant direction.

Class Details

Rally sport is a fun way for you and your dog to work as a team as you maneuver through the course. The course contains ten to twenty rally stations with signs indicating the exercise for you and your dog follow before moving to the next station.

When

  • Thursdays, TBD
  • Saturdays, TBD
    • (all levels welcome)

    Requirements:

    • 6-week course (1 hour sessions)
    • Public $90/Members $54
    • Dogs are required to have completed at least one Pet Class and have instructor permission
    • The dog should have a fairly consistent heel and good command of sit, down, and stay

    Novice Class

    • All exercises are judged with the dog on leash
    • All courses will consist of 10 – 15 Novice signs, with 3 – 5 of those being stationary signs
    • There are no jumps at this level
    • This title requires 3 qualifying scores

    Intermediate Class (optional title)

    • Dogs must have won the Rally Novice (RN) title
    • All exercises are judged with the dog on leash
    • All courses will consist of 12 – 17 signs, with 3 – 7 stationary signs, and at least 3 Advanced level signs
    • There are no jumps at this level
    • This title requires 3 qualifying scores

    Advanced Class

    • Dogs must have won the Rally Novice (RN) title
    • All exercises are judged with the dog off leash
    • All courses will consist of 12 – 17 signs, with 3 – 7 stationary signs, and at least 3 Advanced level signs
    • There is one jump at this level
    • This title requires 3 qualifying scores

    Excellent Class

    • Dogs must have won the Rally Advanced (RA) title
    • All exercises are judged with the dog off leash
    • All courses will consist of 15 – 20 signs, with 3 – 7 stationary signs, and at least 2 Advanced level signs and 3 Excellent level signs
    • The dog is required to jump twice at this level
    • This class ends with the dog in a Sit Stay while the handler retrieves the leash
    • Handlers are no longer allowed to pat their legs or clap their hands to encourage the dog
    • This title requires 3 qualifying scores

    Master Class

    • Dogs must have won the Rally Excellent (RE) title
    • All exercises are judged with the dog off leash
    • There are no re-tries in this class
    • All courses will consist of 15 – 20 signs, with 3 – 7 stationary signs, and at least 3 Advanced level signs, 3 Excellent level signs, and 4 Master level signs, plus one Master level jump
    • The dog is required to jump once at this level
    • This title requires 10 qualifying scores

    Choice Class (optional title)

    • All dogs are eligible to enter this class and may continue to compete indefinitely
    • There are no jumps in this class
    • All exercises are judged with the dog off leash
    • There are no re-tries in this class
    • All courses will consist of 15 – 20 signs, with 3 – 7 stationary signs, and at least 3 Advanced level signs, 3 Excellent level signs, and 4 Master level signs
    • This title requires 10 qualifying scores

    Class Details

    The sport of Scent Work is based on the work of professional detection dogs (such as drug dogs), employed by humans to detect a wide variety of scents and substances. In AKC Scent Work, dogs search for cotton swabs saturated with the essential oils of Birch, Anise, Clove, and Cypress. The cotton swabs are hidden out of sight in a pre-determined search area, and the dog has to find them. Teamwork is necessary: when the dog finds the scent, he/she has to communicate the find to the handler, who calls it out to the judge.” (AKC.org)
    Please contact Audrey Muhlenkamp at (audmkamp@proton.me) or 260-251-0021 with any questions or to secure your place in class. Include your dog’s name, your cell number, and full name if texting. Payments will be collected on the first day of class, or can be paid ahead at the next scent work drop-in  on Dec 27.

    When:

    Wednesday evenings
      Beginners Class 6:30 (Now enrolling for Jan 3 – Feb 7)
        Nov-Masters 7:30 (Now enrolling for Jan 10 – Feb 28)
          Additional classes may be added based on need.

        Requirements:

        • 6-week course for Beginners.Public $90/MOTC Members $54 or $36 for repeating members
        • 8-week course for Nov-MasterPublic $120/MOTC Members $72 or $48 for repeating members

        Instructors:

        Please contact one of the instructors below to register for a Scent Work class. Audrey Muhlenkamp (audmkamp@proton.me)

        Beginners Class (Wednesdays 6:30pm)

        Our Intro to Scent Work class is intended for dogs and handlers who are completely new to Scent Work. Dogs will be introduced to all four AKC Scent Work odors with the goal of being able to confidently complete a Novice Container and Novice Interior search by the end of the class. Practicing at home is essential to the success of each team. A hide will be provided to each team to practice at home. Handlers will also be introduced into basic handling best practicies and introduced to the Novice regulations for AKC trials.
        Prerequisites:
        Dogs must be able to work around other dogs, on leash, without signs of aggression, and minimal distractions. A flat collar or harness is recommended for this class. Handlers will want to bring plenty of treats.

        Nov-Master Class (Wednesdays, 7:30pm)

        Our Novice/Advanced Scent Work class is designed for handler and dog teams that are currently trialing at the Novice or Advanced levels. Dogs will learn to work through distractions, including but not limited to food, lights, noise, toys, etc. We will begin to introduce converging odors and raising the height of hides. Dogs will also be introduced to exterior and buried searches. Handlers will continue to build on their handling best practices and learn more about reading their dog’s behavior.
        Prerequisites:
        A flat collar or harness is reommended for this class. Dogs must have completed the Intro to Scent Work class or have previous Scent Work experience approved by the instructor to register for this class. Dogs must be able to work around dogs, on leash, without signs of aggression and minimal distractions. Handlers will want to bring plenty of treats.