Upcoming Events

Obedience Run Thru

We offer an Obedience Run Thru on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. Classes available include Beg-Novice, Novice, Open, Utility.
Sign up begins in person at 6pm & ends at 7pm. Beginner Novice sign up ends at 6:30pm.
We accept cash, check, or credit card payments in person.

Fall 2025 Dates
July 10th & 24th
August 14th
September 11th & 25th
October 9th & 23rd
November 6th

For cancellation info due to weather, call 216-398-1118 or check on our website the day of the event.

Obedience C-Match

Warm up for our Obedience trial on Nov. 1-2 or just come out to practice your skills in a trial like environment! There will be two rings in use: Nov/Open & Utility. Participants can train any exercise during their ring time. Toys and clickers may be brought into the ring for training! Careful use of food is allowed.

Pre-registration is recommended as there is no guarantee that time slots will be available on the day of the match.

Tony Gravley is the Owner and Founder of Next Generation K9, TWG Group LLC. He has over 30 years of experience as a Trainer, Instructor, Manager, and Handler of Police and Military Working Dogs.

Tony's training plan is based on his years of training professional detection dogs and teams. The bomb dog must have total focus and desire to find odor, solve the problem, and locate source. This workshop will not only tap into problem solving but will give your dog the tools to solve problems and bring out motivation to get to source like you have never experienced before! Desire, Drive and Commitment to get to source will be developed through exercises. More importantly, your understanding of the "how's" and "why's" will be clarified to make you a more effective trainer. Both your training plan and your future trialing experiences will benefit from your newly gained knowledge.

Connie’s two-day seminars focus on understanding how dogs learn and clear communication. She is passionate about helping people at all levels of the sport. Generally, day one focuses on individuals needing help with how to teach, or having difficulty with attention, heeling, retrieving and recalls. Commonly, on day two, Connie may cover problem solving difficult exercises such as go-outs, articles, drop on recall, etc.

Sign up information will be available in late 2025.

The AKC Temperament Test (ATT) was developed to bring focus and provide a meaningful evaluation to assess the temperament of our canine companions.
The ATT tests how a dog reacts to a variety of stimuli. Desirable traits are that the dog will be emotionally stable, inquisitive, cooperative, appropriately social for its breed, biddable and demonstrates the ability to recover from a startling situation in a reasonable amount of time.

Undesirable traits are fear, shyness, lack of cooperation and an inability to recover from unfamiliar or unexpected situations. Examples of undesirable behaviors include being afraid of friendly strangers or unfamiliar stimuli, obsessive barking, and aggression. In the ATT, dogs are tested in 6 categories of stimuli that include:
• Social
• Auditory
• Visual
• Tactile
• Proprioceptive (motion)
• Unexpected stimulus

Each dog needs two qualifying scores under two different judges in order to achieve an ATT title.

Entries are open from Monday, August 18, 2025 to Wednesday September 24, 2025@6 PM.