Category: News

All members:

If you have a crate stored in the building in the front obedience room, please remove it and take it home during our break between sessions. The crating area is for obedience instructors only, and at last count, there were 22 crates there, which seems a bit excessive. Instructors may continue storing crates there when the new session starts, but PLEASE put your name on your crate somewhere.

Also – the same goes for the agility room crating area. That space is for instructors only, so if your crate is stored there, please remove it at your earliest convenience.

Thanks so much, everyone!

The Membership Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 1 at 7 pm. Please disregard the first email. Membership minutes from last meeting can be read here: https://gcdoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Membership-Meeting-Gem-City-Dog-Obedience-Club-minutes-February-2025.pdf

There will be a General Membership meeting on Tuesday April 29 at 7 pm. Previous memberhip meeting minutes can be read here: https://gcdoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Membership-Meeting-Gem-City-Dog-Obedience-Club-minutes-February-2025.pdf

Hey everyone!
It seems there is a lot of interest in our new Competition Obedience class, which is AWESOME! This is just to advise anyone who is interested that if you plan to show in obedience at Gem City’s June AKC Obedience trial, you should NOT sign up for the class. Our fabulous teacher, Pam Murn, will be the judge at that trial, and AKC prohibits exhibitors to show for their teacher in AKC events within a certain time period. So please consider that as you’re registering for classes soon. Hopefully this class offering will be repeated and you could take it next time, OR take it this time and just don’t enter the trial.

Gem City is so excited to be offering CONFORMATION run throughs again!
Each session is $5 and will require you to complete a waiver (if we
don’t already have one on file). If we have enough interest, we hope to
add a conformation class back into the schedule! So far, these run
throughs will be at 7:30pm on the following Wednesdays:
April 23
May 7
May 21
June 4
No signup/pre-registration required; just come have fun with your dog!

Huge thanks to Leah Schiller, Heidi Farmer, and Bonita Fichtenbaum for offering their time and expertise to make this happen!

The Board of Directors has initiated discussions with an organization that has been recently formed to resolve issues related to the Barn Hunt program at the Club. Your Board recognizes the enjoyment and satisfaction many of our members enjoy as a result of their participation in Barn Hunt activities. We appreciate the hard work and enthusiasm many of our members have displayed building and managing this program. It is our hope and desire that members of our club can continue to enjoy Barn Hunt classes, practices and events.

With that said, our club is an organization that has always worked for the good of its members. Member conduct and compliance with rules are imperative to the smooth operation of an organization with nearly 200 members, and a variety of interests in dog sports and activities. Your board members need to fulfill their responsibilities to protect our organizations property, reputation and liability. We are prepared to negotiate in good faith with the well-being of our Club and its members in mind.
While we we work through the process of this situation, we ask that you please respect the process and refrain from spreading misinformation that you don’t know to be completely accurate.