Current News for Members
Our next Barn Hunt trial is fast approaching, and we need your help! Below is the list of current Volunteer opportunities!
| Rat Rompers Barn Hunt Trial – June | June 20, 2025 | June 22, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| UKC Conformation/Rally Trial Volunteers | July 4, 2025 | July 6, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| WCRL Rally Trial July | July 18, 2025 | July 20, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| WCRL Rally Trial December | December 5, 2025 | December 7, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
On Sunday, June 22, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, the turf room will be reserved for 4H handlers
preparing for the state fair.
Thank you for your support of these kids.
Deb Werts
Two exciting new opportunists are now on the website!
Barn Hunt Trial, June 20-22, 2025
“Its the time again for Barn Hunt Trials and we are looking for volunteers!
June 21 & 22
We are holding the barn hunt trials at our normal Land location. They are being run in conjunction with the Rottweiler National Specialty going on at the Roberts Center!
Please come volunteer with this fun group!
Never volunteered before? New to the sport? All are welcome and we’re happy to help you learn what to do! Volunteering is a great way to learn a lot about the sport!”
UKC Conformation & Rally Trial – July 4-6, 2025
Volunteers needed to table steward and assist the trial running smoothly. All day volunteers preferred!
| Title | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKC Obedience/Rally Trial | June 6, 2025 | June 8, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| Rat Rompers Barn Hunt Trial – June | June 20, 2025 | June 22, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| UKC Conformation/Rally Trial Volunteers | July 4, 2025 | July 6, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| WCRL Rally Trial July | July 18, 2025 | July 20, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| WCRL Rally Trial December | December 5, 2025 | December 7, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
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 Rat Rompers need people to sign up to volunteer for the barn hunt trial on May 3 and 4!
This trial is the same days at the CAT cursing ability testing at the land so if anyone is signed up for that they could come over in between!
Below are the current volunteer opportunities! As always, NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! WE WILL TRAIN YOU ON SITE!
| Rat Rompers Barn Hunt Trial – May | May 2, 2025 | May 4, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| AKC Obedience/Rally Trial | June 6, 2025 | June 8, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| WCRL Rally Trial July | July 18, 2025 | July 20, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
| WCRL Rally Trial December | December 5, 2025 | December 7, 2025 | View & sign-up » |
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
Class registration for Puppy, Puppy Grad, Beginner Obedience, and Advanced Beginner Obedience is now open to everyone.
All other classes will open tomorrow (and we won’t be sending out another email about it)!
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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!