Category: News

Current News for Members

Posted on by Barbara Siler

Hello, everyone!

There are a lot of volunteer opportunities this fall that still need to be filled – Gem City needs YOU!

A new opportunity opened today – the UKC Conformation and Rally trial on November 8 and 9. This trial is sponsored by Crossroads Canine Club and held at Gem City and their volunteers are our own Gem City members. Conformation is a thing you don’t get to see too much at our club, so this is a really fun event to be a part of.

Rat Rompers, WCFO Freestyle, and WCRL Rally also still have several open spots! Check out the sign up sheet and join us this fall! THANKS IN ADVANCE for helping to make all of our trials a success.

Volunteers Needed!

conformation

Posted on by Barbara Siler

Hello everyone! The conformation run through that was previously scheduled for September 24 has been changed to October 1 at 7:30 PM to avoid a conflict with the membership meeting. We’ll see everyone at the meeting!

September Volunteer Hours

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

Have you gotten enough volunteer hours this year? Gem City’s calendar year ENDS September 30th!

Current Volunteer Sign-up Sheets

TitleStart DateEnd DateOpen Spots
AKC Obedience/Rally TrialSeptember 19, 2025September 21, 202532View & sign-up »
Rat Rompers Barn Hunt TrialOctober 17, 2025October 19, 202522View & sign-up »
Halloween Freestyle Trial AssistanceOctober 24, 2025October 26, 202525View & sign-up »
WCRL Rally Trial DecemberDecember 5, 2025December 7, 202510View & sign-up »

Class Registration FIXED!

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

Class registration for all classes is now open to everyone.

We know quite a lot of people struggled to get registered on Monday and Tuesday morning. We believe that the problems with PayPal have now been solved, so if you weren’t able to register before, please try again!

Anyone who didn’t have a problem, rest assured, you are STILL registered! We are looking forward to seeing you ALL in classes soon!

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED!

CANINE FITNESS SEMINAR

Posted on by Barbara Siler

Hello, everyone! So sorry for the additional email!

Hello again – sorry for the additional post! In looking at the seminar details, Suzi and I realized that the seminar topic in my original post was a little “off.” The seminar’s focus will still be for canine fitness and will still be useful to both agility and obedience, but will focus more on jump strength and injury prevention. Sorry for the confusion! The form has been edited to reflect that, and the correct one is now attached here.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16P0s8Ul8DxF8aMCYrPNxK7WWvFmmj5by/edit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16P0s8Ul8DxF8aMCYrPNxK7WWvFmmj5by/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112634090095750002302&rtpof=true&sd=true

Canine Athlete seminar

Posted on by Barbara Siler

Hello, members! Please see the attached registration form for an amazing seminar to be held at Gem City on Sunday, November 23 from 9-4. Suzi Schmitz, certified strength and conditioning coach and AKC agility judge, will be working with us and our dogs in a “Canine Athlete Jump Seminar.” This will be useful for OBEDIENCE as well as AGILITY dogs! Registration opens TODAY, and the first 10 registrations received BY MAIL with payment will be the working dogs. We have unlimited availability for auditing spots, as well.

Members have first dibs – registration for non-members will open on September 23. So get yours in fast!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLOm-Ck5udomQI9JWFXDwcxK_lqpleXCoiKYLdRRkP8/edit?usp=sharing

Class Registration OPEN for session 5, 2025

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

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)!

PLEASE REFRESH YOUR BROWSER TO SEE THE UPDATED SITE!

Please note: if you sit around day after day hitting refresh on the website, you WILL fill your browser’s memory with the old version of the site. Please clear your cache before hitting refresh again if you don’t see the updated site.

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED!

Posted on by Barbara Siler

Obedience room reservation

Hello, everyone! The two obedience rings in the front room are reserved this Thursday, 9/18, from 2:15-4pm – so the rings are closed for practice at that time. Thanks for your understanding!

Website upgrades

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

The website has been going through some growing pains. In the attempt to solve some of our email traffic issues, we have moved the website to a new server. Due to this, there have been quite a few upgrades and changes going on in the background. We understand that some of you are not getting the notification emails. We apologize for that!

Some of you may notice that they email(s) have been coming from different From email addresses. All are correct, we aren’t getting spoofed, I promise!! Since no one is trying to steal anything but your time by getting you to volunteer, no need to worry!

In case you missed it earlier, here are the current available volunteer sign-up sheets!

Current Volunteer Sign-up Sheets

TitleStart DateEnd DateOpen Spots
CGC Testing Volunteers SeptSeptember 16, 2025September 22, 20251View & sign-up »
AKC Obedience/Rally TrialSeptember 19, 2025September 21, 202534View & sign-up »
Rat Rompers Barn Hunt TrialOctober 17, 2025October 19, 202537View & sign-up »
Halloween Freestyle Trial AssistanceOctober 24, 2025October 26, 202527View & sign-up »
WCRL Rally Trial DecemberDecember 5, 2025December 7, 202510View & sign-up »

Volunteers Needed Oct 17-19 Barn Hunt! Again for some of you!

Posted on by Gem City WebAdmin

We have been upgrading the website, and I understand that some of you did not get this email, so here it is again!

Its the time again for a Barn Hunt Trial and we are looking for volunteers!

October 18 & 19

We are holding the barn hunt trials at our normal Land location. 

Please come volunteer with this fun group and help us make barn hunt successful.

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!

Current Volunteer Sign-up Sheets

TitleStart DateEnd DateOpen Spots
AKC Obedience/Rally TrialSeptember 19, 2025September 21, 202544View & sign-up »
Rat Rompers Barn Hunt TrialOctober 17, 2025October 19, 202542View & sign-up »
Halloween Freestyle Trial AssistanceOctober 24, 2025October 26, 202527View & sign-up »
WCRL Rally Trial DecemberDecember 5, 2025December 7, 202510View & sign-up »