The Dumbbell Obedience Club goals are to encourage dog owners to explore, enjoy, compete and promote a variety of dog sports, particularly at this time, Obedience, Rally Obedience & Scent Work. We hope to give members and other dog sport enthusiasts opportunities to practice skills and prepare for competition by putting on a variety of fun matches, trials, seminars and Canine Good Neighbour tests. Recently the club has added opportunities to test for the Do More With Your Dog Trick Dog Titles.
The club is also involved in community outreach allowing a variety of breeds to be ambassadors by performing trick-based skits in senior homes.
The club has been active with the dogsafe program to educate people at community events on preventing dog bites.
2026 Event Calendar
A Tip for Training Tricks with Dalana Bewley & Loveta
Big tricks don’t have to feel overwhelming. This video shows how breaking behaviors into small steps can help your dog progress confidently through training, using real-life demonstrations from advanced trick work. About Dalana: DMWYD certified CTDI (Trick Dog Training Instructor) DMWYD certified Stunt Dog Judge AKC [...]
Thing in a Thing Trick by Dane Seidlitz
With this fun "thing in a thing" trick you can teach your dog to pick up and place an object into a container. Use it to have your dog put away their own toys or help with the recycling! How to Train the Thing in [...]
Go Out – Practice & Tips with Craig Nordal
In the video below I demo how I practice go-outs which are part of the Directed Jumping exercise in Utility. I like to break the Directed Jumping down into a Go-Out piece and a Jumping piece and work them separately. When I put the food [...]
Introduction to Odours with Donna Toews
In this video is Avery, a female mixed breed canine who was found in a community and adopted when she was 1 year old. Avery has been cautious of many things. She started Level 1 K9 Nose Work® at the beginning of 2024. In her successes she is willing [...]
Backwards Heeling with Deb Holtan
After Novice, CKC Rally obedience has a few exercises where your dog will be required to back and back up in heel position including sign 205 back up 3 steps and sign 311 back up 5 steps. Step 1: Simple Backup Start by having treats [...]
Teaching Stillness for Competition Obedience with Janice Gunn
In obedience training typically we work a number exercises that are designed to build drive and keep things exciting for the dog but... we need to balance that with exercises that develop the ability for stillness. Many exercises in Competition Obedience require stillness such as the “Stand for Exam” in Novice, [...]