Come out to Longview and watch some of the best Obedience and Rally Dogs being put through their paces July 25-26 at the Jaycee Exhibit Building. We suspend public classes through July & August due to the hot weather, but TOTC member training continues! All members are invited to come out and train 'on your own' for that next competition! We no longer have telephone voice messaging. The phone number listed on old brochures and cards no longer works. Click the Contact Us! link for answers to your questions and more information.

TOTC Members Training & Showing

Dogs truly are our best friends! That is if we do our part and teach them the human rules by which they must live. Whether your dog needs behavior, obedience, or activity training, Tyler Obedience Training Club has the knowledge to put you & your dog on the road to success. Many of our members not only train and instruct obedience, rally and agility but train and compete in other canine activities including herding, lure coursing, tracking and hunt tests.

At TOTC we use a variety of behavior modification techniques. Using rewards and corrections, you learn how to communicate to your dog quickly and effectively the behaviors you want them to keep and the behaviors you want them to get rid of. Whether you simply want a well-behaved pet or a competition champion, TOTC instructors can help you achieve your goals.

Organized under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Act, Tyler Obedience Training Club’s purpose is to educate both members and the general public in understanding and controlling canine behavior. Many of our members actively participate in pet therapy at local hospitals and convalescence homes. We also assist the Humane Society of East Texas by instructing volunteers in how to safely handle and socialize dogs awaiting adoption. The next Volunteer Orientation is coming up next spring.

Tyler Obedience Training Club is licensed by the American Kennel Club and proudly sponsors AKC Obedience & Rally Trials each year. Our first trial set will be Saturday & Sunday July 25-26, 2009, in Longview at the Jaycee Exhibit Building on the Longview Fairgrounds and the Maud Cobb Convention Center. Our Fall trial set will be Saturday October 10, 2009, in Canton at the Trade Center IV on Trades Day Blvd. There will be over 150 competitors in Obedience and Rally competing for Titles, Placements and awards and 1,000 dogs competing for breed prizes and "show dog" championships. Come on out and enjoy all the fun

The Club teaches the Canine Good Citizen Program created and administered by the AKC to further educate the public and recognize accomplishments people have made in teaching their dogs to be positive and productive members of their community and family. The club has several AKC Approved Canine Good Citizen Evaluators and conducts the CGC Tests throughout the year.

We are excited to have introduced AGILITY training as a fun and fast-paced dog sport to the Tyler area. TOTC is licensed by the United States Dog Agility Association and we host USDAA Agility Trials each year. Our 2010 trials will be Feb 20-21 & May 15-16 at Texas Rose Horse Park. To see the finest agility teams in the southcentral region, plan on attending! For more information, go to our Agility Page.

TOTC has taken on a long-term project benefitting all pets in in our training area. In 2007, we organized a program to donate surgical-quality Pet Oxygen Masks to Fire Departments in our area to assure that firefighters have the proper equipment to save pets' lives. TOTC approaches residents in an area and proposes that if the community will pay one/half the initial cost of the pet mask sets, TOTC will donate the sets and replace any needed future sets on our own. We began with the Tyler Fire Department donating 13 sets - one for each station. Read the story in the TylerPaper.com. Next we gave to the Bullard, Gresham/Flint & Noonday Volunteer Fire Departments! Read the story in the BullardNews.com. We've also donated masks to the Athens & Lindale Fire Departments plus the Baxter & Jackson Heights Volunteer Fire Departments! Over two dozen sets donated!

View the TOTC Calendar & get more details on times and places!