Oriole will be hosting 4 AKC Rally trials on April 6 &7, 2024.

Entries open on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 and close on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

The premium can be found on our AKC Obedience and Rally Trial Information page.

The premium for our February 17-18, 2024 trial is now available on our NADAC Agility Trial Information page. Entries close on February 7, 2023.

We are excited to have Christine Tschech back for four handling seminars on Saturday, March 16, 2024 and Sunday, March 17, 2024

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

8:00 am-12:00 pm –  FOUNDATIONS FOR FANCY FUN

1:00 pm-5:00 pm – SHOULD I TURN OR SHOULD I GO? EXTENSION VS COLLECTION?

SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2024 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

8:00 am-12:00 pm – LET’S DO NOVICE JUMPERS COURSEWORK

1:00 pm-5:00 pm – JUMP TO IT!!!!

Cost: Oriole Members – $100 per seminar; Non-members – $115 per seminar,  Auditing: Oriole members – $25 per session; Non-members $35 per session.

Location: Oriole Dog Training Club – 9 Azar Court, Halethorpe, MD 21227

Online registration and payment are required.

Registration opens Monday, January 29, 2024 at 8 am for Oriole members and Wednesday, January 31, at 8 am for non-members.

For details on seminar content, eligibility, and to register, please visit our Seminars and Workshops page.

Oriole is pleased to welcome Cynthia Hornor for 4 half-day seminars on March 9 and March 10.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2024 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

8:30 am-12:00 pm • Commitment, Distance & Layering

1:00 pm-4:30 pm • Young Dogs

SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2024 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

8:30 am-12:00 pm • Opposing Motion & Sends

1:00 pm-4:30 pm • Building Your Handling Skills – Crosses – Front, Rear, Blinds

Cost: Oriole Members – $135 per seminar; Non-members – $145 per seminar. Auditing is available: Oriole members $25 per session. Non-Oriole members $35 per session.

Location: Oriole Dog Training Club – 9 Azar Court, Halethorpe, MD 21227

Online registration and payment are required.

Registration opens Monday, January 15, 2024 at 8 am for Oriole members and Wednesday, January 17 at 8 am for non-members.

For details on each seminar topic, restrictions, and registration links, please see our Seminars and Workshops page.

Oriole is pleased to welcome back Paula Goss for 2 days of seminars on Saturday, January 13, 2024 and Saturday, January 20, 2024.

There are two four-hour seminars each day:

The morning seminars focus on training and enhancing basic distance handling skills for pre-novice, novice, and intermediate  teams. Learn how, when and where to place your pressure to get your dog to work away from you.  Work discriminations.  Work drive lines and sends.  Dogs need to be proficient on contacts, jumps and tunnels. 

The afternoon seminars focus on teams that have good distance handling skills but want to develop and enhance more advanced and independent skills on the course. Learn how to layer, work discriminations and where to apply your pressure to keep your dog working away from you. Work drive lines. Expect challenges that will require you to be able to handle your dog at 20-30 feet away from you.  Dogs must be able to do all obstacles to participate in these seminars. 

For more information and to register, please visit our Seminars and Workshops page.

Note: As of Dec 14th, these seminars are full but you can email Lorinda (email address on linked page) to get on the waitlist.

Oriole Instructor Terry Herman is offering one-hour privates and semi-privates running from 9:00-5:30 pm on most Mondays and Wednesdays. Prerequisite: dogs must be competent on all agility equipment. 

Privates can be tailored to deal with particular problems or challenges or aimed at improving overall teamwork and handling for teams already competing or about to compete in agility trials.  It’s also possible to share an hour with a friend working at the same level or dealing with the same issues.

On-line registration will only add your name to the list provided to the instructor, it doesn’t guarantee a slot.   *Once a month the instructor will email available dates and times for the following month to those who’ve registered and request their preferred dates and times.  In scheduling, priority will be given to the preferred dates and times of Oriole Lifetime/Contributing Members; then Training Members; and then Non-Members. Money will be collected the day of the lesson.  Discounts for current Oriole agility instructors. Oriole Lifetime Members must pay fees.

As with all Oriole classes, all class fees go to the club. 

Available hours on Mondays and Wednesdays:
Between 9:00 to 5:30 pm

Cost:
Contributing & Lifetime Members – $80 • Members – $90 • Non-Members – $100

To register for a private lesson:

Mondays Privates: click here: [EL AG540] Privates

Wednesday Privates:  click here: [EL AG540] Privates

***If you are currently on Terry Herman’s email list for privates,
you do not need to re-register. 

Curious about training your dog for agility? Want to know how to begin?

Given the high level of interest in Introductory Agility classes, Oriole Dog Training Club is offering Intro to Agility. Join us for this free workshop!

Oriole’s curriculum is designed to ensure that each training team is given the best chance to succeed in pursuit of their goals. To ensure this happens, we believe that all teams should have a firm grasp on basic training concepts and address any potential issues prior to beginning an agility journey. We believe agility excellence is a marathon, not a sprint!

To that end, a prerequisite for Foundation to Dog Sports (the first step in our agility journey) will be 1) successful completion of Basic Obedience OR 2) CGC title OR 3) successful evaluation of your dog at Intro to Agility Night (registration details below).

Proof of successful completion of any of these three prerequisite(s) must be provided at the time of the Winter Session registration. *NOTE—Successful evaluation at the Intro to Agility evening DOES NOT GUARANTEE a spot in upcoming session. Everyone must follow the registration protocol to sign up for upcoming classes.

During the Intro to Agility workshop, which is free to attend, we will cover:

• Information on ODTC

• An overview of what skills a dog needs to successfully participate in an agility class

• Different Agility organizations for which ODTC offers trials

• Agility Rules

• A demonstration of Agility

• Discussion of supplemental agility resources (Online, Books, Videos)

• Home Training Equipment

• Evaluation of dogs for placement into Foundations of Dog Sports (Max of 10). 

*NOTE—Successful evaluation at the Intro to Agility evening DOES NOT GUARANTEE a spot in upcoming session but will satisfy the requirement to sign up for any future Foundations class.

Again, there is no fee to attend. But we request you register in advance

Who Should Come?

• Anyone curious about doing agility at ODTC is welcome to come and audit (leave your dog at home).  
Register here:
Intro to Agility Night AUDIT ONLY

• Teams whose dogs have NOT completed Basic Obedience or a CGC and are considering registration for a future Foundations of Dog Sports at ODTC (bring your dog for evaluation-10 dog maximum).
Register here:
Intro to Agility Night EVALUATIONS

 

*NOTE—Successful evaluation at the Intro to Agility evening DOES NOT GUARANTEE a spot in upcoming session but will satisfy the requirement to sign up for any future Foundations class.

If you have questions about any of the above, please contact Cindy Deubler, ODTC Agility Training Director, at rosiepup@verizon.net.

Oriole is hosting 4 seminars presented by Rebecca Thrift.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2023– 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

9:00 am-12:30 pm • Commitment Issues? Your Dog, Not You!

Running agility is not as easy as people think and learning to trust your training is vital to success! Today’s courses require the ability to send your dog to an obstacle and move to the next one. This, however, is not a natural behavior for our dogs, so we must work hard to train this skill! This seminar will focus on jumps and tunnel commitment with competing handler motion!  We will work on the first basic training steps to teach opposing motion to young and beginner dogs with exercises and drills.  Also, emphasis will be on sending your dogs ahead of you down a line of jumps, and basic drills to start your training for a dog that drives ahead of you.  Jumps and tunnels only.  Suitable for young dogs, novice dogs and open dogs that may not have started training yet on how to teach their dogs what we want with opposing motion.

1:30 pm-5:00 pm • Lines Not Obstacles

The OneMind Dogs method doesn’t focus on obstacles! Actually, it’s the opposite – you focus on handling your dog on running lines, rather than running from one obstacle to another. This helps your dog to move through an agility course more easily as you help anticipate what’s coming next. Learn everything about this concept and how to incorporate it within your team for more clear rounds and improved overall communication. This seminar will be for dogs that are currently competing. It will have Novice, Open and Masters type challenges.  We can break down the challenges for each level so that the concept of seeing lines on courses, rather than individual obstacles can be comprehended and implemented when walking courses. Jumps, tunnels and contacts will be seen on these courses.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2023 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

9:00 am-12:30 pm • LET’S WORK WEAVES!

Novice and Open level work. Let’s work entrances, footwork, speed, independence. Channel weaves and wires can be used.  Open to young dogs, and novice level dogs.  Jumps, tunnels and weaves only.

1:30 pm-5:00 pm • Independent Weave Work

Difficult entrances, Sends from a distance, layering obstacles into a difficult weave entrance.  Rear cross entrances, send to the other end of the weaves.  Jumps, Weaves, tunnels and possibly contacts.  Open and Advanced level teams.  This level will not use wires or channel weaves.

Registration opens Monday, October 23, 2023 at 8 am for Oriole members and Wednesday, October 25, at 8 am for non-members.

More information and registration links can be found on our Seminars and Workshops page.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

8:30 am-12:00 pm • Back to Basics
Not quite sure when to front and when to blind? Do Blinds seem scary at times? Maybe you’ve been told you’re late with your crosses sometimes? Spend a morning perfecting your Front and Blind Crosses – when, where and how to execute a perfect cross! Suitable for teams at all levels.  Jumps and tunnels only.

1:00 pm-4:30 pm • All Things Tunnel

Does your dog love tunnels? Maybe a little too much :)? This workshop will delve into all things tunnel – from turns out of tunnels, tunnel discriminations to bypassing tunnels and much more!  Suitable for teams at all levels.  Jumps and tunnels only.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2023 – 8 working slots per seminar, limited auditors

8:30 am-12:00 pm • Drills for Fancy Skills
We’ll be breaking down ‘fancy skills’ such as threadles, bypasses, backsides, etc., and work the mechanics and timing of each skill. If you’re intrigued by ISC/Premier or want to fine tune skills for difficult courses then this workshop is for you. Suitable for dogs sequencing jumps, tunnels and weaves.

1:00 pm-4:30 pm • Step Up Your Game

We’ll be running courses with challenges often set by a couple of judges at the highest-level competitions. Dogs should be proficient on all obstacles. We will work on some tricky challenges but we can always break things down as needed to show you where and when you should apply your commands and show your dog what you want.  This seminar may use all obstacles.

For more information and to register, please visit our Seminars and Workshops page.

The premium for our November 4-5, 2023 trials is now available on the NADAC Agility Trial Information page.

Entries close on Oct 21, 2023.