OBEDIENCE

There are many different types of obedience. From general good behavior in the home to competing for titles in the ring, they all start with the same base. At Gloc you and your dog are able to start at the first level (beginning basic obedience or puppy manners) and work your way up to the competition level.

GLOC offers puppy manners, basic obedience, intermediate obedience,and novice (competition) obedience.

This class is for puppies 8-20 weeks. The entire family is encouraged to attend this class with the puppy. In class, we cover socialization of the puppy, beginning obedience, beginning conformation and general care of puppies. Enrollment is limited.

This class will train your dog to be a better companion. Points covered are: to heel, to sit on command, to stand on command, to lie down, to come when called and to become better socialized (how to handle a dog that lunges toward or away from other dogs or people). This class is aimed at dogs 5 months or older.

Perfect the points you learned in the basic class. At the end of the class you will have the opportunity to earn the American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen certificate.

Preparation for entering your dog in competitions. Learn about AKC rules, attention exercises, off-leash work and many other facets of obedience competitions. Students must have a solid grounding in basic obedience.

You need to obtain 3 qualifying scores in AKC obedience to earn a title which will go behind your dogs name. Each qualifying score is called a "leg". A dog receives a qualifying score when it earns more than 50 percent of the points for each exercise, with a total of at least 170 points. A perfect score in any class is 200. There is one title in AKC obedience that will go in front of your dogs name...OBEDIENCE TRIAL CHAMPION or OTCH. To earn the OTCH, your dog must first have a UD, then dogs with UD titles must win 100 points and a first-place in Utility B and Open B, plus a third first-place win in either class, under three different judges.

For UKC you will also need to obtain 3 qualifying scores to earn the titles. You dog can also earn an UNITED OBEDIENCE CHAMPION DOG or UOCH. You first need to earn the UUD, the dog must earn combined wins at 5 different UKC trial and earn a qualifying score in Open and Utility at the same trial with a combined score of 370 or above. Accumulate 100 obedience championship points, at least 30 in Open B and 20 in Utility B. You can also earn a UNITED GRAND OBEDIENCE CHAMPION or GOCH. You must first earn the UOCH, then you need 15 combined wins.