About Dayton Dog Training Club

A long-standing nonprofit club

Dayton Dog Training Club is an Ohio nonprofit corporation founded in the 1950s with the motto "We train you to train your dog." Rather than a commercial board-and-train operation, it is a member club that aims to serve the public with quality dog training at reasonable prices. The club welcomes all dogs, large or small, purebred or mixed, purchased or rescued, from those needing basic manners to dogs ready for competition.

Classes and instructors

The club offers a broad range of classes including obedience, rally, agility, scent work, tracking, puppy classes, and conformation. It also runs all levels of the AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) program. Instructors are volunteers whom the site describes as highly qualified, many having earned titles or certifications with their own dogs, with some serving as AKC judges. The club recently expanded its facility to nearly double its previous square footage, with ample parking and training areas that are fully matted and climate-controlled for winter and summer. Questions are handled by named volunteers for each discipline, reflecting the club's community-run structure.