About Obedience Training Club

Nonprofit training club in Wichita Falls

The Obedience Training Club of Wichita Falls, known publicly as the Obedience Training Center or OTC, is a member-run, AKC-affiliated training center in Wichita Falls. It formed in 1973 when two local clubs merged and became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2025. It has no paid staff: volunteers teach every class, and lead instructors must have trained and shown a dog to an appropriate AKC title.

Classes

Classes use positive methods and AKC humane training guidelines. Puppy Kindergarten covers social etiquette and first manners. Beginner Obedience, the gateway to everything else, teaches heel on leash, sit, down, stay, stand for examination and recall. Further classes include Canine Good Citizen, therapy dog preparation, beginner agility, beginner scent work, rally and competition obedience. Classes meet at the club's own building and three fenced agility areas on Springlake Road, and a covered agility complex is planned for summer 2027.

Trials and community

OTC has hosted AKC obedience and rally trials every February since 1973 and AKC Scent Work trials since 2018, with free admission for spectators. Members run therapy-dog visits, school bite-prevention programs and public education.

What to ask

Ask about class fees, start dates and prerequisites.