About Port Chester Obedience Training Club – Westchester County Group Dog Training Classes

Port Chester Obedience Training Club is the oldest training operation in this directory's Westchester coverage: the club states it began in Port Chester in 1940 and now trains at 220 Ferris Avenue in White Plains.

What it is

It is a completely volunteer-run club rather than a commercial trainer, and it works on a membership plus open-enrollment class model. Its own facility is described as smoke-free, fully heated and air-conditioned – which matters for a group-class operation running through a Westchester winter. The building is also rented out and offers drop-ins.

The class list

This is the broadest published class list in the metro. Family Manners is the pet-owner track, described as producing well-behaved dogs that are welcome in the family and the community. Beyond that the club runs obedience, rally, agility, nose work, Canine Good Citizen preparation, therapy dog work, and a rotating set of specialty classes. Separate instructor rosters are published for family manners, obedience and rally, agility, nose work and specialty classes.

Who it suits

If you want group classes with other dogs and a path that can continue into AKC sports, this is the local institution for it. If you need one-to-one behavior work in your own home, one of the metro's in-home trainers is the better fit.