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Welcome
Key City Kennel Club, Inc. is a non-profit organization and the only American Kennel Club member club in Southern Minnesota. We instruct people, with dogs of all breeds, mixes, sizes, and ages, to train their dogs to be good companions. All of our instructors have trained and shown their own dogs in AKC breed competitions, obedience, rally, and agility trials. They also attend continuing education classes relating to dogs and dog training.
Announcements
Class Info
With our Practical Lifes Skills class not reaching the class minimum, we are making it an Open mat are on Thursday evenings at 7:45 pm.
2 NEW PILOT CLASSES ADDED
We are adding 2 new classes to our Fall schedule! These will be 8-week classes that will begin September 10, 2025. Please register on-line class sizes are limited 8.
TRICK DOG ~ 1:30 pm~ You can earn an AKC Trick Dog title right here at Key City Kennel Club! This class focuses on individual progression through a checklist of tricks associated with the level of title you’re working on. Open to all skill levels, once you’ve demonstrated that you’ve mastered 10 of the tricks on the list you’ll earn your Trick Dog title! Note: The filing and fees for the official AKC title are the responsibility of the owner/handler. We will guide you through the application process. Fee is $120
RALLY for Rookies ~ 3:00 pm ~Start your dog’s journey here! This is an introductory class that teaches you and your dog the basic skills you need to be successful in the Rally ring. This class introduces students to the equipment used in Rally, reading station signs, and covering the skills needed for the exercises in the Novice and Intermediate levels of AKC Rally. Note: This is not a course class. This class covers the skills used in a course class. Fee is $120
Drop-in Classes
PLEASE REMEMBER TO REGISTER YOU AND YOUR DOG ON OUR ONLINE REGISTRATION! Rabies certificates are required for each dog over 6 months old.
Please check out our "Calendar" feature.
The fees for these drop-in classes are $15 per dog, or you may purchase a punch card with 5 punches for $75 or a punch card with 10 punches for $150.
CONFORMATION:
These classes run from 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Wednesdays. All breeds and sizes run concurrently. PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP MORE THAN 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO CLASS STARTING.
RALLY RUN-THRUS
Rally run-thrus will be weekly at 3:00 pm for Novice & Intermediate on Thursdays. We also hold classes on Saturdays at 10:00 am for Advanced, Excellent, and Master levels. Rally is an on-going class; you may start at any time. Dogs must have been in classes to learn basic commands prior to beginning Rally.
Contact Gladys Berlin at
SCENT WORK
This class meets weekly on Sundays with the Novice level meeting at 5:30 pm and Advanced & Up at 6:30 pm.
Please contact the training director at
Links to our trial & test secretaries:
Agility Secretary
Agility Secretary & Fast CAT
AKC Website for Events: Sports & Events Archive – American Kennel Club
Contact Us
Address
Key City Kennel Club, Inc.
55177 210th Ln
Mankato, MN 56001
keycitykennelclub.org
(507)344-1159
info@keycitykennelclub.org
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About Us
The Key City Kennel Club began out of obedience classes taught by Holly Sue Erwin and Pat Johnson. They found a group of people in this area who were interested in starting a kennel club. Holly Sue Erwin and Pat Johnson put on a fun match. Out of the fun match, came the first organizational meeting with twenty people attending. Of those twenty, two were officers in the Albert Lea Kennel Club. Harold McMillen was selected the first chairman. McMillen selected Vern Nere, John Bolton, and Pat Johnson to draw up the by-laws. At first, the name of the club was the Mankato K-9 Club. This first official meeting with the election of officers was held in April, 1967. The first president of the club was John Bolton. John Bolton, already a successful exhibitor, breeder, and president of the Italian Greyhound Club of America, provided much-needed experience and direction for the new club. The new club had its first fun match in the fall of 1967.