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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
There will be no conformation classes on December 31st.
Need to get that last minute practice session in before the LOL show? We will be holding an extra class on Thursday January 1st from 11 am to 1 pm. It will be a drop-in class, come anytime between 11-1. Cost is $15 and as usual we need rabies cert brought or on record with the club. Bad weather will cancel this class, so if the weather is questionable, please check our Facebook page or here on our website for updates.
Beginning November 5, 2025, the Conformation class start time will be moving to 7:15 pm (instead of 7:30pm). Please remember to register your dog on our online registration.
*Please note* Winter Sessions will begin the week of January 11, 2026!
NEW Pilot class ~
Practical Life Skills ~ 6 Week
Prerequisite: Basic Obedience Class or equivalent
This is a six-week course that will strengthen and expand the behaviors learned in the Basic Training class. Teamwork between you and your dog will be emphasized as well as learning to deal with distractions on or off leash. Many dog handler teams stay in this class for more than one six-week session. Upon successful completion of this class, your dog should be able to earn AKC's Canine Good Citizen title.
Fee: $90.00
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 7:15 pm - 8:15 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
Beginning January 15th, 2026 thru March 5, 2026 this class meets weekly on Thursdays with the Novice level meeting at 5:00 pm and Advanced & Up at 6:00 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.