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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
Key City Kennel Club's Spring Agility & Obedience schedules are tentatively set to begin the week of March 17, 2025.
We currently have openings in the following classes:
Wednesdays ~ Basic ~ 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm
Thursdays ~ Basic ~ 6:30 pm
Thursdays ~ Practical Life Skills ~ 7:45 pm
Deadline for Obedience class applications are March 15, 2025.
Agility ~ Open Mat
We will be holding an agility open mat on Tuesday March 11, 2025 from 6-8 pm. This is open to all interested students and others who attend open mats If you have time conflicts, feel free to come when you can. Open mat fees are $15 or punch card. Rabies certificates need to be brought or have on record with the club.
Rally Class
RALLY RUN-THRUS
Rally run-thrus will be weekly at 3:00 pm for Novice on Thursdays. We also hold classes on Saturdays at 10:00 am for 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. A current rabies certificate is required for all dogs over 6 months of age. Fee for Rally class is $15.00 per time. You may purchase 5 Punch cards for $75 or 10 punch cards for $150.00.
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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.