DogBlog
Cast your Nominations for Volunteer of the Year!
Calling all members of TCOTC, the board needs your help to award the Volunteer of the Year Award at TCOTC! Nominations will be accepted through January 31st, but please email them ASAP to Ben Rimbey: Benjamin.rimbey@gmail.com Who comes to your mind as someone who has...
Can TCOTC Make Your Dog a Star?
A few weeks ago a Club member’s dog was selected to participate in the filming of a local feature film production titled A Stray. Ayla was selected in part for her scruffy mixed breed looks and happy demeanor, but these were not the only characteristics that played...
Member Spotlight: Laura Waudby
After a day of training service dogs – “it’s what I like to do and I get to help people,” – a theme that comes up often in our conversation – Laura Waudby is at TCOTC doing the same on her off-hours. That’s just the kind of person Laura is…loving dogs and helping...
Annual Board of Directors Elections
Hey you... yes YOU! Be a board member! Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at TCOTC? Are you willing to put in three hours per month for the club? We'd love to have you join us on the Board of Directors! The board meets the second Tuesday of every...
Member Spotlight: Jim and Gina
Photo by Great Dane Photos We have an exciting spotlight to share with everyone on longtime club members, Jim and Gina. The first to join was Gina in the mid 90's, after she met some people from TCOTC at the Humane Society in St. Paul, MN. The people from TCOTC would...
Agility Champion
Reprinted with permission Minnesota Medicine, March 2015 edition. Text by Kim Kiser, photo by Mike Krivit. Kory Kaye, MD, strides onto the agility course at Twin Cities Obedience and Training Club (TCOTC) in northeast Minneapolis with a little brown-and-white...
Goodbye to Winter Potty Slides
Who doesn’t like sliding down a hill on a snowy winter day, unless, of course, you’re being pulled by a 100-pound Labrador into the pits of a dog potty, right? As part of our on-going goal to become the “premiere club of the north,” we have...
A new website, and that’s not even the best part!
It's true, fellow dog lovers. We've gone and done it. Welcome to the new and improved TCOTC.com. We're hoping it's easier and more fun to use. But that's not even the best part. This upgrade also comes with a brand new membership system that enables online...
The Web Project
A U of M study is gathering data at TCOTC to answer the question: What exactly are webbed feet, anyway?
Vet students get the benefits of training
U of M Vet students get a special training course at TCOTC.