JOTC Classes

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Jackson Obedience Training Club

Teaching You To Train Your Dog

Obedience Classes

Application Information Training Location/Dates Obedience Classes General Information

Training Director: MaryJo Anderson

For more information or to sign up for a JOTC class, please call 352-DOGS
and leave your name, phone number, address, breed and age of dog
OR
you may download and complete the JOTC Application packet below.

Download and complete the JOTC Application Packet

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There are three forms to be completed; two by the person enrolling in the class and one by the veterinarian seeing the dog being enrolled. Please mail all three forms, completed, along with your check to:

Jackson Obedience Training Club
Post Office Box 193
Jackson, MS 39205

Training Locations and Dates

Training classes are currently being offered four times a year, two in the Spring and two in the Fall. Classes in South Jackson are to be determined and North classes conducted through the city of Ridgeland are held at the Old Trace Park on the Reservoir at Fowler Lodge.

The classes in South Jackson normally begin the first Thursday in April and the second Thursday in September. Classes in Ridgeland are held twice a year; normally beginning the last Tuesday in March and the last Tuesday in August. Classes last 9 weeks and include a graduation night. Please call us at 601/352-DOGS for exact class dates.

For more information, please call us and leave your name, mailing address, and phone number, along with the age and breed of your dog.

Special Credit for Owners with an Adopted Dog

JOTC would like to acknowledge that special person who adopts a dog from a rescue organization by giving a $20.00 credit towards a puppy or beginner obedience training class. Ask your rescue organization about a credit voucher with JOTC or write JOTC at P.O. Box 192 Jackson, MS 39205 to receive a voucher.

Obedience Classes

Training classes are offered each Spring and Fall. Each session lasts for nine weeks including "graduation". Classes offered include:

Puppy (3-5 months of age) - Especially tailored to a puppy’s limited attention span. Owners learn how to teach basic obedience commands as well as receive tips on socialization, care, and raising a puppy.
Beginner Basic Obedience (6 months of age and older) - Teaches the basic obedience commands of heel, sit, down, stay, come, and a few other usable commands that you will use in every day life with your pet.
CGC / Advanced Class - Builds on the basic obedience class to teach the exercises necessary to obtain AKC’s Canine Good Citizen Certification.
Competitive Obedience Class (Beginner Basic Obedience is a prerequisite) - Teaches you how to handle and show your dog in Obedience Trials to obtain AKC Titles.

General Information

Instructors for all classes are required to meet specific criteria, must hold at least one obedience title on a dog, and attend continuing education seminars and training.

Pre-registration is requested for all classes.

Proof of vaccination is required. Rabies vaccination must have been given by a licensed veterinarian.

All beginner basic obedience classes are sub-divided according to the dog’s size. Classes include a small class, a medium class, and a large class. Therefore, your small dog will not be intimidated by a larger breed and the larger breeds will not be as distracted by the smaller dogs.

Our classes are small, with approximately 12 dogs per class. Each student will receive the individual attention necessary to help you fully understand each exercise as well as successfully work through any training problems that you may encounter.

Each class lasts nine weeks and meets one evening a week for one hour.

As you attend the classes with your dog you will be the one to actually train your dog under our instruction. We feel that this approach to training your dog is better than sending your dog to a school to be trained by someone else for the following reasons:

1. Your dog will learn to respond to and respect the trainer but will still not mind you. You will have to learn how to properly communicate with your dog and enforce your commands before your dog will take you seriously. The easiest way to accomplish this goal is for you to learn what to do and then train the dog yourself.

2. You can avoid the stress of sending your dog to live with someone else for several months.

3. If you are the one training your dog, you can be assured that your dog is learning though a consistent and positive approach.

4. Training your dog builds a relationship between you and your dog. You will find that you will become closer and enjoy your dog’s company more when he is under control and you can make him behave. If you send your dog off to be trained, you lose the bonding effects of the learning process.

5. Training your dog in a group situation will allow him the opportunity to learn how to behave around a large group of people and other dogs. You will also learn how to read your dog.

What Breed of Dogs does JOTC allow?

The Jackson Obedience Training Club works to help you train your dog - whether it be purebred or mixed-breed, however, JOTC DOES NOT ALLOW WOLF OR WOLF HYBRIDS IN ITS CLASSES.

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