Des Moines Obedience Training Club

Des Moines only AKC member obedience club! Surround yourself with folks that know the games!

Great place to learn how to train your canine friend in a positive way. A must for all responsible dog owners. The instructors are active members in the club. Instructors have years of experience with a wide assortment of training for the multitude of dog competitions. They have wonderful tips just by watching you interact your dog. They are interested in seeing you and your pet succeed to whatever your goals.

Disgusting behavior from the staff. My 9 month old Jack Russell had an accident on one of the trainers rug. The trainer scolded my girlfriend for “allowing” the puppy to pee and then proceeded to say “ you’re going to clean that up” in front of the class. Another trainer chimed in saying the same thing, she was not even teaching the class. We left very disappointed.

I have mixed feelings about this location. I enrolled an adopted dog in some basic puppy training and we did well. Wanting to build on that, we enrolled in "beginner" training which turned out to be a $100 repeat of the puppy class that we had already mastered. The description on the website doesn't make this clear. The other problem I has was the general atmosphere here. I am a rescue person and would never purchase a pure bred but felt very out of place here. Probably won't use them again for future pups.

I have taken several of their classes from puppy and beginner to agility and CGC. It seems that no matter what your interest may be from agility to obedience to conformation to just wanting a well behaved dog, they have classes for that. Every class I've taken has had at least one trainer/leader and one or more assistants. My only suggestion is that the website is quite outdated/cumbersome. The office side of things could be streamlined and updated like keeping shot records on file rather than having to show them for every class.