Obedience: Utility
2026-10-12 13:00 - 13:50, 2026-10-17 12:30 - 13:20 (America/Chicago)
Prerequisite: The dog must have earned at least one leg in the Open class toward their CDX, be able to execute scent discrimination among several articles, and have a general understanding of the Directed Retrieve & Directed Jumping exercise, or with the approval of the NOCI Director of Training.
All the skills covered in the Pre-Utility class will be refined to prepare the student to show at the Utility level.

Skills:

Heeling with no verbal commands to their dog (all signals)
A drop, sit, & come using no verbal commands (all signals)
A stand at the halt in the heeling & signal exercise
The scent discrimination exercise, where the dog is trained to find & retrieve an article scented by the handler
The directed retrieve exercise, where the dog will learn to retrieve the correct glove from the three placed out
The moving stand exercise, which includes a more thorough exam than at the Novice level
The directed jumping exercise, which consists of a 40’ go out, and then a directed recall over either the high or the bar jump

Obedience: Utility Drop-in Training
2026-10-16 10:00 - 12:00
Drop-in training takes place every Friday from 10:00a.m. to 12:00p.m., with Sits and Downs taking place at 11am. Please sign-in as you enter the building.
Watch our Facebook Group page for announcements of any possible conflicts or cancellations.
We have 3 drop-in rings available:

Utility (sign-in, 15-minute time slots)
Open (work together as desired)
Novice (no jumps—use as needed)

Fees:

Non-Members - $10.00 (unlimited number of dogs)
Members - $5.00 (unlimited number of dogs)

Free Fun Match Certificates
Free Fun Match certificates given to workers at NOCI Agility Trials will be honored at Friday Drop-In Training in the following way:

Non-Members - 1 certificate = 1 Friday Drop-In Training session
Members - 1 certificate = 2 Friday Drop-In Training sessions

Drop-in Supervisors
Debbie Fields
doodles382@gmail.com
Phone: 847-651-3607
Nancy Taylor
bikeandkayak@aol.com
Phone: 815-245-0411
