Rally Obedience
Rally Obedience is a fun, beginner‑friendly dog sport where you and your dog move together through a course of numbered signs, each showing a simple exercise like sit, turn, or walk in a circle.
Instead of performing long, formal routines, you work as a team at your own pace, talking to and encouraging your dog as you go.
It’s a great way to build confidence, strengthen communication, and enjoy a relaxed introduction to the world of dog sports.
Take a look at our Rally Obedience FAQ.
Demonstration of a Rally Obedience Run
Our Rally Obedience Classes
A fun way to build teamwork with your dog.
Introduction to Rally Obedience
This class will run at the same time each week for 6 weeks. Rally Obedience can be described as obedience exercises performed in a sequence format, with the emphasis on an upbeat relationship between handler and dog. It is made up of a compilation of many of the traditional obedience exercises, including heeling, sit, down, stand, and stay.
In this class we will be teaching specific rally signs each week along with mastering the position.
Rally Novice Coursework
This class will run at the same time each week for 6 weeks. This class continues proofing foundation work while introducing more difficult novice signs and working through some rally novice courses.
Rally Intermediate/Advanced Skills
This 6-week course will cover the skills and signs required in Intermediate & Advanced level Rally Obedience. The skills taught will be refining pivots, incorporating jumps, off-leash heeling and more about turns. We will also be covering the signs that are added in advanced level.
Rally Intermediate/Advanced Coursework
This 6-week course will use what was learned in the previous Skills & Signs class and apply them to full courses. The courses will help proof pivots, jumps, off-leash heeling and turns.
Rally Excellent Skills
This 6-week course will cover the skills and signs required in Excellent level Rally Obedience. The topics covered will be proofing pivots, jumps, off-leash heeling, turns and adding distance/motion cues. We will also be covering the signs that are added in excellent level.
Rally Excellent Coursework
This is a 6-week class that will run at the same time each week. The topics covered will be proofing pivots, jumps, off-leash heeling, turns and adding distance/motion cues. We will also be covering the signs that are added in excellent level and including them in courses.
Private Lessons with Kendra Tkach
This 30-minute private training session will be geared towards the level your dog is at in Rally Obedience. It can be for beginners who want to try out the sport, more advanced dogs who are looking to fine tune their skills or people getting ready to trial that want that practice time.