Welcome

Key City Kennel Club, Inc. is a non-profit organization and the only American Kennel Club member club in Southern Minnesota. We instruct people with dogs of all breeds, mixes, sizes, and ages to train their dogs to be good companions. All of our instructors have trained and shown their own dogs in AKC breed competitions, obedience, rally, and agility trials. They also attend continuing education classes relating to dogs and dog training.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Guest speaker May 19, 7:00 pm Linda McDonald from Mayo Healthcare will speak about therapy dog volunteering. These dogs bring 'smiles and joy' to patients in the hospital and specialty areas. More teams are needed. Join us for this informational presentation at the kennel club's monthly meeting! Snacks will be served.

Enrollment for Summer Classes is now open! (Login, go to classes to register) Website class page will be updated soon.

New Classes

Sampler Class-- Starts June 3 2:00 pm Try our 4 popular dog sports over 4 weeks. Each week rotating instructors (from their specialty area) will teach scent work, agility, obedience, and rally. $40 fee. If you are brand new to the world of dog sports, this is the perfect class for you! (Call 507-344-1159 for more info.)

Building a Reliable Retrieve- Structured class on teaching your dog to retrieve through food motivation and shaping of natural behaviors.

4 week class, $40 Starts July 8 Time 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Register online, contact Sue Erickson with questions)

Head Halter class--Training with a head halter starting from getting your dog used to the head halter and progressing through obedience exercises.

4 week class, $40 Starts July 8 Time 2:15-3:15 pm (Register online, contact Sue Erickson with questions)

Therapy Dog Preparation-- Starts July 12 Time 6:00 pm (Register online, contact Shannon Lloyd with questions)

Perfect Puppy-- One session, August 4 Time 4:00 pm Get your puppy off to a great start! Class size limited, and for people only. Contact Shannon Lloyd with questions

Rescue Dogs 101-- Another popular session will be offered starting June 14th, at 6:00 pm. Four week session, $40. Register online and join the fun!

Additional Specialty classes will be added over the summer! Check our calendar or call 507-344-1159 for more information.

Drop-in Classes

PLEASE REMEMBER TO REGISTER YOU AND YOUR DOG ON OUR ONLINE REGISTRATION! Rabies certificates are required for each dog over 6 months old.

Please check out our "Calendar" feature.

The fees for these drop-in classes are $15 per dog, or you may purchase a punch card with 5 punches for $75 or a punch card with 10 punches for $150. Punch cards can be purchased at the training center.

CONFORMATION:

These classes run from 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm on Wednesdays. All breeds and sizes run concurrently. PLEASE DO NOT SHOW UP MORE THAN 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO CLASS STARTING.

RALLY RUN-THRUS

Rally run-thrus will be weekly at 3:00 pm for Novice & Intermediate on Thursdays. We also hold classes on Saturdays at 10:00 am for Advanced, Excellent, and Master levels. Rally is an on-going class; you may start at any time. Dogs must have been in classes to learn basic commands prior to beginning Rally.

Contact Gladys Berlin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information

SCENT WORK

Beginning March 12, 2026 this drop-in will meet weekly on Thursdays with the Novice level meeting at 5:00 pm and Advanced & Up at 6:00 pm.

Links to our trial & test secretaries:

Agility Secretary

Agility Secretary & Fast CAT

AKC Website for Events: Sports & Events Archive – American Kennel Club

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News

New Registration

Key City Kennel Club has implemented their new class registration system. We ask that all new and former students create a new account under the "Client Login" in the upper right corner of our Home page; then create a new account where you can register both you and your dog.

We have also added a calendar feature for you to see when our next session of classes starts and/or what other events are happening with our club.

GALLERY

UNSERE TRAINER

Address

Key City Kennel Club mailing address:
P.O. Box 1812
North Mankato, MN 56002

Key City Kennel Club Training Center address:
55177 210th Lane
Mankato, MN 56001

(507)344-1159

About Us

The Key City Kennel Club began out of obedience classes taught by Holly Sue Erwin and Pat Johnson. They found a group of people in this area who were interested in starting a kennel club. Holly Sue Erwin and Pat Johnson put on a fun match. Out of the fun match, came the first organizational meeting with twenty people attending. Of those twenty, two were officers in the Albert Lea Kennel Club. Harold McMillen was selected the first chairman. McMillen selected Vern Nere, John Bolton, and Pat Johnson to draw up the by-laws. At first, the name of the club was the Mankato K-9 Club. This first official meeting with the election of officers was held in April, 1967. The first president of the club was John Bolton. John Bolton, already a successful exhibitor, breeder, and president of the Italian Greyhound Club of America, provided much-needed experience and direction for the new club. The new club had its first fun match in the fall of 1967.