Get involved
Membership & volunteering
OTC has no paid employees. Every class, every trial and every field of agility equipment exists because members show up. If you love dogs, come join us.
Each set of classes needs 10 to 12 instructors and helpers. Lead instructors have trained and shown a dog to an AKC title; assistants learn alongside them.
Trials run on volunteers — stewards, ring crew, hospitality, set-up and tear-down. It is also the fastest way to learn how the sport works.
Building clean-up, grounds preparation, setting fields for agility, meeting prep and seminar support all sit with members.
What members do
Many OTC members not only teach classes, they compete regularly in AKC-sanctioned obedience, rally and agility trials in Texas and adjacent states. Members turn up for every form of performance and conformation event — obedience, rally, agility, herding, CAT tests, barn hunt, conformation, scent work and charity walks. Mention that dogs are welcome and someone from the team will be there.
Many also volunteer as workers at other clubs' trials. We like to give a new meaning to “active member”.
The volunteer hours behind a year of classes
Each set of classes needs a minimum of 10 instructors and helpers, up to 12. Ten people across five sets of classes a year, at a minimum of eight hours a session, is 480 hours — before orientation set-up or class prep. Agility adds a minimum of 400 more: allowing for the weeks that are too hot, too cold or too wet, roughly 40 weeks with two instructors across five classes a week — before grounds care, or the hour and a half to two hours it takes to set the fields.
Joining OTC
Membership requirements, dues and the application form are being confirmed for publication. In the meantime, write to hello@otcwf.org or call 940-851-0694 and an OTC officer will walk you through how to apply and when the next meeting is.
Supporting OTC
OTC is a nonprofit organization and a member-run team. Giving information for the capital campaign — the new agility complex and building improvements planned for Summer 2027 — is handled on our separate campaign website, together with the campus plan and naming opportunities.
View the capital campaign(opens the OTC capital campaign website in a new tab)
Getting started
Not sure where to begin?
Tell us about your dog and what you would like to work on. A volunteer instructor will point you at the right class or add you to a class list.
Explore the future campus(opens the OTC capital campaign website in a new tab)
