The Mifflin County Dog Training Club

History of The Mifflin County Dog Training Club

Established November 1988

This excerpt was taken from the December 1989 newsletter of The Mifflin County Dog Training Club, as written by its founding member and president at the time, Rhonda Kuhns, on the occasion of its first anniversary.

“The club was formed in 1988 to help educate the public and to provide a source of continuous education for its members. Its main objective is obedience training with progression of our own training techniques and education.”

It all began with a simple ad in the paper asking for anyone interested in forming a dog club to phone Rhonda Kuhn, and on a very cold night the founding members met at the Lundvall horse barn. A humble start for these dog lovers, but it has since gone on to include conformation showing, agility, rally, herding, tracking, field training, pet training for the public, therapy dog visits, rabies clinics, public awareness days and school demos.

Rhonda Kuhn, Ronde' Dalton, Sue Kochenderfer, Carolyn Lundvall, Jill Paige, Jen Pry, Barb Guyer, Carol Kennedy, Melanie Eng, and Adrienne Jack were the founding members. As this is written in our twentieth year, we are forty -seven members strong and have now joined up with The Mifflin County Sportsmens Club to use their warm and air conditioned building, a far cry from the cold horse barn.