ROCC - Rally & Obedience Club of Calhoun

06/08/2026

06/03/2026

Come train with us and we’ll help you and your dog master this skill — making every walk smoother, happier, and more connected.

06/02/2026

If you’ve got a mix breed dog and want to do more together, performance sports are the perfect place to start. Come train with us at The Rally and Obedience Club of Calhoun — we’d love to help you get started.

06/01/2026

Dogs rolling in stinky stuff is one of those behaviors that makes perfect sense to them and absolutely none to us. There are a few instinctive reasons behind it: it may be a leftover survival strategy from their wolf ancestors (masking their scent to sneak up on prey), a way to bring interesting smells back to the pack, or simply their version of “this is amazing, I must wear it.” Dogs experience the world through scent far more intensely than we do, so what smells awful to us might smell fascinating, exciting, or even comforting to them. It’s messy, it’s baffling, and it’s very, very dog.

05/31/2026

A dog’s ears are like finely tuned antennas, always alert and effortlessly picking up sounds we could never detect. While humans hear up to about 20,000 Hz, dogs can catch frequencies nearly twice as high, allowing them to notice the faintest rustle, the softest footsteps, or the subtle shift in your tone long before you realize you made it. Their ability to swivel each ear independently helps them pinpoint exactly where a sound is coming from, turning everyday noises into a rich, detailed soundtrack of the world. It’s one more reason our dogs seem to understand us so deeply—they’re truly listening.