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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:18:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Utility Obedience Class Sunday - 2026 Session 5 (August 30, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Utility Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session&amp;nbsp; 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;$85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Sundays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Dee Chuisano email-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:dee.chuisano@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;dee.chuisano@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will focus on teaching the Utility exercises used in AKC Utility competition.&amp;nbsp; This class will provide each student with 15 minutes of private instruction.&amp;nbsp; Handlers will also help each other by putting out articles and gloves, and doing the moving stand exercise.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a set of scent articles and 3 white gloves.&amp;nbsp; See &lt;a href="https://images.akc.org/pdf/rulebooks/RO2999.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AKC Obedience Rules&lt;/a&gt; for requirements for articles and gloves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769195</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;/ $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 9:00 am to 9:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Member Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:csssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Assistant Instructor : Charles Radawich&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:echarles3504@icloud.com" target="_blank"&gt;echarles3504@icloud.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;In this class you will learn basic Obedience for a well behaved pet at home and in the neighborhood.&amp;nbsp; You and your dog will learn how to walk on a loose leash, as well as basic commands such as sit, down and come.&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769216</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Advanced Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM -2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advanced Beginner Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session:&amp;nbsp; $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 10:00 am to 10:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Classes start on August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon email: &lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor : Dottie Thompson&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/Contacts/Details/EmailOptionsTab/EmailOptionsView.aspx?contactId=60200988"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;flypa27@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This is a step towards the competition ring &amp;nbsp;for &amp;nbsp;Obedience and &amp;nbsp;Rally and prepares students for CGC/CGCA and Beginner Novice title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dog and handler have completed a Beginner Obedience class or handler has trained a dog before. Dog should be able to do a sit and down on command and does a controlled walk on leash.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;You will be working on tightening up your obedience handling skills, learn the figure 8, stand/sit for exam and work on attention along with advanced stays.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Exercises from Beginner Novice Obedience, Novice Obedience, Rally and the CGC and CGCA tests will be worked on.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Emphasis will be placed on attention and learning how to work as a team to give handlers and dogs a&amp;nbsp; good foundation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769235</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - Mon 11:00 AM 2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Monday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; &lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Carrie Solomon email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#FE9701"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs who want to compete in AKC Obedience.&amp;nbsp; The skills taught in this class will get you ready to enter an AKC Obedience trial at the Novice level.&amp;nbsp; Skills taught are: precision heeling on lead and off lead, Stand stay with a person able to go over the dog, recall from 30 ft away , fronts and finishes.&amp;nbsp; You will also learn some training games to keep the training upbeat.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be Crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="" open=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769244</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769244</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Pre- Open / Open Obedience 2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Open / Open Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.&amp;nbsp; For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.&amp;nbsp; In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.&amp;nbsp; For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.&amp;nbsp; All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.&amp;nbsp; Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;‘Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769256</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769256</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Utility Obedience 2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Utility Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;Mondays 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5;"&gt;Classes start on Auf 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_8;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.&amp;nbsp; This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_20;"&gt;Required Equipment for the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_21;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_23;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_24;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3 white gloves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_29;"&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_31;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769265</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769265</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Rally Novice 2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rally - Novice 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays at 1:30 PM - 2:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Class starts August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Rosann Gaunt email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rosanngaunt@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rosanngaunt@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left hand corner, select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Register&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If register button not available select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Join Waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately this means the class is full.&amp;nbsp; We will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;If you are unable to register online, please contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Class Description&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;This class will introduce you to the sport of Rally.&amp;nbsp; Rally combines various obedience skills such as sit, down and stand into a course.&amp;nbsp; It is upbeat and fun for both you and your dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will teach you how to perform the 42 novice rally signs and practice stringing them together into a course.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the class you will have learned everything necessary to enter an AKC Rally Trial at the novice level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites:&lt;/strong&gt; Your dog must have completed a beginner Obedience class and be capable of performing sit, down, stay, and come on command and walk on a loose leash&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A Crate for your dog is Mandatory Equipment that you will need each week at the class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is limited to six teams&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AKC Star Puppy Class - 2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AKC Star Puppy Class 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Mondays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;Diane Bryant email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbryant5595@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;dbryant5595@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regina Compton email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This class is for Puppies up to 10 Months by the start of class.&amp;nbsp; This class follows the AKC guidelines for the&amp;nbsp; Star Puppy Program. This program focuses on the bond development between puppy and owner.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program designed to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is an incentive program for loving dog owners who have taken the time to take their puppies through a basic training class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Below is listed the 20 steps to success with your puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® TEST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OWNER BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1. Maintains puppy’s health (vaccines, exams, appears healthy)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;2. Owner receives Responsible Dog Owner’s Pledge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;3. Owner describes adequate daily play and exercise plan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;4. Owner and puppy attend at least 6 classes by an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5. Owner brings bags to classes for cleaning up after puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;6. Owner has obtained some form of ID for puppy-collar tag, etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUPPY BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7. Free of aggression toward people during at least 6 weeks of class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8. Free of aggression toward other puppies in class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9. Tolerates collar or body harness of owner’s choice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;10. Owner can hug or hold puppy (depending on size)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;11. Puppy allows owner to take away a treat or toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRE-CANINE GOOD CITIZEN® TEST BEHAVIORS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12. Allows (in any position) petting by a person other than the owner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;13. Grooming-Allows owner handling and brief exam (ears, feet)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;14. Walks on a Leash-Follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;15. Walks by other people-Walks on leash past other people 5-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;16. Sits on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;17. Down on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;18. Comes to owner from 5-ft when name is called&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;19. Reaction to Distractions-distractions are presented 15-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;20. Stay on leash with another person (owner walks 10 steps and returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769270</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skills and Drills 2026 Session 5 (August 31, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scent Work Skills and Drills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Judi Tintera email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Diane Baylerian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for more experienced teams who want to strengthen and broaden their Scent Work skills for dogs who have a solid foundation of searching for odor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will do run-throughs on elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting), while increasing your confidence in reading your dog in more complex searches. Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Crates are required. All dogs must be crated when not working.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769282</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - 2026 Session 5 - Tuesday AM (September 01, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesdays&amp;nbsp; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: Marilyn Mannino email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for Handlers who have had some formal training in the Novice Exercises and wish to enhance what they have already learned.&amp;nbsp; You will learn how to progress towards and perfect off leash heeling,&amp;nbsp;along with the other Novice Exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class will help you to prepare yourself and your dog for competition in the Novice AKC obedience Trials. Your dog must have a reliable recall around&amp;nbsp;other dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Exercises taught:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Enhanced Heeling if your dog is ready including the Figure Eight exercise.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sit for Exam, Stand for Exam, Sit and Down Exercises, Recall.&amp;nbsp; Distractions will be&amp;nbsp; used to enhance these exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769294</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769294</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skill Building - 2026 Session 5 (September 01, 2026)</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scent Work Skill Building-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member/ $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday evenings&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Judi Tintera email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Julie Taborda email: &lt;a href="mailto:vmdhgsd@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;vmdhgsd@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none"&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will work on improving the foundational skills needed by Scent Work teams early in their Scent Work journey. (Dogs must be confidently working on odor to take this class.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Some topics that may be covered include: effective handling skills, reading your dog, building confidence and motivation, odor behavior, and hide setting. We will also discuss trial participation and practice search elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting.) Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772870</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772870</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM -2026 Session 5 (September 01, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;6 Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesday Evening 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email: &lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This class will introduce and perfect the exercises required for the Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience classes for AKC obedience competition.&amp;nbsp; You will learn heeling in proper position thru turns and pace changes, recalls including fronts and finishes, exams without moving and sit and down stays.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be repeated multiple times as most dogs require more than 7 weeks time to be proficient in all the skills being taught.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs must know how to sit and down on command, walking with you on a loose leash and be able to sit quietly at your side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dog crates are required for this class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not working in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772920</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing  2026 Session 5 (September 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member/ $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Wednesdays 8:45 AM- 10:00 AM&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Classes start on September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Susan Howard&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susanhoward2815@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 244, 249); font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0B57D0" face="Google Sans Text"&gt;susanhoward2815@gmai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;l.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director , Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.&amp;nbsp; Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.&amp;nbsp; Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open &amp;amp; Utility exercises &amp;amp; that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Dog Crates are required at every class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6774468</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6774468</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp; Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class for dogs who already know the exercises for open obedience competition and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp; This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions, and bad dumbbell throws so when they get to the competition ring you and your dog will find it easier to execute the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Completion of the Competition Open Obedience class, and/or a comprehensive understanding of off leash heeling, retrieve, jumping, drop on recall and command discrimination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a dumbbell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772970</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772970</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5 (September 02, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Wednesday Evenings&amp;nbsp; 7:00-8:30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; MJ Douglas&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs that know all the exercises for Novice obedience or Beginner Novice Obedience and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp;This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions so when they get to the competition ring they will have an easier time executing the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class and/or an AKC BN title.&amp;nbsp; A comprehensive understanding of heeling on and off leash, stand or sit for exam, and a recall to front and finish.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773008</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773008</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice/Advanced Scent Work Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 03, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Novice / Advanced Scent Work Class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursday mornings 8:00 am - 8:45 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Diane Baylerian email &lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for&amp;nbsp; novice and advanced students who wish to enhance their nose work skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

      &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 9:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (September 03, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 9:15 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 26px; margin-left: 4em;"&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 9:15AM to 10:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (September 03, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 10:15AM to 11:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class Thursday PM -2026 Session 5 (September 03, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Thursday PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member /&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$80 Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Thursday Evenings 6:30pm-7:15pm&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Melanie Magamol&amp;nbsp; email &lt;a href="mailto:magamoll@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;magamoll@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Regina Compton&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;div&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Class is for students that have not had any prior training.&amp;nbsp; The exercises taught will be Walk on a loose leash, Sit and Down exercises, Recall, Leave it command, Teach your dog not to Jump up.&amp;nbsp; Teach your dog how to enter and exit doors.&amp;nbsp; Some distractions will be used to enhance Sit and Down stays along with the Recall and Walking on a loose leash.&amp;nbsp; House manners will also be included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773159</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773159</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5 (September 03, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursdays&amp;nbsp; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Shirley Baker email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:belgiandoglover@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;belgiandoglover@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Macy Van Cleave email:&lt;a href="mailto:mbvancleave@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;mbvancleave@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;This course is designed for the teams that have a full understanding of the rally signs 1-123.&amp;nbsp; Dogs work off leash and are able to jump the required height jump for the size of their dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will polish performances for all the rally signs focusing on the Master and Excellent levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The class will focus on execution of the signs in addition to performing master/excellent level courses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Crates are required at each class so handlers can work needed footwork and walk courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773990</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773990</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Utility Obedience Class Sunday - 2026 Session 5 (September 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Utility Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session&amp;nbsp; 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;$85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Sundays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Dee Chuisano email-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:dee.chuisano@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;dee.chuisano@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will focus on teaching the Utility exercises used in AKC Utility competition.&amp;nbsp; This class will provide each student with 15 minutes of private instruction.&amp;nbsp; Handlers will also help each other by putting out articles and gloves, and doing the moving stand exercise.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a set of scent articles and 3 white gloves.&amp;nbsp; See &lt;a href="https://images.akc.org/pdf/rulebooks/RO2999.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AKC Obedience Rules&lt;/a&gt; for requirements for articles and gloves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769195</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769195</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Pre- Open / Open Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Open / Open Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.&amp;nbsp; For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.&amp;nbsp; In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.&amp;nbsp; For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.&amp;nbsp; All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.&amp;nbsp; Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;‘Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769256</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769256</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Utility Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Utility Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;Mondays 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5;"&gt;Classes start on Auf 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_8;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.&amp;nbsp; This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_20;"&gt;Required Equipment for the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_21;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_23;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_24;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3 white gloves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_29;"&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_31;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769265</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769265</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Rally Novice 2026 Session 5 (September 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rally - Novice 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays at 1:30 PM - 2:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Class starts August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Rosann Gaunt email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rosanngaunt@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rosanngaunt@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left hand corner, select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Register&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If register button not available select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Join Waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately this means the class is full.&amp;nbsp; We will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;If you are unable to register online, please contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Class Description&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;This class will introduce you to the sport of Rally.&amp;nbsp; Rally combines various obedience skills such as sit, down and stand into a course.&amp;nbsp; It is upbeat and fun for both you and your dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will teach you how to perform the 42 novice rally signs and practice stringing them together into a course.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the class you will have learned everything necessary to enter an AKC Rally Trial at the novice level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites:&lt;/strong&gt; Your dog must have completed a beginner Obedience class and be capable of performing sit, down, stay, and come on command and walk on a loose leash&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A Crate for your dog is Mandatory Equipment that you will need each week at the class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is limited to six teams&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772827</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772827</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AKC Star Puppy Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AKC Star Puppy Class 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 4em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Mondays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;Diane Bryant email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbryant5595@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;dbryant5595@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regina Compton email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This class is for Puppies up to 10 Months by the start of class.&amp;nbsp; This class follows the AKC guidelines for the&amp;nbsp; Star Puppy Program. This program focuses on the bond development between puppy and owner.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program designed to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is an incentive program for loving dog owners who have taken the time to take their puppies through a basic training class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Below is listed the 20 steps to success with your puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® TEST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OWNER BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1. Maintains puppy’s health (vaccines, exams, appears healthy)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;2. Owner receives Responsible Dog Owner’s Pledge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;3. Owner describes adequate daily play and exercise plan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;4. Owner and puppy attend at least 6 classes by an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5. Owner brings bags to classes for cleaning up after puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;6. Owner has obtained some form of ID for puppy-collar tag, etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUPPY BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7. Free of aggression toward people during at least 6 weeks of class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8. Free of aggression toward other puppies in class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9. Tolerates collar or body harness of owner’s choice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;10. Owner can hug or hold puppy (depending on size)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;11. Puppy allows owner to take away a treat or toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRE-CANINE GOOD CITIZEN® TEST BEHAVIORS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12. Allows (in any position) petting by a person other than the owner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;13. Grooming-Allows owner handling and brief exam (ears, feet)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;14. Walks on a Leash-Follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;15. Walks by other people-Walks on leash past other people 5-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;16. Sits on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;17. Down on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;18. Comes to owner from 5-ft when name is called&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;19. Reaction to Distractions-distractions are presented 15-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;20. Stay on leash with another person (owner walks 10 steps and returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769270</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skills and Drills 2026 Session 5 (September 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scent Work Skills and Drills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Judi Tintera email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Diane Baylerian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for more experienced teams who want to strengthen and broaden their Scent Work skills for dogs who have a solid foundation of searching for odor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will do run-throughs on elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting), while increasing your confidence in reading your dog in more complex searches. Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Crates are required. All dogs must be crated when not working.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769282</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769282</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - 2026 Session 5 - Tuesday AM (September 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesdays&amp;nbsp; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: Marilyn Mannino email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for Handlers who have had some formal training in the Novice Exercises and wish to enhance what they have already learned.&amp;nbsp; You will learn how to progress towards and perfect off leash heeling,&amp;nbsp;along with the other Novice Exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class will help you to prepare yourself and your dog for competition in the Novice AKC obedience Trials. Your dog must have a reliable recall around&amp;nbsp;other dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Exercises taught:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Enhanced Heeling if your dog is ready including the Figure Eight exercise.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sit for Exam, Stand for Exam, Sit and Down Exercises, Recall.&amp;nbsp; Distractions will be&amp;nbsp; used to enhance these exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769294</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769294</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skill Building - 2026 Session 5 (September 08, 2026)</title>
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&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scent Work Skill Building-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member/ $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday evenings&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Judi Tintera email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Julie Taborda email: &lt;a href="mailto:vmdhgsd@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;vmdhgsd@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

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          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will work on improving the foundational skills needed by Scent Work teams early in their Scent Work journey. (Dogs must be confidently working on odor to take this class.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Some topics that may be covered include: effective handling skills, reading your dog, building confidence and motivation, odor behavior, and hide setting. We will also discuss trial participation and practice search elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting.) Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772870</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM -2026 Session 5 (September 08, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;6 Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesday Evening 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email: &lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This class will introduce and perfect the exercises required for the Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience classes for AKC obedience competition.&amp;nbsp; You will learn heeling in proper position thru turns and pace changes, recalls including fronts and finishes, exams without moving and sit and down stays.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be repeated multiple times as most dogs require more than 7 weeks time to be proficient in all the skills being taught.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs must know how to sit and down on command, walking with you on a loose leash and be able to sit quietly at your side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dog crates are required for this class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not working in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772920</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772920</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing  2026 Session 5 (September 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member/ $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Wednesdays 8:45 AM- 10:00 AM&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Classes start on September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Susan Howard&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susanhoward2815@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 244, 249); font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0B57D0" face="Google Sans Text"&gt;susanhoward2815@gmai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;l.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director , Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;div&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.&amp;nbsp; Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.&amp;nbsp; Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open &amp;amp; Utility exercises &amp;amp; that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Dog Crates are required at every class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6774468</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6774468</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp; Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class for dogs who already know the exercises for open obedience competition and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp; This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions, and bad dumbbell throws so when they get to the competition ring you and your dog will find it easier to execute the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Completion of the Competition Open Obedience class, and/or a comprehensive understanding of off leash heeling, retrieve, jumping, drop on recall and command discrimination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a dumbbell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772970</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5 (September 09, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Wednesday Evenings&amp;nbsp; 7:00-8:30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; MJ Douglas&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs that know all the exercises for Novice obedience or Beginner Novice Obedience and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp;This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions so when they get to the competition ring they will have an easier time executing the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class and/or an AKC BN title.&amp;nbsp; A comprehensive understanding of heeling on and off leash, stand or sit for exam, and a recall to front and finish.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773008</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773008</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice/Advanced Scent Work Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 10, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Novice / Advanced Scent Work Class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursday mornings 8:00 am - 8:45 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Diane Baylerian email &lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for&amp;nbsp; novice and advanced students who wish to enhance their nose work skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

      &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773069</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773069</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 9:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (September 10, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 9:15 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 26px; margin-left: 4em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 9:15AM to 10:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (September 10, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 26px; margin-left: 4em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 10:15AM to 11:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773109</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class Thursday PM -2026 Session 5 (September 10, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Thursday PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member /&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$80 Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Thursday Evenings 6:30pm-7:15pm&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Melanie Magamol&amp;nbsp; email &lt;a href="mailto:magamoll@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;magamoll@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Regina Compton&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Class is for students that have not had any prior training.&amp;nbsp; The exercises taught will be Walk on a loose leash, Sit and Down exercises, Recall, Leave it command, Teach your dog not to Jump up.&amp;nbsp; Teach your dog how to enter and exit doors.&amp;nbsp; Some distractions will be used to enhance Sit and Down stays along with the Recall and Walking on a loose leash.&amp;nbsp; House manners will also be included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773159</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5 (September 10, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursdays&amp;nbsp; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Shirley Baker email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:belgiandoglover@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;belgiandoglover@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Macy Van Cleave email:&lt;a href="mailto:mbvancleave@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;mbvancleave@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;This course is designed for the teams that have a full understanding of the rally signs 1-123.&amp;nbsp; Dogs work off leash and are able to jump the required height jump for the size of their dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will polish performances for all the rally signs focusing on the Master and Excellent levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The class will focus on execution of the signs in addition to performing master/excellent level courses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Crates are required at each class so handlers can work needed footwork and walk courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773990</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Utility Obedience Class Sunday - 2026 Session 5 (September 13, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Utility Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session&amp;nbsp; 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;$85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Sundays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Dee Chuisano email-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:dee.chuisano@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;dee.chuisano@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will focus on teaching the Utility exercises used in AKC Utility competition.&amp;nbsp; This class will provide each student with 15 minutes of private instruction.&amp;nbsp; Handlers will also help each other by putting out articles and gloves, and doing the moving stand exercise.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a set of scent articles and 3 white gloves.&amp;nbsp; See &lt;a href="https://images.akc.org/pdf/rulebooks/RO2999.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AKC Obedience Rules&lt;/a&gt; for requirements for articles and gloves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769195</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769195</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;/ $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 9:00 am to 9:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Member Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:csssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Assistant Instructor : Charles Radawich&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:echarles3504@icloud.com" target="_blank"&gt;echarles3504@icloud.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;In this class you will learn basic Obedience for a well behaved pet at home and in the neighborhood.&amp;nbsp; You and your dog will learn how to walk on a loose leash, as well as basic commands such as sit, down and come.&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769216</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769216</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Advanced Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM -2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advanced Beginner Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session:&amp;nbsp; $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 10:00 am to 10:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Classes start on August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon email: &lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor : Dottie Thompson&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/Contacts/Details/EmailOptionsTab/EmailOptionsView.aspx?contactId=60200988"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;flypa27@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This is a step towards the competition ring &amp;nbsp;for &amp;nbsp;Obedience and &amp;nbsp;Rally and prepares students for CGC/CGCA and Beginner Novice title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dog and handler have completed a Beginner Obedience class or handler has trained a dog before. Dog should be able to do a sit and down on command and does a controlled walk on leash.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;You will be working on tightening up your obedience handling skills, learn the figure 8, stand/sit for exam and work on attention along with advanced stays.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Exercises from Beginner Novice Obedience, Novice Obedience, Rally and the CGC and CGCA tests will be worked on.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Emphasis will be placed on attention and learning how to work as a team to give handlers and dogs a&amp;nbsp; good foundation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769235</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769235</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - Mon 11:00 AM 2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Monday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; &lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Carrie Solomon email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#FE9701"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs who want to compete in AKC Obedience.&amp;nbsp; The skills taught in this class will get you ready to enter an AKC Obedience trial at the Novice level.&amp;nbsp; Skills taught are: precision heeling on lead and off lead, Stand stay with a person able to go over the dog, recall from 30 ft away , fronts and finishes.&amp;nbsp; You will also learn some training games to keep the training upbeat.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be Crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="" open=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769244</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769244</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Pre- Open / Open Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Open / Open Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.&amp;nbsp; For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.&amp;nbsp; In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.&amp;nbsp; For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.&amp;nbsp; All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.&amp;nbsp; Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;‘Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769256</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769256</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Utility Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Utility Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;Mondays 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5;"&gt;Classes start on Auf 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_8;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.&amp;nbsp; This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_20;"&gt;Required Equipment for the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_21;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_23;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_24;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3 white gloves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_29;"&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_31;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769265</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769265</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Rally Novice 2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rally - Novice 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays at 1:30 PM - 2:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Class starts August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Rosann Gaunt email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rosanngaunt@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rosanngaunt@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left hand corner, select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Register&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If register button not available select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Join Waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately this means the class is full.&amp;nbsp; We will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;If you are unable to register online, please contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Class Description&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;This class will introduce you to the sport of Rally.&amp;nbsp; Rally combines various obedience skills such as sit, down and stand into a course.&amp;nbsp; It is upbeat and fun for both you and your dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will teach you how to perform the 42 novice rally signs and practice stringing them together into a course.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the class you will have learned everything necessary to enter an AKC Rally Trial at the novice level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites:&lt;/strong&gt; Your dog must have completed a beginner Obedience class and be capable of performing sit, down, stay, and come on command and walk on a loose leash&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A Crate for your dog is Mandatory Equipment that you will need each week at the class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is limited to six teams&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772827</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AKC Star Puppy Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AKC Star Puppy Class 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 4em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Mondays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;Diane Bryant email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbryant5595@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;dbryant5595@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regina Compton email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This class is for Puppies up to 10 Months by the start of class.&amp;nbsp; This class follows the AKC guidelines for the&amp;nbsp; Star Puppy Program. This program focuses on the bond development between puppy and owner.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program designed to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is an incentive program for loving dog owners who have taken the time to take their puppies through a basic training class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Below is listed the 20 steps to success with your puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® TEST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OWNER BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1. Maintains puppy’s health (vaccines, exams, appears healthy)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;2. Owner receives Responsible Dog Owner’s Pledge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;3. Owner describes adequate daily play and exercise plan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;4. Owner and puppy attend at least 6 classes by an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5. Owner brings bags to classes for cleaning up after puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;6. Owner has obtained some form of ID for puppy-collar tag, etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUPPY BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7. Free of aggression toward people during at least 6 weeks of class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8. Free of aggression toward other puppies in class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9. Tolerates collar or body harness of owner’s choice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;10. Owner can hug or hold puppy (depending on size)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;11. Puppy allows owner to take away a treat or toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRE-CANINE GOOD CITIZEN® TEST BEHAVIORS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12. Allows (in any position) petting by a person other than the owner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;13. Grooming-Allows owner handling and brief exam (ears, feet)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;14. Walks on a Leash-Follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;15. Walks by other people-Walks on leash past other people 5-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;16. Sits on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;17. Down on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;18. Comes to owner from 5-ft when name is called&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;19. Reaction to Distractions-distractions are presented 15-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;20. Stay on leash with another person (owner walks 10 steps and returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769270</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769270</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skills and Drills 2026 Session 5 (September 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scent Work Skills and Drills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Judi Tintera email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Diane Baylerian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for more experienced teams who want to strengthen and broaden their Scent Work skills for dogs who have a solid foundation of searching for odor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will do run-throughs on elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting), while increasing your confidence in reading your dog in more complex searches. Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Crates are required. All dogs must be crated when not working.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769282</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769282</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - 2026 Session 5 - Tuesday AM (September 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesdays&amp;nbsp; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: Marilyn Mannino email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for Handlers who have had some formal training in the Novice Exercises and wish to enhance what they have already learned.&amp;nbsp; You will learn how to progress towards and perfect off leash heeling,&amp;nbsp;along with the other Novice Exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class will help you to prepare yourself and your dog for competition in the Novice AKC obedience Trials. Your dog must have a reliable recall around&amp;nbsp;other dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Exercises taught:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Enhanced Heeling if your dog is ready including the Figure Eight exercise.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sit for Exam, Stand for Exam, Sit and Down Exercises, Recall.&amp;nbsp; Distractions will be&amp;nbsp; used to enhance these exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769294</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769294</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skill Building - 2026 Session 5 (September 15, 2026)</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scent Work Skill Building-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member/ $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday evenings&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Judi Tintera email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Julie Taborda email: &lt;a href="mailto:vmdhgsd@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;vmdhgsd@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none"&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will work on improving the foundational skills needed by Scent Work teams early in their Scent Work journey. (Dogs must be confidently working on odor to take this class.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Some topics that may be covered include: effective handling skills, reading your dog, building confidence and motivation, odor behavior, and hide setting. We will also discuss trial participation and practice search elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting.) Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772870</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772870</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing  2026 Session 5 (September 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member/ $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Wednesdays 8:45 AM- 10:00 AM&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Classes start on September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Susan Howard&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susanhoward2815@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 244, 249); font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0B57D0" face="Google Sans Text"&gt;susanhoward2815@gmai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;l.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director , Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.&amp;nbsp; Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.&amp;nbsp; Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open &amp;amp; Utility exercises &amp;amp; that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Dog Crates are required at every class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6774468</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6774468</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp; Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class for dogs who already know the exercises for open obedience competition and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp; This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions, and bad dumbbell throws so when they get to the competition ring you and your dog will find it easier to execute the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Completion of the Competition Open Obedience class, and/or a comprehensive understanding of off leash heeling, retrieve, jumping, drop on recall and command discrimination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a dumbbell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772970</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5 (September 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Wednesday Evenings&amp;nbsp; 7:00-8:30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; MJ Douglas&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs that know all the exercises for Novice obedience or Beginner Novice Obedience and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp;This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions so when they get to the competition ring they will have an easier time executing the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class and/or an AKC BN title.&amp;nbsp; A comprehensive understanding of heeling on and off leash, stand or sit for exam, and a recall to front and finish.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773008</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773008</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice/Advanced Scent Work Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 17, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Novice / Advanced Scent Work Class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursday mornings 8:00 am - 8:45 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Diane Baylerian email &lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for&amp;nbsp; novice and advanced students who wish to enhance their nose work skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

      &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773069</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773069</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 9:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (September 17, 2026)</title>
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 9:15AM to 10:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (September 17, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 26px; margin-left: 4em;"&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 10:15AM to 11:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class Thursday PM -2026 Session 5 (September 17, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Thursday PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member /&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$80 Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Thursday Evenings 6:30pm-7:15pm&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Melanie Magamol&amp;nbsp; email &lt;a href="mailto:magamoll@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;magamoll@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Regina Compton&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Class is for students that have not had any prior training.&amp;nbsp; The exercises taught will be Walk on a loose leash, Sit and Down exercises, Recall, Leave it command, Teach your dog not to Jump up.&amp;nbsp; Teach your dog how to enter and exit doors.&amp;nbsp; Some distractions will be used to enhance Sit and Down stays along with the Recall and Walking on a loose leash.&amp;nbsp; House manners will also be included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773159</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5 (September 17, 2026)</title>
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursdays&amp;nbsp; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Shirley Baker email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:belgiandoglover@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;belgiandoglover@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Macy Van Cleave email:&lt;a href="mailto:mbvancleave@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;mbvancleave@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;This course is designed for the teams that have a full understanding of the rally signs 1-123.&amp;nbsp; Dogs work off leash and are able to jump the required height jump for the size of their dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will polish performances for all the rally signs focusing on the Master and Excellent levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The class will focus on execution of the signs in addition to performing master/excellent level courses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Crates are required at each class so handlers can work needed footwork and walk courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773990</link>
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      <title>Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;/ $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 9:00 am to 9:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Member Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:csssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Assistant Instructor : Charles Radawich&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:echarles3504@icloud.com" target="_blank"&gt;echarles3504@icloud.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;In this class you will learn basic Obedience for a well behaved pet at home and in the neighborhood.&amp;nbsp; You and your dog will learn how to walk on a loose leash, as well as basic commands such as sit, down and come.&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769216</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Advanced Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM -2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advanced Beginner Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session:&amp;nbsp; $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 10:00 am to 10:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Classes start on August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon email: &lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor : Dottie Thompson&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/Contacts/Details/EmailOptionsTab/EmailOptionsView.aspx?contactId=60200988"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;flypa27@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This is a step towards the competition ring &amp;nbsp;for &amp;nbsp;Obedience and &amp;nbsp;Rally and prepares students for CGC/CGCA and Beginner Novice title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dog and handler have completed a Beginner Obedience class or handler has trained a dog before. Dog should be able to do a sit and down on command and does a controlled walk on leash.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;You will be working on tightening up your obedience handling skills, learn the figure 8, stand/sit for exam and work on attention along with advanced stays.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Exercises from Beginner Novice Obedience, Novice Obedience, Rally and the CGC and CGCA tests will be worked on.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Emphasis will be placed on attention and learning how to work as a team to give handlers and dogs a&amp;nbsp; good foundation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769235</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - Mon 11:00 AM 2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Monday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; &lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Carrie Solomon email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#FE9701"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs who want to compete in AKC Obedience.&amp;nbsp; The skills taught in this class will get you ready to enter an AKC Obedience trial at the Novice level.&amp;nbsp; Skills taught are: precision heeling on lead and off lead, Stand stay with a person able to go over the dog, recall from 30 ft away , fronts and finishes.&amp;nbsp; You will also learn some training games to keep the training upbeat.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be Crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="" open=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769244</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769244</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Pre- Open / Open Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Open / Open Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.&amp;nbsp; For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.&amp;nbsp; In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.&amp;nbsp; For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.&amp;nbsp; All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.&amp;nbsp; Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;‘Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769256</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769256</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Utility Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Utility Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;Mondays 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5;"&gt;Classes start on Auf 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_8;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.&amp;nbsp; This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_20;"&gt;Required Equipment for the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_21;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_23;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_24;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3 white gloves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_29;"&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_31;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769265</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769265</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Rally Novice 2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rally - Novice 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays at 1:30 PM - 2:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Class starts August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Rosann Gaunt email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rosanngaunt@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rosanngaunt@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left hand corner, select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Register&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If register button not available select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Join Waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately this means the class is full.&amp;nbsp; We will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;If you are unable to register online, please contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Class Description&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;This class will introduce you to the sport of Rally.&amp;nbsp; Rally combines various obedience skills such as sit, down and stand into a course.&amp;nbsp; It is upbeat and fun for both you and your dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will teach you how to perform the 42 novice rally signs and practice stringing them together into a course.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the class you will have learned everything necessary to enter an AKC Rally Trial at the novice level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites:&lt;/strong&gt; Your dog must have completed a beginner Obedience class and be capable of performing sit, down, stay, and come on command and walk on a loose leash&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A Crate for your dog is Mandatory Equipment that you will need each week at the class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is limited to six teams&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AKC Star Puppy Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AKC Star Puppy Class 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Mondays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;Diane Bryant email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbryant5595@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;dbryant5595@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regina Compton email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This class is for Puppies up to 10 Months by the start of class.&amp;nbsp; This class follows the AKC guidelines for the&amp;nbsp; Star Puppy Program. This program focuses on the bond development between puppy and owner.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program designed to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is an incentive program for loving dog owners who have taken the time to take their puppies through a basic training class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Below is listed the 20 steps to success with your puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® TEST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OWNER BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1. Maintains puppy’s health (vaccines, exams, appears healthy)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;2. Owner receives Responsible Dog Owner’s Pledge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;3. Owner describes adequate daily play and exercise plan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;4. Owner and puppy attend at least 6 classes by an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5. Owner brings bags to classes for cleaning up after puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;6. Owner has obtained some form of ID for puppy-collar tag, etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUPPY BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7. Free of aggression toward people during at least 6 weeks of class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8. Free of aggression toward other puppies in class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9. Tolerates collar or body harness of owner’s choice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;10. Owner can hug or hold puppy (depending on size)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;11. Puppy allows owner to take away a treat or toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRE-CANINE GOOD CITIZEN® TEST BEHAVIORS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12. Allows (in any position) petting by a person other than the owner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;13. Grooming-Allows owner handling and brief exam (ears, feet)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;14. Walks on a Leash-Follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;15. Walks by other people-Walks on leash past other people 5-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;16. Sits on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;17. Down on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;18. Comes to owner from 5-ft when name is called&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;19. Reaction to Distractions-distractions are presented 15-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;20. Stay on leash with another person (owner walks 10 steps and returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769270</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skills and Drills 2026 Session 5 (September 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scent Work Skills and Drills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Judi Tintera email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Diane Baylerian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for more experienced teams who want to strengthen and broaden their Scent Work skills for dogs who have a solid foundation of searching for odor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will do run-throughs on elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting), while increasing your confidence in reading your dog in more complex searches. Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Crates are required. All dogs must be crated when not working.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769282</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - 2026 Session 5 - Tuesday AM (September 22, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesdays&amp;nbsp; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: Marilyn Mannino email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for Handlers who have had some formal training in the Novice Exercises and wish to enhance what they have already learned.&amp;nbsp; You will learn how to progress towards and perfect off leash heeling,&amp;nbsp;along with the other Novice Exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class will help you to prepare yourself and your dog for competition in the Novice AKC obedience Trials. Your dog must have a reliable recall around&amp;nbsp;other dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Exercises taught:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Enhanced Heeling if your dog is ready including the Figure Eight exercise.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sit for Exam, Stand for Exam, Sit and Down Exercises, Recall.&amp;nbsp; Distractions will be&amp;nbsp; used to enhance these exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769294</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769294</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skill Building - 2026 Session 5 (September 22, 2026)</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scent Work Skill Building-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member/ $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday evenings&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Judi Tintera email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Julie Taborda email: &lt;a href="mailto:vmdhgsd@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;vmdhgsd@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none"&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will work on improving the foundational skills needed by Scent Work teams early in their Scent Work journey. (Dogs must be confidently working on odor to take this class.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Some topics that may be covered include: effective handling skills, reading your dog, building confidence and motivation, odor behavior, and hide setting. We will also discuss trial participation and practice search elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting.) Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772870</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772870</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM -2026 Session 5 (September 22, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;6 Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesday Evening 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email: &lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This class will introduce and perfect the exercises required for the Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience classes for AKC obedience competition.&amp;nbsp; You will learn heeling in proper position thru turns and pace changes, recalls including fronts and finishes, exams without moving and sit and down stays.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be repeated multiple times as most dogs require more than 7 weeks time to be proficient in all the skills being taught.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs must know how to sit and down on command, walking with you on a loose leash and be able to sit quietly at your side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dog crates are required for this class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not working in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772920</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing  2026 Session 5 (September 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member/ $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Wednesdays 8:45 AM- 10:00 AM&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Classes start on September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Susan Howard&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susanhoward2815@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 244, 249); font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0B57D0" face="Google Sans Text"&gt;susanhoward2815@gmai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;l.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director , Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.&amp;nbsp; Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.&amp;nbsp; Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open &amp;amp; Utility exercises &amp;amp; that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Dog Crates are required at every class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6774468</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6774468</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp; Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class for dogs who already know the exercises for open obedience competition and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp; This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions, and bad dumbbell throws so when they get to the competition ring you and your dog will find it easier to execute the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Completion of the Competition Open Obedience class, and/or a comprehensive understanding of off leash heeling, retrieve, jumping, drop on recall and command discrimination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a dumbbell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772970</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772970</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5 (September 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Wednesday Evenings&amp;nbsp; 7:00-8:30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; MJ Douglas&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs that know all the exercises for Novice obedience or Beginner Novice Obedience and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp;This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions so when they get to the competition ring they will have an easier time executing the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class and/or an AKC BN title.&amp;nbsp; A comprehensive understanding of heeling on and off leash, stand or sit for exam, and a recall to front and finish.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773008</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773008</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class Thursday PM -2026 Session 5 (September 24, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Thursday PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member /&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$80 Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Thursday Evenings 6:30pm-7:15pm&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Melanie Magamol&amp;nbsp; email &lt;a href="mailto:magamoll@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;magamoll@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Regina Compton&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;div&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Class is for students that have not had any prior training.&amp;nbsp; The exercises taught will be Walk on a loose leash, Sit and Down exercises, Recall, Leave it command, Teach your dog not to Jump up.&amp;nbsp; Teach your dog how to enter and exit doors.&amp;nbsp; Some distractions will be used to enhance Sit and Down stays along with the Recall and Walking on a loose leash.&amp;nbsp; House manners will also be included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773159</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773159</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5 (September 24, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursdays&amp;nbsp; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Shirley Baker email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:belgiandoglover@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;belgiandoglover@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Macy Van Cleave email:&lt;a href="mailto:mbvancleave@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;mbvancleave@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;This course is designed for the teams that have a full understanding of the rally signs 1-123.&amp;nbsp; Dogs work off leash and are able to jump the required height jump for the size of their dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will polish performances for all the rally signs focusing on the Master and Excellent levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The class will focus on execution of the signs in addition to performing master/excellent level courses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Crates are required at each class so handlers can work needed footwork and walk courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773990</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Utility Obedience Class Sunday - 2026 Session 5 (September 27, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Utility Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session&amp;nbsp; 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;$85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Sundays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Dee Chuisano email-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:dee.chuisano@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;dee.chuisano@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will focus on teaching the Utility exercises used in AKC Utility competition.&amp;nbsp; This class will provide each student with 15 minutes of private instruction.&amp;nbsp; Handlers will also help each other by putting out articles and gloves, and doing the moving stand exercise.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a set of scent articles and 3 white gloves.&amp;nbsp; See &lt;a href="https://images.akc.org/pdf/rulebooks/RO2999.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AKC Obedience Rules&lt;/a&gt; for requirements for articles and gloves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769195</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;/ $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 9:00 am to 9:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Member Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:csssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Assistant Instructor : Charles Radawich&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:echarles3504@icloud.com" target="_blank"&gt;echarles3504@icloud.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;In this class you will learn basic Obedience for a well behaved pet at home and in the neighborhood.&amp;nbsp; You and your dog will learn how to walk on a loose leash, as well as basic commands such as sit, down and come.&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769216</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769216</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Advanced Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM -2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advanced Beginner Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session:&amp;nbsp; $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 10:00 am to 10:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Classes start on August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon email: &lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor : Dottie Thompson&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/Contacts/Details/EmailOptionsTab/EmailOptionsView.aspx?contactId=60200988"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;flypa27@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This is a step towards the competition ring &amp;nbsp;for &amp;nbsp;Obedience and &amp;nbsp;Rally and prepares students for CGC/CGCA and Beginner Novice title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dog and handler have completed a Beginner Obedience class or handler has trained a dog before. Dog should be able to do a sit and down on command and does a controlled walk on leash.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;You will be working on tightening up your obedience handling skills, learn the figure 8, stand/sit for exam and work on attention along with advanced stays.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Exercises from Beginner Novice Obedience, Novice Obedience, Rally and the CGC and CGCA tests will be worked on.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Emphasis will be placed on attention and learning how to work as a team to give handlers and dogs a&amp;nbsp; good foundation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769235</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - Mon 11:00 AM 2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Monday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; &lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Carrie Solomon email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#FE9701"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs who want to compete in AKC Obedience.&amp;nbsp; The skills taught in this class will get you ready to enter an AKC Obedience trial at the Novice level.&amp;nbsp; Skills taught are: precision heeling on lead and off lead, Stand stay with a person able to go over the dog, recall from 30 ft away , fronts and finishes.&amp;nbsp; You will also learn some training games to keep the training upbeat.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be Crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="" open=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769244</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769244</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Pre- Open / Open Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Open / Open Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.&amp;nbsp; For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.&amp;nbsp; In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.&amp;nbsp; For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.&amp;nbsp; All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.&amp;nbsp; Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;‘Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769256</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769256</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Utility Obedience 2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Utility Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;Mondays 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5;"&gt;Classes start on Auf 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_8;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.&amp;nbsp; This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_20;"&gt;Required Equipment for the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_21;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_23;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_24;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3 white gloves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_29;"&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_31;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769265</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769265</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Rally Novice 2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rally - Novice 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays at 1:30 PM - 2:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Class starts August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Rosann Gaunt email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rosanngaunt@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rosanngaunt@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left hand corner, select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Register&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If register button not available select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Join Waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately this means the class is full.&amp;nbsp; We will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;If you are unable to register online, please contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Class Description&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;This class will introduce you to the sport of Rally.&amp;nbsp; Rally combines various obedience skills such as sit, down and stand into a course.&amp;nbsp; It is upbeat and fun for both you and your dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will teach you how to perform the 42 novice rally signs and practice stringing them together into a course.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the class you will have learned everything necessary to enter an AKC Rally Trial at the novice level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites:&lt;/strong&gt; Your dog must have completed a beginner Obedience class and be capable of performing sit, down, stay, and come on command and walk on a loose leash&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A Crate for your dog is Mandatory Equipment that you will need each week at the class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is limited to six teams&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772827</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772827</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AKC Star Puppy Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AKC Star Puppy Class 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 4em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Mondays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;Diane Bryant email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbryant5595@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;dbryant5595@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regina Compton email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This class is for Puppies up to 10 Months by the start of class.&amp;nbsp; This class follows the AKC guidelines for the&amp;nbsp; Star Puppy Program. This program focuses on the bond development between puppy and owner.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program designed to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is an incentive program for loving dog owners who have taken the time to take their puppies through a basic training class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Below is listed the 20 steps to success with your puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® TEST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OWNER BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1. Maintains puppy’s health (vaccines, exams, appears healthy)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;2. Owner receives Responsible Dog Owner’s Pledge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;3. Owner describes adequate daily play and exercise plan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;4. Owner and puppy attend at least 6 classes by an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5. Owner brings bags to classes for cleaning up after puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;6. Owner has obtained some form of ID for puppy-collar tag, etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUPPY BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7. Free of aggression toward people during at least 6 weeks of class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8. Free of aggression toward other puppies in class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9. Tolerates collar or body harness of owner’s choice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;10. Owner can hug or hold puppy (depending on size)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;11. Puppy allows owner to take away a treat or toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRE-CANINE GOOD CITIZEN® TEST BEHAVIORS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12. Allows (in any position) petting by a person other than the owner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;13. Grooming-Allows owner handling and brief exam (ears, feet)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;14. Walks on a Leash-Follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;15. Walks by other people-Walks on leash past other people 5-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;16. Sits on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;17. Down on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;18. Comes to owner from 5-ft when name is called&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;19. Reaction to Distractions-distractions are presented 15-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;20. Stay on leash with another person (owner walks 10 steps and returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769270</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skills and Drills 2026 Session 5 (September 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scent Work Skills and Drills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Judi Tintera email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Diane Baylerian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for more experienced teams who want to strengthen and broaden their Scent Work skills for dogs who have a solid foundation of searching for odor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will do run-throughs on elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting), while increasing your confidence in reading your dog in more complex searches. Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Crates are required. All dogs must be crated when not working.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769282</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769282</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - 2026 Session 5 - Tuesday AM (September 29, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesdays&amp;nbsp; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: Marilyn Mannino email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for Handlers who have had some formal training in the Novice Exercises and wish to enhance what they have already learned.&amp;nbsp; You will learn how to progress towards and perfect off leash heeling,&amp;nbsp;along with the other Novice Exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class will help you to prepare yourself and your dog for competition in the Novice AKC obedience Trials. Your dog must have a reliable recall around&amp;nbsp;other dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Exercises taught:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Enhanced Heeling if your dog is ready including the Figure Eight exercise.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sit for Exam, Stand for Exam, Sit and Down Exercises, Recall.&amp;nbsp; Distractions will be&amp;nbsp; used to enhance these exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769294</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769294</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skill Building - 2026 Session 5 (September 29, 2026)</title>
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scent Work Skill Building-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member/ $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday evenings&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Judi Tintera email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Julie Taborda email: &lt;a href="mailto:vmdhgsd@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;vmdhgsd@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none"&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will work on improving the foundational skills needed by Scent Work teams early in their Scent Work journey. (Dogs must be confidently working on odor to take this class.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Some topics that may be covered include: effective handling skills, reading your dog, building confidence and motivation, odor behavior, and hide setting. We will also discuss trial participation and practice search elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting.) Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772870</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM -2026 Session 5 (September 29, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;6 Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesday Evening 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email: &lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This class will introduce and perfect the exercises required for the Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience classes for AKC obedience competition.&amp;nbsp; You will learn heeling in proper position thru turns and pace changes, recalls including fronts and finishes, exams without moving and sit and down stays.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be repeated multiple times as most dogs require more than 7 weeks time to be proficient in all the skills being taught.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs must know how to sit and down on command, walking with you on a loose leash and be able to sit quietly at your side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dog crates are required for this class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not working in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772920</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing  2026 Session 5 (September 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member/ $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Wednesdays 8:45 AM- 10:00 AM&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Classes start on September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Susan Howard&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susanhoward2815@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 244, 249); font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0B57D0" face="Google Sans Text"&gt;susanhoward2815@gmai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;l.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director , Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;div&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.&amp;nbsp; Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.&amp;nbsp; Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open &amp;amp; Utility exercises &amp;amp; that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Dog Crates are required at every class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6774468</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6774468</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5 (September 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp; Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class for dogs who already know the exercises for open obedience competition and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp; This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions, and bad dumbbell throws so when they get to the competition ring you and your dog will find it easier to execute the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Completion of the Competition Open Obedience class, and/or a comprehensive understanding of off leash heeling, retrieve, jumping, drop on recall and command discrimination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a dumbbell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772970</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772970</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5 (September 30, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Wednesday Evenings&amp;nbsp; 7:00-8:30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; MJ Douglas&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs that know all the exercises for Novice obedience or Beginner Novice Obedience and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp;This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions so when they get to the competition ring they will have an easier time executing the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class and/or an AKC BN title.&amp;nbsp; A comprehensive understanding of heeling on and off leash, stand or sit for exam, and a recall to front and finish.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773008</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773008</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice/Advanced Scent Work Class - 2026 Session 5 (October 01, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Novice / Advanced Scent Work Class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursday mornings 8:00 am - 8:45 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Diane Baylerian email &lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for&amp;nbsp; novice and advanced students who wish to enhance their nose work skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

      &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 9:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (October 01, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 9:15 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 26px; margin-left: 4em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 9:15AM to 10:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773087</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (October 01, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 26px; margin-left: 4em;"&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 10:15AM to 11:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class Thursday PM -2026 Session 5 (October 01, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Thursday PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member /&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$80 Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Thursday Evenings 6:30pm-7:15pm&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Melanie Magamol&amp;nbsp; email &lt;a href="mailto:magamoll@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;magamoll@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Regina Compton&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Class is for students that have not had any prior training.&amp;nbsp; The exercises taught will be Walk on a loose leash, Sit and Down exercises, Recall, Leave it command, Teach your dog not to Jump up.&amp;nbsp; Teach your dog how to enter and exit doors.&amp;nbsp; Some distractions will be used to enhance Sit and Down stays along with the Recall and Walking on a loose leash.&amp;nbsp; House manners will also be included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773159</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5 (October 01, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursdays&amp;nbsp; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Shirley Baker email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:belgiandoglover@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;belgiandoglover@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Macy Van Cleave email:&lt;a href="mailto:mbvancleave@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;mbvancleave@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;This course is designed for the teams that have a full understanding of the rally signs 1-123.&amp;nbsp; Dogs work off leash and are able to jump the required height jump for the size of their dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will polish performances for all the rally signs focusing on the Master and Excellent levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The class will focus on execution of the signs in addition to performing master/excellent level courses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Crates are required at each class so handlers can work needed footwork and walk courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773990</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Pre- Open / Open Obedience 2026 Session 5 (October 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Open / Open Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.&amp;nbsp; For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.&amp;nbsp; In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.&amp;nbsp; For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.&amp;nbsp; All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.&amp;nbsp; Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;‘Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Utility Obedience 2026 Session 5 (October 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Utility Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;Mondays 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5;"&gt;Classes start on Auf 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_8;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.&amp;nbsp; This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_20;"&gt;Required Equipment for the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_21;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_23;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_24;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3 white gloves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_29;"&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_31;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769265</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769265</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Rally Novice 2026 Session 5 (October 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rally - Novice 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays at 1:30 PM - 2:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Class starts August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Rosann Gaunt email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rosanngaunt@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rosanngaunt@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left hand corner, select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Register&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If register button not available select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Join Waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately this means the class is full.&amp;nbsp; We will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;If you are unable to register online, please contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Class Description&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;This class will introduce you to the sport of Rally.&amp;nbsp; Rally combines various obedience skills such as sit, down and stand into a course.&amp;nbsp; It is upbeat and fun for both you and your dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will teach you how to perform the 42 novice rally signs and practice stringing them together into a course.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the class you will have learned everything necessary to enter an AKC Rally Trial at the novice level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites:&lt;/strong&gt; Your dog must have completed a beginner Obedience class and be capable of performing sit, down, stay, and come on command and walk on a loose leash&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A Crate for your dog is Mandatory Equipment that you will need each week at the class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is limited to six teams&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772827</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772827</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AKC Star Puppy Class - 2026 Session 5 (October 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AKC Star Puppy Class 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 4em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Mondays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;Diane Bryant email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbryant5595@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;dbryant5595@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regina Compton email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This class is for Puppies up to 10 Months by the start of class.&amp;nbsp; This class follows the AKC guidelines for the&amp;nbsp; Star Puppy Program. This program focuses on the bond development between puppy and owner.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program designed to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is an incentive program for loving dog owners who have taken the time to take their puppies through a basic training class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Below is listed the 20 steps to success with your puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® TEST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OWNER BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1. Maintains puppy’s health (vaccines, exams, appears healthy)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;2. Owner receives Responsible Dog Owner’s Pledge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;3. Owner describes adequate daily play and exercise plan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;4. Owner and puppy attend at least 6 classes by an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5. Owner brings bags to classes for cleaning up after puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;6. Owner has obtained some form of ID for puppy-collar tag, etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUPPY BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7. Free of aggression toward people during at least 6 weeks of class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8. Free of aggression toward other puppies in class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9. Tolerates collar or body harness of owner’s choice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;10. Owner can hug or hold puppy (depending on size)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;11. Puppy allows owner to take away a treat or toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRE-CANINE GOOD CITIZEN® TEST BEHAVIORS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12. Allows (in any position) petting by a person other than the owner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;13. Grooming-Allows owner handling and brief exam (ears, feet)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;14. Walks on a Leash-Follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;15. Walks by other people-Walks on leash past other people 5-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;16. Sits on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;17. Down on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;18. Comes to owner from 5-ft when name is called&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;19. Reaction to Distractions-distractions are presented 15-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;20. Stay on leash with another person (owner walks 10 steps and returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skills and Drills 2026 Session 5 (October 05, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scent Work Skills and Drills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Judi Tintera email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Diane Baylerian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for more experienced teams who want to strengthen and broaden their Scent Work skills for dogs who have a solid foundation of searching for odor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will do run-throughs on elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting), while increasing your confidence in reading your dog in more complex searches. Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Crates are required. All dogs must be crated when not working.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769282</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769282</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - 2026 Session 5 - Tuesday AM (October 06, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesdays&amp;nbsp; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: Marilyn Mannino email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for Handlers who have had some formal training in the Novice Exercises and wish to enhance what they have already learned.&amp;nbsp; You will learn how to progress towards and perfect off leash heeling,&amp;nbsp;along with the other Novice Exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class will help you to prepare yourself and your dog for competition in the Novice AKC obedience Trials. Your dog must have a reliable recall around&amp;nbsp;other dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Exercises taught:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Enhanced Heeling if your dog is ready including the Figure Eight exercise.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sit for Exam, Stand for Exam, Sit and Down Exercises, Recall.&amp;nbsp; Distractions will be&amp;nbsp; used to enhance these exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769294</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769294</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skill Building - 2026 Session 5 (October 06, 2026)</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;blockquote&gt;
    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scent Work Skill Building-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member/ $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday evenings&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Judi Tintera email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Julie Taborda email: &lt;a href="mailto:vmdhgsd@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;vmdhgsd@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none"&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will work on improving the foundational skills needed by Scent Work teams early in their Scent Work journey. (Dogs must be confidently working on odor to take this class.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Some topics that may be covered include: effective handling skills, reading your dog, building confidence and motivation, odor behavior, and hide setting. We will also discuss trial participation and practice search elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting.) Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772870</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM -2026 Session 5 (October 06, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;6 Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesday Evening 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email: &lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This class will introduce and perfect the exercises required for the Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience classes for AKC obedience competition.&amp;nbsp; You will learn heeling in proper position thru turns and pace changes, recalls including fronts and finishes, exams without moving and sit and down stays.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be repeated multiple times as most dogs require more than 7 weeks time to be proficient in all the skills being taught.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs must know how to sit and down on command, walking with you on a loose leash and be able to sit quietly at your side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dog crates are required for this class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not working in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772920</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772920</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing  2026 Session 5 (October 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member/ $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Wednesdays 8:45 AM- 10:00 AM&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Classes start on September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Susan Howard&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susanhoward2815@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 244, 249); font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0B57D0" face="Google Sans Text"&gt;susanhoward2815@gmai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;l.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director , Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;div&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.&amp;nbsp; Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.&amp;nbsp; Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open &amp;amp; Utility exercises &amp;amp; that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Dog Crates are required at every class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6774468</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6774468</guid>
      <dc:creator />
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5 (October 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp; Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class for dogs who already know the exercises for open obedience competition and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp; This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions, and bad dumbbell throws so when they get to the competition ring you and your dog will find it easier to execute the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Completion of the Competition Open Obedience class, and/or a comprehensive understanding of off leash heeling, retrieve, jumping, drop on recall and command discrimination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a dumbbell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772970</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772970</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5 (October 07, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Wednesday Evenings&amp;nbsp; 7:00-8:30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; MJ Douglas&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs that know all the exercises for Novice obedience or Beginner Novice Obedience and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp;This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions so when they get to the competition ring they will have an easier time executing the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class and/or an AKC BN title.&amp;nbsp; A comprehensive understanding of heeling on and off leash, stand or sit for exam, and a recall to front and finish.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773008</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice/Advanced Scent Work Class - 2026 Session 5 (October 08, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Novice / Advanced Scent Work Class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursday mornings 8:00 am - 8:45 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Diane Baylerian email &lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for&amp;nbsp; novice and advanced students who wish to enhance their nose work skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

      &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773069</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773069</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 9:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (October 08, 2026)</title>
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 9:15AM to 10:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (October 08, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 10:15AM to 11:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773109</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class Thursday PM -2026 Session 5 (October 08, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Thursday PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member /&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$80 Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Thursday Evenings 6:30pm-7:15pm&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Melanie Magamol&amp;nbsp; email &lt;a href="mailto:magamoll@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;magamoll@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Regina Compton&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Class is for students that have not had any prior training.&amp;nbsp; The exercises taught will be Walk on a loose leash, Sit and Down exercises, Recall, Leave it command, Teach your dog not to Jump up.&amp;nbsp; Teach your dog how to enter and exit doors.&amp;nbsp; Some distractions will be used to enhance Sit and Down stays along with the Recall and Walking on a loose leash.&amp;nbsp; House manners will also be included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5 (October 08, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursdays&amp;nbsp; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Shirley Baker email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:belgiandoglover@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;belgiandoglover@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Macy Van Cleave email:&lt;a href="mailto:mbvancleave@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;mbvancleave@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;This course is designed for the teams that have a full understanding of the rally signs 1-123.&amp;nbsp; Dogs work off leash and are able to jump the required height jump for the size of their dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will polish performances for all the rally signs focusing on the Master and Excellent levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The class will focus on execution of the signs in addition to performing master/excellent level courses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Crates are required at each class so handlers can work needed footwork and walk courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Utility Obedience Class Sunday - 2026 Session 5 (October 11, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Utility Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session&amp;nbsp; 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;$85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Sundays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Dee Chuisano email-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:dee.chuisano@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;dee.chuisano@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will focus on teaching the Utility exercises used in AKC Utility competition.&amp;nbsp; This class will provide each student with 15 minutes of private instruction.&amp;nbsp; Handlers will also help each other by putting out articles and gloves, and doing the moving stand exercise.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a set of scent articles and 3 white gloves.&amp;nbsp; See &lt;a href="https://images.akc.org/pdf/rulebooks/RO2999.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AKC Obedience Rules&lt;/a&gt; for requirements for articles and gloves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;/ $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 9:00 am to 9:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Member Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:csssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Assistant Instructor : Charles Radawich&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:echarles3504@icloud.com" target="_blank"&gt;echarles3504@icloud.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
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  &lt;div style="line-height: 28px; margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;In this class you will learn basic Obedience for a well behaved pet at home and in the neighborhood.&amp;nbsp; You and your dog will learn how to walk on a loose leash, as well as basic commands such as sit, down and come.&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769216</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Advanced Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM -2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advanced Beginner Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session:&amp;nbsp; $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 10:00 am to 10:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Classes start on August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon email: &lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor : Dottie Thompson&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/Contacts/Details/EmailOptionsTab/EmailOptionsView.aspx?contactId=60200988"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;flypa27@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This is a step towards the competition ring &amp;nbsp;for &amp;nbsp;Obedience and &amp;nbsp;Rally and prepares students for CGC/CGCA and Beginner Novice title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dog and handler have completed a Beginner Obedience class or handler has trained a dog before. Dog should be able to do a sit and down on command and does a controlled walk on leash.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;You will be working on tightening up your obedience handling skills, learn the figure 8, stand/sit for exam and work on attention along with advanced stays.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Exercises from Beginner Novice Obedience, Novice Obedience, Rally and the CGC and CGCA tests will be worked on.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Emphasis will be placed on attention and learning how to work as a team to give handlers and dogs a&amp;nbsp; good foundation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769235</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - Mon 11:00 AM 2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Monday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; &lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Carrie Solomon email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#FE9701"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs who want to compete in AKC Obedience.&amp;nbsp; The skills taught in this class will get you ready to enter an AKC Obedience trial at the Novice level.&amp;nbsp; Skills taught are: precision heeling on lead and off lead, Stand stay with a person able to go over the dog, recall from 30 ft away , fronts and finishes.&amp;nbsp; You will also learn some training games to keep the training upbeat.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be Crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="" open=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769244</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769244</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Pre- Open / Open Obedience 2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pre-Open / Open Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This class will focus on the exercises required for AKC Open Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics for proper execution of each of the exercises.&amp;nbsp; For those dogs that do not have a retrieve this is the class for you.&amp;nbsp; In this class you will teach your dog 2 different jumps the high jump and the broad jump.&amp;nbsp; For the more experienced teams they will work on proofing exercises and polishing up their performance for the ring.&amp;nbsp; All dogs must have good off leash control and be capable to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; Items covered in the class will be learning the drop on recall, position changes, retrieving and the jumps.&amp;nbsp; Varying degrees of distractions and ring pressure bases on the teams level of experience will be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Title.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;‘Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769256</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769256</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Introduction to Utility Obedience 2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to Utility Obedience&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_2, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_3;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_4;"&gt;Mondays 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_5;"&gt;Classes start on Auf 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_6;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_7;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Joanne Brettschneider email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jpstraining@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;jpstraining@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Cindy Froman email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:papicav@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;papicav@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_8;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;For the competitor just starting to train for Utility Obedience.&amp;nbsp; This class will cover how to teach your dog the exercises for AKC Utility Obedience Competition.&amp;nbsp; The class will cover the basics of Utility ring procedure. Handlers will learn how to start your dog for scent articles, directed retrieve, hand signals without voice commands, directed jumping including a go out across a 40 ft ring and the moving stand.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dogs must have good off leash control and know how to heel both on and off leash with distractions.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14;"&gt;Prerequisite:&amp;nbsp; You must have earned a minimum of 1 leg towards your AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title (CDX)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_15, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_16;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_19, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_20;"&gt;Required Equipment for the class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_21;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_22, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_23;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;1 set of articles consisting of 2 of the following sets, 6 leather articles, 6 metal articles or 6 wood articles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_24;"&gt;&lt;font color="#26282A" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_25, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_26;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3 white gloves&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_27, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_28, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_29;"&gt;A Dog Crate is required at all classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_30, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_31;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769265</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769265</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Rally Novice 2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rally - Novice 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
    &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays at 1:30 PM - 2:30PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Class starts August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Rosann Gaunt email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rosanngaunt@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rosanngaunt@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left hand corner, select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Register&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If register button not available select the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Join Waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;button.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately this means the class is full.&amp;nbsp; We will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;If you are unable to register online, please contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Class Description&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;This class will introduce you to the sport of Rally.&amp;nbsp; Rally combines various obedience skills such as sit, down and stand into a course.&amp;nbsp; It is upbeat and fun for both you and your dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will teach you how to perform the 42 novice rally signs and practice stringing them together into a course.&amp;nbsp; By the end of the class you will have learned everything necessary to enter an AKC Rally Trial at the novice level.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prerequisites:&lt;/strong&gt; Your dog must have completed a beginner Obedience class and be capable of performing sit, down, stay, and come on command and walk on a loose leash&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;A Crate for your dog is Mandatory Equipment that you will need each week at the class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 28px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;" open=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is limited to six teams&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772827</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AKC Star Puppy Class - 2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AKC Star Puppy Class 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em"&gt;
  &lt;div style="margin-left: 4em"&gt;
    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Mondays 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;Diane Bryant email&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dbryant5595@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;dbryant5595@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Regina Compton email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This class is for Puppies up to 10 Months by the start of class.&amp;nbsp; This class follows the AKC guidelines for the&amp;nbsp; Star Puppy Program. This program focuses on the bond development between puppy and owner.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy is an exciting program designed to get dog owners and their puppies off to a good start. The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Program is an incentive program for loving dog owners who have taken the time to take their puppies through a basic training class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Below is listed the 20 steps to success with your puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;20 STEPS To Success: The AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy® TEST&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OWNER BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;1. Maintains puppy’s health (vaccines, exams, appears healthy)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;2. Owner receives Responsible Dog Owner’s Pledge&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;3. Owner describes adequate daily play and exercise plan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;4. Owner and puppy attend at least 6 classes by an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5. Owner brings bags to classes for cleaning up after puppy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;6. Owner has obtained some form of ID for puppy-collar tag, etc.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PUPPY BEHAVIORS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;7. Free of aggression toward people during at least 6 weeks of class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;8. Free of aggression toward other puppies in class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;9. Tolerates collar or body harness of owner’s choice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;10. Owner can hug or hold puppy (depending on size)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;11. Puppy allows owner to take away a treat or toy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;PRE-CANINE GOOD CITIZEN® TEST BEHAVIORS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;12. Allows (in any position) petting by a person other than the owner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;13. Grooming-Allows owner handling and brief exam (ears, feet)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;14. Walks on a Leash-Follows owner on lead in a straight line (15 steps)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;15. Walks by other people-Walks on leash past other people 5-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;16. Sits on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;17. Down on command-Owner may use a food lure&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;18. Comes to owner from 5-ft when name is called&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;19. Reaction to Distractions-distractions are presented 15-ft away&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;20. Stay on leash with another person (owner walks 10 steps and returns)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769270</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769270</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skills and Drills 2026 Session 5 (October 12, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scent Work Skills and Drills&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Class: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Mondays 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor :&amp;nbsp; Judi Tintera email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Diane Baylerian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the &lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the &lt;strong&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt; button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have any trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for more experienced teams who want to strengthen and broaden their Scent Work skills for dogs who have a solid foundation of searching for odor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;We will do run-throughs on elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting), while increasing your confidence in reading your dog in more complex searches. Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;Crates are required. All dogs must be crated when not working.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769282</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769282</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - 2026 Session 5 - Tuesday AM (October 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesdays&amp;nbsp; 11:30 am - 12:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: Marilyn Mannino email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com" target="_blank"&gt;vintagedobes@tampabay.rr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for Handlers who have had some formal training in the Novice Exercises and wish to enhance what they have already learned.&amp;nbsp; You will learn how to progress towards and perfect off leash heeling,&amp;nbsp;along with the other Novice Exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class will help you to prepare yourself and your dog for competition in the Novice AKC obedience Trials. Your dog must have a reliable recall around&amp;nbsp;other dogs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Exercises taught:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Enhanced Heeling if your dog is ready including the Figure Eight exercise.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Sit for Exam, Stand for Exam, Sit and Down Exercises, Recall.&amp;nbsp; Distractions will be&amp;nbsp; used to enhance these exercises.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769294</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769294</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Scent Work Skill Building - 2026 Session 5 (October 13, 2026)</title>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scent Work Skill Building-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
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      &lt;ul&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member/ $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday evenings&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;no&lt;/span&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Judi Tintera email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:jtintera@cfl.rr.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1"&gt;jtintera@cfl.rr.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Julie Taborda email: &lt;a href="mailto:vmdhgsd@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;vmdhgsd@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;
          &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none"&gt;
      &lt;blockquote&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will work on improving the foundational skills needed by Scent Work teams early in their Scent Work journey. (Dogs must be confidently working on odor to take this class.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Some topics that may be covered include: effective handling skills, reading your dog, building confidence and motivation, odor behavior, and hide setting. We will also discuss trial participation and practice search elements used in Scent Work competitions: containers, interiors, exteriors, buried, and vehicles (weather permitting.) Practice element searches will be adapted to the needs of the class participants.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772870</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM -2026 Session 5 (October 13, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience Class - Tues PM&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 21px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;6 Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Tuesday Evening 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 1, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email: &lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This class will introduce and perfect the exercises required for the Beginner Novice and Novice Obedience classes for AKC obedience competition.&amp;nbsp; You will learn heeling in proper position thru turns and pace changes, recalls including fronts and finishes, exams without moving and sit and down stays.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be repeated multiple times as most dogs require more than 7 weeks time to be proficient in all the skills being taught.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs must know how to sit and down on command, walking with you on a loose leash and be able to sit quietly at your side.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dog crates are required for this class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not working in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772920</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing  2026 Session 5 (October 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open / Utility Obedience - Proofing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member/ $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Wednesdays 8:45 AM- 10:00 AM&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Classes start on September 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Susan Howard&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:susanhoward2815@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(240, 244, 249); font-family: &amp;quot;Google Sans&amp;quot;, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0B57D0" face="Google Sans Text"&gt;susanhoward2815@gmai&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Google Sans, Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;l.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director , Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;This class is for dog and handler teams that have a full understanding of the Open and Utility exercises.&amp;nbsp; Instruction will be offered on ways to improve and polish your performances.&amp;nbsp; Challenges will be used to assure you and your dog have a full understanding of each exercise and can work under stress and induced pressure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The class requires that you can demonstrate to the instructor that you can perform ALL Open &amp;amp; Utility exercises &amp;amp; that the dog has a solid understanding of those exercises.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Dogs MUST be capable of working off leash around other working dogs whilst being under FULL voice command”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Dog Crates are required at every class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6774468</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6774468</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5 (October 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Open Obedience Proofing Class - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seven&amp;nbsp; Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Instructor: MJ Douglas email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:Trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;Trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class for dogs who already know the exercises for open obedience competition and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp; This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions, and bad dumbbell throws so when they get to the competition ring you and your dog will find it easier to execute the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Completion of the Competition Open Obedience class, and/or a comprehensive understanding of off leash heeling, retrieve, jumping, drop on recall and command discrimination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a dumbbell.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6772970</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6772970</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5 (October 14, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novice Obedience Proofing Class - Wed PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Wednesday Evenings&amp;nbsp; 7:00-8:30pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 2, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; MJ Douglas&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:trincockers@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;trincockers@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Michelle Hodges email&lt;a href="mailto:rhodges21@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rhodges21@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;blockquote style=""&gt;
  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs that know all the exercises for Novice obedience or Beginner Novice Obedience and are getting ready to enter the competition ring.&amp;nbsp;This class will work on polishing your performance by challenging your dog to work through appropriate distractions so when they get to the competition ring they will have an easier time executing the exercises.&amp;nbsp; This class is designed to be taken multiple times as most dogs would not master the skills in just 7 weeks.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class and/or an AKC BN title.&amp;nbsp; A comprehensive understanding of heeling on and off leash, stand or sit for exam, and a recall to front and finish.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773008</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773008</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Novice/Advanced Scent Work Class - 2026 Session 5 (October 15, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Novice / Advanced Scent Work Class&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursday mornings 8:00 am - 8:45 am&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline"&gt;
      &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Diane Baylerian email &lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the Training Director, Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
      &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style="line-height: 26px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will be for&amp;nbsp; novice and advanced students who wish to enhance their nose work skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"&gt;
      &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

      &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773069</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773069</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 9:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (October 15, 2026)</title>
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 9:15AM to 10:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Excellent/Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM-2026 Session 5 (October 15, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Excellent / Master Scent Work Class 10:15 AM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="line-height: 26px; margin-left: 4em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate M&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ember / $65 Full Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Thursday mornings 10:15AM to 11:00AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which no registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Judy Leitzsch email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:frazldmom3@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124"&gt;frazldmom3@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Assistant Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Diane Baylarian email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:rbaylerian@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;rbaylerian@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you encounter difficulties in registering for the class contact the training director Betsy Powers email:&lt;font face="Open Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;This &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;class will be for students who are trialing at this level or have permission of the instructor to enter this class. We will have more advanced searches and drills to enhance their searching skills.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Dogs in this class must be competing at the excellent or Master levels or have permission from the instructor.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crates are required for this class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773109</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class Thursday PM -2026 Session 5 (October 15, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Thursday PM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      &lt;li&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member /&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$80 Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Thursday Evenings 6:30pm-7:15pm&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on September 3, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Melanie Magamol&amp;nbsp; email &lt;a href="mailto:magamoll@aol.com" target="_blank"&gt;magamoll@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Regina Compton&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:shelties0702@yahoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;shelties0702@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Class is for students that have not had any prior training.&amp;nbsp; The exercises taught will be Walk on a loose leash, Sit and Down exercises, Recall, Leave it command, Teach your dog not to Jump up.&amp;nbsp; Teach your dog how to enter and exit doors.&amp;nbsp; Some distractions will be used to enhance Sit and Down stays along with the Recall and Walking on a loose leash.&amp;nbsp; House manners will also be included.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773159</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773159</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5 (October 15, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RALLY - Master / Excellent - 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Seven Week Session: $120 Non-Member / $100 Associate Member / $80 Full Member&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Thursdays&amp;nbsp; 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Sept 3, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;NO&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;No Refunds&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor: Shirley Baker email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:belgiandoglover@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;belgiandoglover@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor: Macy Van Cleave email:&lt;a href="mailto:mbvancleave@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;mbvancleave@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;This course is designed for the teams that have a full understanding of the rally signs 1-123.&amp;nbsp; Dogs work off leash and are able to jump the required height jump for the size of their dog.&amp;nbsp; This class will polish performances for all the rally signs focusing on the Master and Excellent levels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;The class will focus on execution of the signs in addition to performing master/excellent level courses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Crates are required at each class so handlers can work needed footwork and walk courses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;" open=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#202124" face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6773990</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6773990</guid>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Utility Obedience Class Sunday - 2026 Session 5 (October 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center" style=""&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Utility Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2026 Session&amp;nbsp; 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;ul style=""&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;$85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Sundays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 30, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 after which &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; Dee Chuisano email-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:dee.chuisano@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;dee.chuisano@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have trouble registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This class will focus on teaching the Utility exercises used in AKC Utility competition.&amp;nbsp; This class will provide each student with 15 minutes of private instruction.&amp;nbsp; Handlers will also help each other by putting out articles and gloves, and doing the moving stand exercise.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Prerequisites: Your dog must have a reliable Retrieve and be able to work off lead with other dogs also off lead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Equipment:&amp;nbsp; You must have a set of scent articles and 3 white gloves.&amp;nbsp; See &lt;a href="https://images.akc.org/pdf/rulebooks/RO2999.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AKC Obedience Rules&lt;/a&gt; for requirements for articles and gloves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dog Crate is required for this class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Dogs must be crated when not in the ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769195</link>
      <guid>https://madta.org/event-6769195</guid>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5 (October 19, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM - 2026 Session 5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;/ $65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 9:00 am to 9:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Member Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026 &amp;nbsp;after which &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; registrations will be accepted&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon&amp;nbsp; email: &lt;a href="mailto:csssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Assistant Instructor : Charles Radawich&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:echarles3504@icloud.com" target="_blank"&gt;echarles3504@icloud.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;

      &lt;li&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
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    &lt;ul&gt;
      &lt;li&gt;If you have trouble registering for this class contact the training director Betsy Powers &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;

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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;Class Description:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

    &lt;p style="line-height: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;In this class you will learn basic Obedience for a well behaved pet at home and in the neighborhood.&amp;nbsp; You and your dog will learn how to walk on a loose leash, as well as basic commands such as sit, down and come.&amp;nbsp; This class teaches beginning requirements toward your dog becoming a Canine Good Citizen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769216</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Advanced Beginner Obedience Class - Mon AM -2026 Session 5 (October 19, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advanced Beginner Obedience Class -&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;Six Week Session:&amp;nbsp; $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member / $65 Full Member&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Monday Mornings 10:00 am to 10:45 am&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Classes start on August 31, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug17, 2026&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Registration closes August 21, 2026 after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Instructor: Carrie Solomon email: &lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com" target="_blank"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Assistant Instructor : Dottie Thompson&amp;nbsp; email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://madta.org/Contacts/Details/EmailOptionsTab/EmailOptionsView.aspx?contactId=60200988"&gt;&lt;font color="#2B93D1" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;flypa27@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening for you.&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;If you have problems registering contact the Training Director Betsy Powers at&amp;nbsp;

      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This is a step towards the competition ring &amp;nbsp;for &amp;nbsp;Obedience and &amp;nbsp;Rally and prepares students for CGC/CGCA and Beginner Novice title.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Prerequisites: Dog and handler have completed a Beginner Obedience class or handler has trained a dog before. Dog should be able to do a sit and down on command and does a controlled walk on leash.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;You will be working on tightening up your obedience handling skills, learn the figure 8, stand/sit for exam and work on attention along with advanced stays.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Exercises from Beginner Novice Obedience, Novice Obedience, Rally and the CGC and CGCA tests will be worked on.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#4D4D4D" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Emphasis will be placed on attention and learning how to work as a team to give handlers and dogs a&amp;nbsp; good foundation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://madta.org/event-6769235</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Competition Novice Obedience Class - Mon 11:00 AM 2026 Session 5 (October 19, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competition Novice Obedience Class&amp;nbsp;- 2026 Session 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Six Week Session: $105 Non-Member / $85 Associate Member /&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#373737"&gt;$65 Full Member&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Monday morning 11:00 am - 12:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Classes start on Aug 31, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Full Members opens Aug 10, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Associate Members opens Aug 14, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration for Non-Members opens Aug 17, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Registration closes Aug 21, 2026&amp;nbsp; after which&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;registrations will be accepted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Refunds&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; or changes after registration closes except where provided by&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="https://madta.org/By-Laws-and-Policies" target="_blank"&gt;Policy 15 "Refunds&lt;/a&gt;"&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Instructor:&amp;nbsp; &lt;font color="#373737"&gt;Carrie Solomon email:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cssolomon@outlook.com"&gt;&lt;font color="#FE9701"&gt;cssolomon@outlook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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      &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;font color="#373737" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;To register scroll to the lower left corner and select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;register&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If the register button is not found select the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;add to waitlist&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;button, the class is full we will do our best to find an opening if possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;If you have questions contact the Training Director at &lt;a href="mailto:betsyp2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;betsyp2014@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;This class is for dogs who want to compete in AKC Obedience.&amp;nbsp; The skills taught in this class will get you ready to enter an AKC Obedience trial at the Novice level.&amp;nbsp; Skills taught are: precision heeling on lead and off lead, Stand stay with a person able to go over the dog, recall from 30 ft away , fronts and finishes.&amp;nbsp; You will also learn some training games to keep the training upbeat.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;Prerequisites for this class: completion of the Advance beginner class or an AKC BN title.&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dogs must be Crated when not in the ring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family:" open=""&gt;&lt;span style="" open=""&gt;Crates are required for this class&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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