Midwest Obedience and Rally Cups

Today’s special award announcement:

𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐠 in each Cup will receive a copy of The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture by Max von Stephanitz, donated by Kelly Winkie.

If you, your club, kennel or business are interested in supporting this special inaugural event, please message for more info!

Happy Monday! Who’s ready for another special award announcement?

This morning we are thanking Next Level Counseling and Wellness for their donation to Obedience and KBT Pet Services for their donations to Rally: $100 cash to the 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠 (All American or purebred), courtesy of Kristina Pomagier.

Would you like to honor a special breed or group? Or maybe just a special type of team, like a senior dog, bred by exhibitor, or contribute to placement prize packages? Message us for more info!

🐾 Today’s special award announcement 🐾

A $50 cash prize is offered for 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐫 in each event, courtesy of Happy Tails Ranch owner Amy Bieri.

More special awards to come, and sponsors are still being accepted, dm for more info!

It’s time to start announcing some of our special awards!

In addition to a special rosette offered by HTRWCG, a cash prize will be offered to the 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 in each event, sponsored by Lydia Czaja in memory of Boudica von Isengard IPO1 CD RE.

Do you or your club have a special breed or group you’d like to honor, or does your business have items or services they’d like to donate to our prize packages? Message us!

The 2026 home of the Midwest Obedience Cup, and Midwest Rally Cup is scenic and beautiful Cantigny park in Wheaton Illinois.

The year’s show field is full of clean, level space.  The entire show space will be fenced in and the rings for the Cups will be standard accordion style ring gating.

Opening date coming soon!

From now until our event in September, we will be taking time to thank the sponsors who graciously donate goods or services to bring an extra layer of excitement to this event with special prizes and awards.

The winner of each cup will receive a gift certificate for Max 200 Performance Dog Equipment. A heartfelt thank you to Max 200 for their support!

Do you have a breed that is special to your heart? Or a special category of dog and handler team that you feel deserves recognition? Perhaps you would like to honor the memory of a special dog or your business would like to express their support of dog sports.  we are currently accepting sponsors for both Cups! Please message us for more info.

Proudly announcing the first annual

🏆🏆Midwest Rally Cup🏆🏆

When: Sunday, September 6th, 2026

Where: Cantigny Park, Wheaton IL

The Midwest Rally Cup is an exhibition event held at the Great American Dog Show. This 30 station mega course will be judged to AKC regulations by AKC judge Joni Monnich. This exciting and challenging event will allow exhibitors to showcase this fun and engaging sport to the public as well as allow exhibitors to win special prizes and awards.

Entry limit of 30 dogs.

Opening and closing dates coming soon!

Proudly announcing the first annual

🏆🏆Midwest Obedience Cup🏆🏆

When: Saturday, September 5th, 2025

Where: Cantigny Park, Wheaton IL

The Midwest Obedience Cup is an exhibition event being held at the Great American Dog Show. This event is outdoors and will consist of a variety of exercises from the Novice, Open, and Utility levels. It will be judged per AKC Obedience Regulations by AKC Judge Loretta Lazzara.

This special event will offer a special prizes and awards that will be announced in the coming weeks.

Entry cap will be 30 dogs.

Open/closing dates coming soon.

We hope that you will join us to showcase this beautiful precision sport to the public in a fun and challenging environment!

⭐️ Welcome! ⭐️

Happy Tails Ranch Working Group club, with the cooperation of the International Kennel Club, is proud to announce for the first time ever these special exhibition events to be held in conjunction with the Great American Dog Show September 5th and 6th at beautiful Cantigny Park in Wheaton, IL.

This is the official page for both of these events, and the place to find updates, information, results and more.

Please follow, like, and share this page with all of your AKC obedience and rally loving friends. There is so much more exciting information coming as early as later this evening.