Ochlockonee River Kennel Club

Oct. 1987: ORKC was incorporated as The Gadsden County Kennel Club

1988-1991: Conformation and obedience matches were held to gain AKC approval – Hosted the very first Canine Good Citizen Test in the country at one of our matches.

1992: Name was changed to Ochlockonee River Kennel Club of Florida, Inc. (ORKC) per AKC’s requirements and approval was given to start holding AKC Sanctioned Pointed Dog Shows.

Oct. 1992: First conformation show/obedience trial held in Albany, GA, in conjunction with the Thronateeska Kennel Club.

Feb. 1993: Hosted our first AKC Sanctioned Pointed Dog Shows and Obediece Trials at the N. Florida Fairgrounds in Tallahassee.

1993-1998: Continued hosting our conformation show/obed. trials in Albany, GA, in October and Tallahassee, FL in February. 

Feb. 1998: Instigated and donated the money to put up the fencing to create the first dog park in N. FL at Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee for area dog owners.

Oct. 1998: Purchased  Purchased and restored the Merritt Lane property for the ORKC Club House and 2 acres grounds in Havana, Florida.

June 1999: Started preliminary agility activities and building agility equipment.

June-Aug.2000: Held the first agility B match followed by our agility A match to gain AKC approval.

Feb. 2001 & 2002: Held the first AKC Sanctioned agility trials in the North Florida area in conjunction with our February conformation dog show and obedience trials.

Feb/ 2003/4/5: ORKC hosted our first back to back conformation shows/obedience trials/ agility trials at the North Florida Fairgrounds.

Feb.2006: Added rally to the obedience portion of the ORKC Dog Show therefore added another dimension to the conformation show/obedience-rally trials/agility trials.

Feb. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013:  ORKC hosted back to back conformation shows and agility trials adding a new dimension of agility called Jumpers with Weaves.

Feb. 2012, 2013, & 2014:  ORKC hosted 4 days of conformation shows with Greater Panama City Dog Fancier’s Association (GPCDF). ORKC offered 3 days of AKC Agility trials.

Feb. 2015: ORKC hosted a single day of obedience and rally trial, 4 day of conformation shows with GPCDF, 3 days of agility trials and added lure coursing which is another dog activity to our show.

June 2015: Hosted Barn Hunt Fun Day qualifying ORKC as an approved Barn Hunt organization.

August 2015:  Okaloosa Kennel Club joined the ORKC and the Greater Panama City Dog Fancier's Association to create a 5 day cluster show begining 2016.