Each Obreedience team must comprise of four handlers and four dogs of the same breed who take part in two rounds of competition, including a round of heelwork performed together as a group and then four set exercises including a retrieve, a ‘send to bed’, commanding the dog to stop, and a scent exercise.

There are around fifteen heats a year taking place all over the country, and Teams gain points depending on their placings from 1^st – 10^th at each heat.  At the end of the year ten teams are invited to compete at the Crufts Grand Finals.

The first team of Manchesters to compete in Obreedience were the Ratcatchers who blazed a successful trail before their retirement in 2019.  The current Team, MRU (formally Manchesters Reunited) formed in 2017 and have enjoyed considerable success finishing 1^st, 4^th, 2^nd and =2^nd in the Grand Finals in consecutive years from 2022 to 2025.