Dracdog

I had a Kelpie when I was a kid that would wee on Dad whenever he ould go crook at me

I may be wrong but don't Qld already have 3 extra Conformation Awards, Gold, Silver & Bronze?

I have just been looking at the website and found this notice about the new constitution. It sounded important when I read it so I thought I'd post the link. www.dogsqueensland.org.au/News.aspx?id=346

I used to ride my pushie to work at night and carried one of those clear plastic cap guns. Don't know if it was the sound of the caps or the flash or both that did the trick.

Just a quick question did you have permission to post the email? Not truing to stir anything up I thought you needed permission to post emails

It depends on the breed as well, for some breeds i think the minimum age for breeding is around the 18 month mark

Only problem with some of the suggestions is that you cannot use place names. What about Newlabland. Rosenthlillys, comminuproses,

Rusty

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I think the last breed developed in Australia to be recognized was the Tenterfield Terrier. Going from memory there would have been abou 1/2 a dozen from OS in the last few years

My Sheltie is a laugh, refuses to walk in the rain but has no problem chasing down a ball if you throw it out into it.

I have just heard on the grapevine that Barbara Norman (Waglett) a long time Lab breeder died on the weekend. My thoughts go out to her family at this time.

I have just found out that apparantley the big front Gate at Durack was pinched the other night. Those gates are Huge and would have taken a fair bit to steal.

I think they also look too see if any dogs have the name. That may be classifide as too common if there are a few.

I found this in the Qld Rule Book 30.where an Agricultural Show clashes with a Breed Club Show within 100 Km. of the CCC(Q) Dog Showgrounds at Durack, no Challenge Certificates will be awarded at the Agricultural Show for that breed

Are you talking for an Ag show or National?

We had a similar situation and ended up planting boganvillia all along the fence but they where hanging ovet their veranda teasing them so I planted a mature thorny lemon tree at that spot. One or 2 pricks from it and they stopped trying. They tried to put a complaint to council about the tree but got nowhere as the tree is inside my boundry.

Where did you hear about this. I asked the office the other day about the age and was told that it was remaining the same. I looked on their website when I read this post and there is nothing there yet.

Any ANKC associate can compete in obedience and agility. Outside of Qld, that's been the case ever since I became involved. How is that ia "privilege"? You pay your money, you register your dog and you are entitled to enter alongside any other ANKC registered dog. But that has not always been the case. As in Qld the powers that be made the decission to allow them in. They could have easiely gone the other way.

How could I register my rescue dog Digby, who is 60 kg of mastiff muscle with the working Kelpie association My other rescue dog is a non-pedigree Great Dane so I would imagine having trouble registering her with a working dog association. I love my rescue dogs and will be having more in the future. Lucky I'm not in QLD! Quite simply you cannot because they are not working Kelpies or a working breed, The same as if you had a Peddigree Great Dane you couldn't enter a Chihuahua club show it's not the right breed. The Working dog associations produce Pedigrees for their members who breed Kelpies for example, from Working Lines. An Associate registered dog can compete in everything a Sporting Registered dog can except for Herding unless they go the step further.

The overwhelming majority of crossbred dogs are not eligible for the Sporting Register. I don't think the ANKC needs to hide its head in shame about its primary function of purebred dog promotion. I have never heard it expressed that Associates are "privileged" to be allowed to compete in ANKC dog sports. That may be the attitude in Qld, but it sure ain't here. The way I read the Rules the reason for Crosses not being eligable for the Sporting Register is thay cannot be registered with one of the Kindred associations Eg Working Kelpie Association. If an Associate registered dog wants to do Herding then they do the test and go onto the Associate Register Herding. If you are allowed to participate in something that you perviously weren't and realy don't have to be, it is a Privilege.

Ah Qld.. what can you say. As I said, this is not the case in other states. No wonder non ANKC agility flourishes in Qld. Don't forget though that the Controling bodies are primeraly Peddigree Dog organizations. Their main function is to promote Pedigree Dogs so if you wanted to get tecnical it is a privilage for these nonpedigrees to be allowed to compete at all. The Sporting Registed is differant because the dogs are registered with a kindred working body, They don't need to be desexed and you can put more than one or two on it.

However if they made a law that limited the amount of inbreeding to what is considered safe in humans, I would support that across all breeds. I think that would be a good step in the right direction and would prefer that the ANKC made the change without the RSPCA having to make it a big pulbic welfare issue and a law. Correct me if I am wrong but isn't it already in place that you cannot breed imediate family. mother son, father daughter, brother sister? I am pretty sure it has been in Qld since about mid last year and is being taken up nationaly this year.