Steve

I have done my Cresteds but there is no breed listing for the xolos if you add one I will be more than happy to add them too Steve, can you add the breed ? Yep Give me the correct spelling lol Xoloitzcuintle Thanks Steve XOLOITZCUINTLE

I have done my Cresteds but there is no breed listing for the xolos if you add one I will be more than happy to add them too Steve, can you add the breed ? Yep Give me the correct spelling

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Better read the fine print too. Animal Welfare League of Qld is a non-profit, charitable organisation receiving no government funding for welfare work, relying predominantly on the community for both financial and emotional support.

250 cats in foster care and at least 30 of them with cat flu ?

Are these the ones who act as police with the same rights as the RSPCA?

I might be able to help but first. What do you mean by a non charitable shelter?

So ANKC isn't completely blameless, then? Or is it not their job to 'defend' ? I dont see there is anything to gain by affixing blame - the fact is that the way several laws are written in regard to dogs generates business for the ANKC without fair reason. If its there and it benefits them then its hardly fair to ask them to say no to help anyone else I guess. For whatever reason laws in Victoria are most definitely giving the ANKC advantages which are hard to justify.

ANKC could still have protested this and said they wanted to protect all their members, including their associates and those who don't show. If they did, and it was rejected, they should let their membership know, as its caused a lot of bad feeling with their assciate members in the past when they were excluded... I know people who left over the BSL thing, so they lost members! Yes exactly but its in the ANKC's best interest to go with it and I'm betting the only way it got in there was because of their influence.

These clubs are part of the applicable organisation because they are members of Vic dogs but unless their dogs are purebredand on the ANKC registry the dogs are not exempt. If that is the case then none of the dogs registered as Associates for competition purposes and I would imagine many dogs that have joined the Companion Dog Club would be covered, as a lot of them are cross bred or neutered. I would think that Dogs Vic would be extremely stupid to exclude such a large membership base when formulating new laws, as they are actively encouraging membership in the Companion Dog Club Yep but they are also drumming up business so only their recognised breeds are seen to be the good dogs too. Its not the ANKC which are excluding them - its the government because the dogs have to be on the Vic dogs registry to be exempt. We tried to have a go at our members being members of Vicdogs and being able to get exemptions on mandatory desexing but the dogs had to be registered on their purebred registry - not the people.

I'd think the same. That's great, Grumpette. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I would have thought the definition should be prescribed by the Government and suitably clarified, rather than granting an "applicable association" the power to set definitions that would impact the public. If they did that, then at any time VicDogs had a meeting, they could easily change their definition, which would leave many people who were encompassed into the 'elite' group (let's not forget there will be many who are undemocratically and negatively biased by this law), out of the protection they thought they had. Apart from the fact that this law shouldn't even be in any set of proposed Bill, be it this one or any future one. All that aside, it is likely/possible that the Bill will be read next week, with Parliamentary sitting commencing on Tuesday. So regardless, a response may not be available from VicDogs in sufficient time. But it would be interesting to read their response. Mind you - this is completely silly. It is a stupid law that shouldn't have been written in, in the first place and we shouldn't even have to be discussing it as though it has any merit. It's quite an insult, really. Yeah thats what we said when they wanted to make criminals of people who showed a dog which was debarked interstate without the correct paper work from their local council.

These clubs are part of the applicable organisation because they are members of Vic dogs but unless their dogs are purebred and on the ANKC registry the dogs are not exempt.

Its an absolute shameful disgrace and it ticks me off badly enough that I'm not going to shut up about it.

I think we are sorted on the Greyhound Im just waiting to hear back from the foster carer and the owner to be sure its all well.

Yep the Galah and the family are now living happily ever after in pet friendly accommodation.

Show purposes is pretty specific and certainly doesn't imply to me that any other activity is acceptable for the exemption - what a bloody joke. There are some other things too going on but I dont want to chat about them on a public forum and show our hand yet.

Doesn't sound like they gave you guidelines with clear criteria. Did they give you anything to follow? We were given the list of criteria and I spoke with the DPI several times to be sure we were covering it and we were pretty confident we had it all covered but between when we applied and when we were in the home stretch there was the registry thing in there which wasn't there in the beginning.

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Sleep? What a waste of time

We went through the whole process - took us months and right at the last minute they told us we had to keep a registry of our members DOGS.We are looking into whether thats viable or not but its not what we are about and there is something hovering which threatens ANKC members about having their dogs on another registry that we are currently checking out with our legal people.

oops sorry Vic dogs is the only one relating to dogs - there are 3 for cats.

Theoretically any group can apply to be an applicable association - BUT the eligibility criteria is very hard and last time I looked there was only one applicable association in Victoria - Vic dogs.

All other dog groups focus on the dogs - we place the focus on the people who own them. Thats why the awards are about the people and why when we set up MDBA Pacers it was about helping the people who own pets when they hit a personal or natural disaster. It is this which makes what the MDBA does different to the EDBA, ANKC and any other dog group. It is this which sets Pacers apart from the RSPCA and other animal rescue groups.

I am wondering if this section also includes VCA/DOGS VIC/ANKC sanctioned events like obedience, agility, flyball, tracking, herding etc not just conformation showing and does "membership of an applicable association" mean VCA membership AND/OR membership of an obedience club, agility club, tracking club etc. This way "associate dogs" ie neutered and cross breed dogs would be covered. This part needs to be expanded upon to ensure clarity of the law. If this is not the case then only one of my dogs is exempt as the other two are not shown yet are VCA registered, but they compete in obedience and herding, with tracking to follow later. My interpretation of the above (bolded) is that if you have the council tag in your pocket then you are exempt from the fine. Last time we applied to be an applicable association in Victoria the criteria is that you are a dog registry.It wasn't when we first applied but between us applying and them telling us we needed more info the laws had been amended.Therefore because at this time we are not a registry we cant be an applicable group to enable our members to gain exemption.I would never agree to a law that made a person who shows dogs more advantaged than one who doesn't and given that only a very small percentage of people show their dogs in comparison to those dog owners who don't its time someone pointed out they will be losing more votes than they are gaining.

But why a council tag in the first place?Why set it up so they have to give out exemptions in the first place? Surely they are not serious in suggesting that if you show your dog you are a better more responsible owner? Something stinks.