TessnSean

Entries are up at the Schnauzer show because people are able to do both that and the Royal over one weekend and be home for work on Monday.

http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=202428 I really don't think you could have a more reputable breeder. They are grieving too. I read here (DOL) every day and I really am uncomfortable with posters aways seemng to lean to the worst when they only have part of the story.

Fair enough. Going to another country won't shorten the quarantine. The only way it is useful is if the dog is coming from a place that is barred to import here. Even then, if you catch someone on the wrong day, they can still say no. AQIS would be a bit head shy after EI and what it did to horses.

I am sorry that your friends have had such tragic news. There is no way to fast track entry to Australia and nor should there be. Africa has diseases never seen in Australia and if it ended up here, the whole agricultural industry here would be decimated. It says 210 days from some places and not at all from others.

•1kg of PRO PLAN (Dog food) = 150pts •1kg of PRO PLAN (Cat food) = 350pts •1kg of BONNIE (Dog food) = 20pts So, a 17kg bag of PRO PLAN will earn 2,550 pts (17kg x 150 pts/kg = 2,550) From their website

Those fees are standard to most companies that I have dealt with. Everything that a business does has a hidden cost for their time. You have wages, insurances, utilities, offices, stationary and everything else that runs that business built in so that any action does not run at a loss. Just for the sake of the discussion, let us say it costs .25c a min. They call the person - 2 mins looking up the details and making the call. 3 mins discussing the issue. Anything from 2 mins to 10 to get the card and check the details. My most memorable was the person who turned over the house, emptied her handbag, went out to the car, checked her husbands wallet and 20 mins later remembered she had left it at the supermarket. So you find the details are correct on the card and try again while they are on the phone. Another 2 mins. Card fails again so they tell you they will make a payement and try again tomorrow. Finish call. Another 2 mins. Best case - the call cost $3 if the card goes through. Start again tomorrow. Then there is your litter who was not processed today because of chasing payments. People bounce payments - they should be penalised. I don't see that Dogs Vic should have to chase anyone.

I thought that they only had flights in the US at present. There was something about them in the papers last year. You don't check the dogs on as baggage as they travel in the plane with you.

I will let you know if I get yelled at If you went looking for a group with a low number (1, 2, 3 .... etc) you won't find it.

I have just gone to look at the show results for a breed I am interested in. Dog profile pictures show above the Show Results link, as you all know and there it was. Dog is stacked up nicely with handler crouched down,holding the stack. Not a glimpse. A full on up your skirt view of knickers At least the flowers match the outfit :D I have dropped them a line to let them know. Perhaps they are not aware. But how could you not notice something like that?

As many have said and the same for me, Jed is one of my favourite posters here. I am devastated to read this and wish her much white light and healing vibes.

Already said on another forum how sad I am for you. I really do hope that she gets to come home.

I guess we have been lucky. We have only ever had polite interaction with the public and our dogs. At one show, a couple came along and asked if their child could pat our BC boy. The look on her face when we showed her how to move her hand and get him to sit, drop and high five was priceless. She then sat on the ground cuddling him and the parents told us we had been the first people to let her pat their dog. I said that as long as you ask first, most people will say yes or no and explain why. The wife rolled her eyes, pointed out someone I recognised as a long time exhibitor and said she had yelled at the child to go away when she asked. The exhibitor was walking her dog, not waiting for a class. They had been judged earlier. They are not the first people who have said that people have been exceedingly rude when they have asked and going by the way they have approached us, I would think they have been polite. Of course there have been people who have said how nice the dog people are but it is those with the rude replies who are remembered.

We had a great time last year so we will be there

Want to be confused even more? Try opening the rules for showing on the ANKC website, effective as of Oct 09. Not a mention at all of BIG and it post dates the statement in August that Showdog posted. http://www.ankc.org.au/Regulations-1.aspx Scroll down and open the Show regulations. Says this: 7.9 Grand Champion (10/97, 4.7.2) (10/08, 5.5) (04/09) a) Using the points system as approved by the ANKC at the time, an animal will be required to attain the following qualifications to be eligible to the title of Grand Champion. 1,000 points, including: either Best in Show (minimum 50 exhibits eligible for a Challenge) or 4 Twenty-five point Challenge Certificates, (Group, BOB or Challenge) The new requirements to attain the Grand Champion title to apply to all applications lodged with Member Bodies after 1 January, 2010.

Thanks Allerzeit. I was debating with myself whether I should go and get my catalogue and check. T'was the puppy

I can tell you that Angelsun got in group (Junior I think) with her Pinscher.

I'm sorry, I don't have answers to your other questions, but to be fair, should we not then have centers set up for our members in Morwell, Sale, Bairnsdale?? I think the only way to make it fair for all is to share it around in the two locations. It wasn't passed as the resolution was invalid. The votes and comments will be sent to the Management Committee to take on board, thats all that happend, it's possible that nothing will be changed. That's what I mean! Centres throughout the state! all to benefit the members. Currently the library is in one location, museum in one location, office in one location. Maybe it is time for a complete overhaul of the services and how the services are provided to members. Afterall we are Dogs Victoria! members spread throughout the State; not just in one or two regions. By bringing and improving the access to services to members and the general public can only help lift our profile and increase our membership base, afterall it was when we took our services (shows) away from country agricultural societies and fringe suburbs in the late 1970s early 1980s that our membership numbers started to decline. .....as for the meeting I do find it interesting that two resolutions that were not Constitutional changes on the agenda for the agm had a member from Management Committee as mover or seconder...what could members read from that!!!! BTW: Any new Life Members! While I think the suggestion of Centres throughout the State would be on the top of the list in an ideal world, it is not really practical. These centres would need to be staffed and the premises leased. I know of two information places that open only 3 days per week, employ one person part time, a casual replacement for leave etc and with wages, rent, insurance, superannuation, insurance, workers comp, public liability, equipment the cheapest costs $75,000. Hence the reason both are being closed. When a big org like the AFL can not do it, how can something like Vic Dogs afford it?

I can't use the lotto breakers one as I don't have a printer connected to this PC. I am another Show Manager user. They email reminders if you have not ticked that you have sent your entries, calculate the age to the day, track your judges, show results, points. Jeremy and Ruth have built a great app.

We were next to Kanati and she was lucky to go home with Melody. My OH was smitten I thought the flies were every bit as bad as last year. That is what you get for going to dairy country and forgetting the repellant. It was hot if you were not at the front or at the back. Gazebos in the second and third rows got no airflow at all. We went last year and I am told the year before that was even hotter. I doubt we will go again. If you are thinking about this weekend then you need to book accommodation now. Next year is there 150th year for the town and there are bid events booked for that weekend. The caravan park is taking bookings now but only with a deposit.

Sorry Yarracully. I gave my my catalogues to another exhibitor when we left. Only one person there with Tenterfields and they showed two babies - bitch and a dog. Looked a bit like your avatar.

Agreed. So posters stop responding to you and replying regarding congratulations or not and get back to what the topic was. A competitor intimidating a judge and being penalised for it. Getting back on topic - it is great to see that there is a judge that is strong enough to make a complaint when they are intimidated and equally, it is terrific that the organisation has supported them and acted on the complaint.

BIS Friday night was the OES. RUIS was Cathy Scotton with Joymont Secret Mission. Can not tell you what else won. It was 1 am and I went to bed . Grp 2 AM show Sat - limited results BIG - Joymont Secret Mission RUIG - Staffie Baby - Tenterfield Junior - Cairn Ones I saw in the BIS line up were a Bichon, Cairn, Gordon Setter, Sibe. It was over 30 degrees and 88% humidity so we pulled the pin and were packing up.

Go and have a look at the Accommodation on the main page. Coburg and Craigieburn are both very close. There a few places in Westmeadows and also in Sunbury. All within 30 mins or less driving.

Visitors welcome :D There will be quite a few people looking over the dogs and they are most welcome. If you see people standing around, then feel free to approach. If they have a come or brush in hand, then wait until they have been in the ring. I will be there with a mini.

Personally, I thought the venue was great. The rings were plenty big enough and heaps of room around the rings.