Dogs Victoria Magazine - May 2019

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The Official Gazette of the Publishers, The Victorian Canine Association Inc. A00223882W Address: 655 Westernport Hwy, Skye 3977, Locked Bag K9, Cranbourne 3977 Office hours: 8.30am - 5pm (Mon-Fri) Telephone: 9788 2500 Fax: 9788 2599 Email: office@dogsvictoria.org.au Internet: www.dogsvictoria.org.au

FROM THE PRESIDENT WAYNE FLEMING The election to fill five positions on Management Committee has concluded. I would like to congratulate Julie Wills and Noeline McIlroy on being re-elected to Management Committee after their terms had expired.

Congratulations also go to Shellie Marshall, Wayne Douglas and Peter Frost on being elected to the other three vacancies, and I would also like to thank the outgoing member of Management Committee, Kylie Gilbert, for her contribution over the last 2 years. The new members take up their positions the day after the AGM which this year will be held on May 22 at Bulla.

I would like to thank those members, over 250, for participating in this round of regional forums. Whilst learning about the new code, members were also asked to provide ideas and suggest solutions for Management Committee to consider. Lots of ideas and suggestions for improvement were forthcoming and listed below are the main themes emanating from the forums.

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The need to better promote pedigree dogs and ANKC breeders.

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The need to promote membership of Dogs Victoria.

Obtaining funding from outside sources such as corporate partnerships, charities, grants, advertising etc.

The need to review the classifications of membership and obtain discounts from corporate partners.

The need to review the way Management Committee explain/advise to members any changes to regulations and codes.

The need to adopt a program to increase the participation of members as volunteers on committees and to provide more training for officials such as stewards, ticket writers, treasurers and Dogs Victoria reps How the proposed ANKC rule on DNA collection will be implemented.

The need to review the costs of the Dogs Victoria magazine.

Management Committee will work through these ideas and keep members up to date on any progress.

Just a final reminder that the AGM will be held on Wednesday 22 May at Bulla commencing at 7.30pm.

FE ATU R ES VOLUM E 86 NO.5 MAY

2 SHOW RESULTS

4 JUNIORS

RAFT NOTES

7 CONFORMATION

11 OTEC NOTES

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9 LEGISLATION

10 FROM THE VET

14 LIBRARY NOTES

16 CANINE CLASSIFIEDS

On behalf of the Dogs Victoria Management Committee, Members & Staff we wish to congratulate Destiny Hamilton on winning the Crufts International Junior Handling Competition 2019.

Photographer: Karl Donvil With thanks to Dog News Australia for supplying the photo.

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SHOW RESULTS CL ASSIC DOG SHOW 9 FE B RUARY 2019

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

General Specials Judge: Mrs G Cook (VIC) Photographer: Sally Stasytis Ph: 9730 1603

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Hound Group Judge: Mrs G Ford (VIC) 7. Best exhibit in group BEST IN SHOW: Mrs R Wallis, Mrs S Marshall & Dr G Huikeshoven’s Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen NL.FI.DK.UK.EE.LV.BNL.Ch Boom Chicago V. Tum-Tums Vriendjes (Imp NLD) 8. R unner up in group: Khayoz Kennels’ Whippet Ch Khayoz Me Myself And I

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Terrier Group Judge: Mrs P Barclay (VIC) 3. Best exhibit in group: Mr J Morris, Mrs V Morris & Ms R Price’s Fox Terrier (Smooth) Sup Ch Triplefun Noble Vision 4. Runner up in group: Mr A & Mrs J Lyon’s Staffordshire Bull Terrier Sup Ch Lionsden Royal Renegade Gundog Group Judge: Mr V McPhee (VIC) 5. Best exhibit in group: Mrs C Wright, Mrs B Wilson & Ms K White’s Weimaraner Sup Ch Weissenberg Flirt’n With Fire (Imp NZ) 6. Runner up in group: S F Crooks & G Munro’s Pointer Ch Tyeanbo Take Another Look

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Toy Group Judge: Mr J Hutchison (VIC) 1. Best exhibit in group: Miss P Trotter’s Pug Lecarne Stepping Out In Style 2. Runner up in group: Mr M Morse & Mr W Henderson’s Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Matmor Thrilled To Bits

Working Dog Group Judge: Mr K McCarthy (VIC) 9. Best exhibit in group RUNNER UP IN SHOW: Ellagant Kennels Australian Shepherd Am Gr Ch Sup Ch Copperridge’s Under Surveillance (Imp USA) 10. Runner up in group: Mrs L Allshorn’s Border Collie Aust Ch Merrinda Cruzin To The Beat Utility Group Judge: Ms P Grutzner (VIC) 11. Best exhibit in group: Ms T Kirkland & Mrs A Chester’s Pyrenean Mountain Dog Ch Annaru L Ete Aubisque 12. Runner up in group: Ms Y Chen’s Samoyed C.I.B HRV CH ITL CH SWISS CH FIN CH Sup Ch Lunasea Love Me like Money (AI) Non Sporting Group Judge: Mrs K Whitely (VIC) 13. B est exhibit in group: Miss J Laszuk & S Richards’ Xoloitzcuintle (Standard) Ch Sonderwol Legend Zap (Imp Rus) 14. Runner up in group: Ms V M Scott’s French Bulldog Cidaq Qute As

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SHOW RESULTS AUSTR ALIA DAY INTE RNATIONAL DOG CLUB INC 27 JAN UARY 2019

CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

General Specials Judge: Mr Mrs M Melchior (Luxemburg) Photographer: Sally Stasytis Ph: 9730 1603 Email: sstasyti@bigpond.net.au

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2 Hound Group Judge: Mrs I Nagasako (Brazil) 1. Best exhibit in group, BEST IN SHOW: Mr W Douglas & Dr A Tan’s Afghan Hound Int Ch Lux Ch Nld Ch SE Ch UK Ch Sup Ch Alaqadar Rigoletto (AI)

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2. R unner up in group: Ms J Walker, Mr P & Mrs K Frost’s Afghan Hound Ch Dzum Cooper Cronk

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JUNIORS

MY TRIP TO CRUFTS WR IT TE N BY D ESTINY HAM I LTON I was so proud to be representing Australia in the Crufts Junior Handling Final for the best Junior Handler in the world. I flew over with my mentor Clare Richards who has represented Australia there twice before, plus Pam Tyler and Julia Jones.

There was a dinner the night before for the 41 finalists from around the world plus parent or mentor, and each handler takes a gift over for the other 40 finalists to swap with after dinner. I received some lovely gifts.

The dinner was followed by the pre-show final practice run with the judge, which felt very strange as we had to do it minus a dog, and being first in the ring because of being in country alphabetical order it was a little daunting, but also a lot of fun.

The next morning was the day of the final and we had to be there by 9am to meet the dog I was to handle, which was a very beautiful Australian Shepherd bitch. I had approximately an hour to practice with her and then in to the first round. We then were given our swap dog to practice with and mine was the Flat Coated Retriever, which was also beautiful. Then in to the second round where the judge picked his 10 handlers but did not announce yet who they were, as all 41 were to come back in to the ring for the final that night.

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JUNIORS The judge for the final was Mr Jason Hoke (USA). All 41 came back in to the ring and he then announced his cut of the final 10 handlers which I was so happy to make. Then after moving us all again he called me out as his first place winner. I was in disbelief, just could not believe it!! I was so excited and then I was told I was the first Australian girl to ever win this honor, and the only boy to ever win was Simon Briggs over 30 years ago. I was also very excited to catch up with Brett Hamilton & Camilla who I hadn’t seen for 18 months because of them living in Sweden now, so a lot to catch up on.

The downside to the trip was I came down with a flu on the day of the final, and the next day I couldn’t even get out of bed to go back to Crufts for the presentations on the final day. I would like to thank Clare Richards so much for all of her help, plus the support team was amazing in the crowd, and to every one of you for all of your messages that I received; I really appreciated hearing from all of you - it was just amazing!

Pictured on the dais with 2nd & 3rd place winners, Mr. Jason Hoke (Judge) and Mrs. Liz Cartledge (UK) (who is the co coordinator for the Junior Handlers at Crufts)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES RISK AND ASSURANCE COMMITTEE

C A LL F E X PR E O R SSION OF IN TE R E S T

The Risk and Assurance Committee has been formed to make recommendations to Management Committee on the governance framework and processes of Dogs Victoria.

The committee is calling for expressions of interest from within the Dogs Victoria’s membership for a qualified accountant or other finance professional with experience in financial and accounting matters. The committees charter can be viewed for further information about the activities you would be a part of.

To submit your interest please send a copy of your CV to the Chief Executive.

Ph: 9788 2510 or email pa@dogsvictoria.org.au

DOGS VICTORIA MAGAZINE

WRITE FOR U S

DV Magazine - a monthly digest of all dog related topics.

We are looking for passionate writers who can help fill our glossy magazine with content that members want to read. We are looking for those that can cover topics about all our performance disciplines, conformation, training, behaviour and many other topics.

You must be able to write without bias or political agenda, make it fun and leave the members wanting more. Working to a deadline is a must.

To submit your interest please get in touch with us via email at gazette@dogsvictoria.org.au to discuss opportunities.

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RETRIEVING AND FIELD TRIALS

R AFT NOTES

INTRODUCTION TO R ATG (RETRIEVING ABILIT Y TEST FOR GUNDOGS) WR IT TE N BY: DIANN E MCC ANN Retrieving Ability Test for Gundogs has been around, under several different names, for years but for the first time under the 2011 ANKC rules a dog can now gain a title - NRA (Novice Retrieving Ability) and ORA (Open Retrieving Ability). Three passes must be attained by receiving 50% points for each exercise and at least 75% of the overall score from at least two different judges.

To date there are at least six RATG judges drawn from the Retrieving and Obedience fraternities.

The exercises are straight forward and set to allow a gundog to display, in an enthusiastic and enjoyable way, what it was breed to do. Your dog can probably do it!

Heeling The basic heeling and recall exercises are done with no lead or any type of collar on the dog, to show the judge the dog is under control before proceeding to the retrieving test. As with Retrieving, judging begins on all exercises as soon as the lead is removed from the dog.

Your dog needs to be able to heel off lead, stop at the end of an exercise and stay by your side, do a sit stay and do a recall.

Retrieving For the Novice test there will be a 50 metre retrieve followed by a 70 metre retrieve. These retrieves may be on land, in or over water. When a dog and handler eventually progress to the open there are also two retrieves but of a longer duration and may include concepts such as a double retrieve (dog sees both dummies thrown before being sent to retrieve each in a set order) or double rise (dog sees one dummy thrown, is sent to retrieve this dummy and is then sent back to the same area to retrieve a dummy that it has not seen.

All gundogs and associated gundogs are eligible to enter RATG. The associate dogs are recognized as pure breed gundogs that are either de-sexed or are without papers. They are required to apply to the RAFT committee for the issue of an approval certificate to compete.

Training We have seven (7) training area around Victoria where interested people meet.

Geelong: Helen Pownell contact; m: 0412 187 020 Alexandra: contact; Jeanne Roberts jkr48@iinet.net.au Morwell: contact; Roz Buckley weilanderweis1@gmail.com m: 0404 565 255 Sale: contact: Lionel Light ph: 5143 2802 Albury: contact; Jackie Price concept27@hotmail.com prefers text: 0410 458 991 KCC Park: contact; Dodo Kelly dodok9@fastmail.com.au m: 0409 028 200 Shepparton/Echuca: contact; Gordon Horgan wanfieldservices@bigpond.com m: 0419873157 For more info www.retrievingaustralia / Retrieving Australia Facebook / RAFT Faceook

Dogs Victoria RATG dates 2019 May 5

Gippsland Retrieving Club

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Weimaraner Club

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German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Victoria

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Gippsland Obedience Dog Club

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Golden Retriever Club of Victoria

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Flatcoated Retriever Association

RATG is a great social event that your gundog will love.

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CONFORMATION

CONFORMATION CORNER WR IT TE N BY: JASON MOOR E Hello and welcome to the May edition of the Conformation Corner!

We’re well and truly into the year now, and May brings us another bumper month of shows to go to. It’s the last month of several country show weekends before winter truly sets in, so I hope you can at least get to one of these shows and explore our great outdoors.

With shows on in Mildura, Colac, Albury, Shepparton, Euroa, Seymour and Geelong, it gives the exhibitors a plethora of choices to show our dogs in different environments and see other areas of this great state.

The other week, I read on social media a discussion on the venue split of shows over the Easter and ANZAC day weekend, with members wanting to know why there are more shows at Bulla as opposed to KCC park. This quickly descended into a full-on debate as to which grounds should take precedence. Regularly I hear exhibitors complain about too many shows on at Bulla and at KCC Park, some exhibitors will only show at one venue and not the other, with exhibitors complaining about the distance to travel and the tolls each way etc.

I do wonder why there is such a carry on, no one is forcing you to go to these shows. I think it’s wonderful that we have two facilities we can attend and I’m at both regularly. I don’t have any preference for one over the other and hope we can keep both in the future. We as exhibitors have choice, we can show where we like. I personally enter shows based on three key elements – judge, date and location. I will enter my dogs under judges that I respect and whose opinion I value. I need to be free on that date (I work full time so I rarely get to attend shows on weekdays), and if the show is in location I can easily get to, I’ll drive (my limits is usually within the confines of Victoria). I don’t mind paying for fuel or for tolls if I go to those shows. This is my hobby and I enjoy my social day out with my friends, family and beloved dogs.

the Western Freeway. I found that interesting, was it because they preferred the grounds? To be honest, I felt these exhibitors wanted to travel further to specifically show under the Bunyip judges as they all won a prize.

Therefore I think this proves that no matter where your show is located, if you can put on a great show with good judges and great atmosphere the exhibitors will come. I don’t think it simply comes down to location alone, therefore this tired debate of KCC Park v Bulla needs to stop as exhibitors will travel. As the saying goes, build it and they will come.

On a lighter note, I want to make special mention to the Caulfield & District Kennel Club who are conducting their championship Show on Saturday 25 May. This will be their 90th Anniversary as running as a dog club, a magnificent achievement. And I hope as many exhibitors can attend this show and celebrate this historic event.

Whilst we face an environment of declining entries and clubs folding, we need to work together to preserve and continue these historic clubs into the future. That’s the main reason why I decided to join the Caulfield & District Kennel Club, these clubs are the links to our past and forms the bones of our hobby. Congratulations to everyone who’s been involved in the committee of the Caulfield & District Kennel Club, both present and past on reaching this amazing milestone. I hope the next 90 years are as good as the last!

Anyway, I hope you can all consider some of my thoughts, and thanks again for reading the Conformation Corner. If you wish to have anything covered in this article, then please let me know.

Until next time, Jason Moore

I honestly didn’t understand, nor did I get involved with debates surrounding venue alone, as I believe that exhibitors will attend a show regardless of location. I think the Bunyip show held on Sunday 24 March proved this, as I was watching a live stream of Best in Show, I noted 3 of the Best in Group winners lived closer to Ballarat (where Sovereign City Kennel Club held a show that exact same day). Yet they still decided to venture to the other side of Melbourne, they travelled further to another show as opposed to just heading up www.dogsvictoria.org.au

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GET INVOLVED:

AGILIT Y

What Is Agility?

Agility is the FAST, FUN and EXCITING sport of a handler directing a dog around a course of obstacles to beat the clock. In competitions, the course is set by a judge with the aim of the handler having the dog complete the course within a time and with no faults.

The course will consist of various jumps, tunnels, elevated walks, weave poles, an A-Frame, and a see-saw of which must be completed in the correct manner.

Who Can Do Agility?

Anyone who loves playing with their dog can do agility - Agility is not restricted to age or mobility! Handlers can be children or the older generation, and even some mobility aides are accepted too.

Agility, and its companion activity, jumping are structured for dog owners with all levels of skill and physical ability and provide the opportunity to attain more enjoyment from dog ownership. During actual agility and jumping trials there are several levels of competition ranging from novice level to suit dogs new to the sport to master level for more experienced dogs.

There are also jumping competitions at the basic level that include only jumps and tunnels which gives the opportunity for dog owners to join in the fun of trials soon after they begin teaching their dog the sport.

What Are the Benefits?

Participation in agility training or trialling is great fun.

It enables you to provide a release for the energy of your pet and yourself in a way that can be much more interesting and exciting than simply taking your dog for a walk. It helps your family pet to become more responsive to you and also helps you to gain more control and have a more obedient dog. Agility is an exciting way to enhance your leisure time with your dog.

Can I compete in Agility and receive awards?

Competitions are held at state and national levels and are structured in a similar manner to equestrian events.

The judge designs and sets up the ‘obstacle course’, measures its length and after considering the degree of difficulty calculates a standard time in which the course should be completed by the dog. Each competing dog has to run the course within the set time, negotiate all the obstacles in the correct order and correct manner in order to avoid receiving course or time penalties.

How Can I Get Involved?

Most dog clubs or training schools will provide agility lessons for dogs over 6 months of age. Attending an Agility trial or volunteering to help is a wonderful way to attain an understanding of the sport too.

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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE

LEGISLATION NEWS SUB M IT TE D BY: LEG ISL ATION COM M IT TE E The Legislation Committee was formalised in April 2018 with the purpose of providing advice and strategic recommendations to the Management Committee around proposals for and responses to: • proposed changes to Victorian legislative requirements for the keeping and breeding of dogs, • proposed changes to Applicable Organisation (AO) requirements, • amendments to Dogs Victoria (DV) rules and regulations that may be required due to the above, • the emerging legislative landscape across Australia as it relates to the keeping and breeding of dogs; and • maintaining a dialogue on the above with members of parliament and government departments.

This small but active committee has had a busy year fulfilling these responsibilities, and many recommendations have been made. Recommendations that have been accepted by Management for further work have included; • DV’s response with short timeframe to Animal Welfare Victoria (AWV) re DV’s position on new Domestic Animals (DA) Regulations for AO and Commercial Breeder reporting requirements and associated costs, and separately re proposals relating to the Pet Exchange Register (PER), in the form of suggested answers for the PER survey.

• Recognition of titre testing regimes per World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) in lieu of mandatory vaccination, and reducing the requirement for annual vaccination to reflect Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) recommendations, • Development of a DV position statement based on evidence based research rebutting the RSPCA’s lobby for mandatory desexing, • Development of a proposed training package for members to outline changes to the DV Codes of Practice. This was a Ministerial AO requirement and was delivered via YouTube and a supporting document for members, • Informed Voter Campaign during the Victorian election, with messaging inspired by AKC and The Kennel Club. Leveraging off the AKC and The Kennel Club’s approach to position as preservation breeders, highlighting rare and vulnerable breed challenges,

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Alternatives to explore with the Minister for DV members relating to outstanding concerns with the DA Act, Planning Laws limitations and overlap with the DA Act and AO, research and development of issues that members face in relation to local laws,

We have also provided supporting materials to assist the CE and incoming President relating to outstanding concerns and recommended options in preparation for meeting with AWV. The Committee’s focus for 2019 already includes plans to undertake further work for consideration of Management re: • issues relating to the definition of fertile female.

More work is needed with policy makers to achieve an understanding that for DV members there is not necessarily a correlation between owning an entire bitch and the production of a litter or breeding to a volume, • supporting breeders who have rare, vulnerable or endangered breeds, • challenges around Breeder Terms relating from the PER and Planning Laws, and possible legislative amendments required to support this for AO members, • opportunities for co‑regulation in accordance with Action 4.5 of the Victorian Government Animal Welfare Plan, and • participation in the heralded review of the POCTAA.

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FROM THE VET

SUBINVOLUTION OF PL ACENTAL SITES WR IT TE N BY: D R M IC HAE L B E LL

What is it?

It is a delay in the process of placental degeneration and reconstruction of the uterus lining that normally occurs after whelping and is most commonly seen in bitches over 3 years of age. Normally the placental sites involute gradually and the uterus returns to normal by 3 months after parturition.

How Does it Occur?

The reason for the condition is unknown, but is unlikely to be from either abnormal influences or a bacterial infection. What we do know is that not all placental sites are affected, and that the cells lining the uterus at the placental promptly after birth, however where sub involutional placental separation occurs these cells persist.

What Signs do Affected dogs Show?

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longer than 5 weeks after whelping. In cases where the discharge has been long term the bitch maybe mildly anemic from the blood loss. When looking at a vaginal smear the cells seen reflect anestrus.

How Are Affected Dogs Treated?

In a lot of cases the condition goes into remission spontaneously, although this may take several months to occur. Reagitate antibiotics are not usually required, although it is important to keep the valvar area clean to avoid the development of secondary uterus infection In cases where there is a secondary anemia from prolonged bleeding iron supplementation maybe required.

In cases where there is severe blood loss or where the bitch will be retired from future breeding, de-sexing should strongly be considered.

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OBEDIENCE, TRACKING & ENDURANCE

OTEC NOTES WR IT TE N BY: DAWN HOWAR D The trialling season in Victoria is now in full swing. The first open obedience and rally trial was conducted in March by the Gordon Setter Club, and it was held in very trying hot conditions, which it must be noted, that the club handled very well. Luckily the temperature never reached 35 degrees during the trial, which is the cut off for OTEC’s extreme weather policy.

This was followed by the GSDCV’s, restricted to breed obedience and rally trial. Some excellent work from some great teams. Good to see veteran trialler, Andrew Saliba back in the ring with a new dog. True to form he came up with a great score of 199. The standard was so high that Paul Kulhawec came up with a score of 198 in the same class.

The following week Southern Obedience Dog Club held a double obedience and rally trial. One of the highlights came from the novice ring where Minh Dang and his beautiful little dog Millie put in a wonderful performance to gain a perfect score of 200. I was lucky enough to watch the run. It was stunning. This team were placegetters for CCD in the 2018 DV Top Obedience Dog of the Year competition. Great to see this sort of work, coming from the Novice ring. High hopes for the future.

A highlight of the year so far, was the Nina Bondarenko behaviour and training seminars presented by Dogs Victoria - I was privileged to gain a working spot and learnt a lot. Bravo Dogs Victoria!

FOO’s autumn season is off to a great start with lots of enthusiastic helpers. Unfortunately, we had a problem when we went to turn on the lights on the first night.

By the time we had worked out the situation, we had minutes of daylight to get the rings down and the equipment in. Luckily most rings were nearly finished, and the group exercises were completed under the lights on the veranda. Thank you to the people who quickly jumped in to assist at short notice. Prompt action was taken by Dogs Victoria. The first night of the Autumn season has been eventful over the years, heat has cancelled it twice.

Not to be deterred the trainee judges and their trainers turned out, along with a bevvy of wonderful teams who braved the conditions to assist in our very vital judges training. Thank you to all our volunteers.

Talking about volunteers, the KCC Park Facilities Committee held a working bee in March. It was well attended and lots of cleaning and tidying was done.

I recommend that members of the obedience group volunteer for the next one. Not only will you meet new people, you can learn more about the facilities that we use most days at the Park.

On a more serious note

Due to incidents that have occurred recently the following reminders apply: Be aware of your dogs at all times. Even the friendliest dog can unexpectedly lunge at another dog and scare it.

Be aware of dogs around you when entering and leaving the trial ring. People often crowd the entrance especially when leaving the ring.

And very importantly be very aware about what you say on social media. It is very easy to spread misinformation. Dogs Victoria takes the whole issue very seriously as we all should. Don’t write anything that you would not say face to face. Don’t write anything that you would not like said about yourself. Just think before you type.

Happy training and trialling Dawn Howard

The annual OTEC Judges Training workshop was held in March and what a day it was. After a week of perfect weather, the situation changed dramatically. A cold front brought squalls of rain and hail and chilly conditions. www.dogsvictoria.org.au

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SEMINAR SERIES IN REVIEW N INA BON DAR E N KO BA, AABP, IAABC, ABTC; Behavioural Consultant, Coach, TV Presenter, Lecturer, Author of “Hearts, Minds and Paws”, Artist, Diabetic Alert Dog Trainer, Featured in BBC 1- “The Doghouse” , Channel 4” - “Pedigree Chums”, ITV- Barking Babes Nina presented three very well attended seminars at KCC Park on the 20th, 21st and 22nd March which emphasised theory behind a scientific approach that stressed choice for the dog and consistent rewarding of desired behaviours with timed releases.

Because of the wide variety of topics Nina covered in her discussions and as a trainer, I could never do her presentations justice. Suffice to say, Nina has worked with the army, air force, police, zoos, diabetic and medical emergency alert dogs, assistance dogs and a variety of animals such as dingoes, chickens, horses, emus, rodents, and trained for a wide variety of canine sports, including for the show-ring, puppy training and selection, and training for film, television and the list goes on. Nina is highly sought after across the globe as a private trainer and is highly regarded by her peers.

Dogs with high levels of generalised anxiety and others with specific fears were over represented by those who brought their dogs to the course and the approach towards behaviour modification was easily demonstrated. The use of a very long lead for generalised anxiety provided freedom for the dog to move where it wanted to within a given area that became familiar to the dog. Familiarity and freedom were the focus in developing a level of confidence that would be repeated in a variety of settings to grow confidence.

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Nina stressed her training strategies have changed significantly over the years and are constantly evolving; attendees at the workshops would testify that she uses only gentle methods where rewarding the dog has a very high priority. Food and verbal confirmation of achieved goals was fundamental to Nina’s approach.

Excellent tips on averting undesirable behaviour such as barking were easily understood and I quickly received feedback from members about the success they are having.

Attendees said they very much enjoyed interacting with Nina who was approachable, friendly and encouraging.

Her explanations and dog sounds were entertaining and quite humorous which made for a very enjoyable experience.

Many thanks to all those who attended and supported Dogs Victoria in this workshop. It was a pleasure for the Education Sub-Committee to offer something new to our members. We hope that Nina will return next year and undertake further workshops and possibly present to our country members.

Wendy Johnson Education Sub-Committee

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IN THE LIBRARY

LIBR ARY NOTES WR IT TE N BY: C L AR E HO DG ES It seems amazing that by the time you read this we will be at the end of autumn. Hopefully the library will be open and in full operation again and our first lot of new titles will be on the shelves. The new shelving labels paid for by a grant from Frankston Council will be on the shelving and the new cabinet kindly funded by the Pyrenean Mountain Dog Club of Victoria Inc should be in place. We are very fortunate that a number of clubs have donated funds for the library over recent months and we are grateful for the support.

We are still looking for royal catalogues and interstate gazettes as well as some NZ gazettes and UK breeder’s supplements if you have any you would care to donate. We are very close to having complete sets of gazettes for many states but some editions still elude us! We also need royal catalogues for most states from the last 5 years if you have them sitting collecting dust or are having a clear out think of us!

NOW ONLINE THE L AURIE LUXMOORE LIBR ARY IS NOW ACCESSIBLE WORLDWIDE .

Behind the scenes the Library Committee have been working on a major project to have KCC journals digitised on Trove.

Trove is an Australian online library database program and free faceted-search engine hosted by the National Library of Australia.

It is one of the most well respected and accessed GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) services in Australia with over 70,000 daily users.

It is a major accomplishment to have our journals available on Trove. You can even search your dog’s family history too.

If the only thing you do today is check out these titles, you’ve spent the day wisely.

K.C.C. Kennel Gazette (1932-1962) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-760030452 Dogs (1962-1969) http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-760030643

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CLASSIFIEDS MAGA ZINE R ATES & SPECIFICATIONS

FRONT COVER ART WORK REQUIREMENTS $346 (193 x 264mm + 5mm bleed)

Covers Inside Front $1085 Inside Back $1085 Outside Back $1085 (193 x 264mm + 5mm bleed)

Please supply the following details that will appear on Page 1.

No other details will be accepted.

Full Page - Mono (193 x 264mm + 5mm bleed) Member: $303 Commercial: $760

• Only one image permitted per cover.

• Photographer’s name cannot be published on the front cover.

• Sponsor’s logos are not permitted on the cover.

• Dogs Victoria reserves the right to decide in its absolute discretion to edit and/ or change the image submitted for the front cover.

Half Page - Mono (173 x 120mm) Member: $178.25 Commercial: $545

• Breed of Dog Registered Name of Dog Registered Owner/s of Dog Photographed by (if copywrite needs to be acknowledged).

Quarter Page - Mono (85 x 120mm) Member: $94 Commercial: $325

• Digital Shots: Minimum 274mm high x 203mm wide at 300DPI. • Portrait format ONLY will be accepted for the front cover.

Canine Classifieds - Mono Twelfth Page (56 x 50mm) Commercial $109

• A mple border space around the dog (including left, right and above).

• N o person or part of person to be in any part of the photograph (leash is acceptable).

Website rates & Specifications Square (450px x 325px): $55 per month Horizontal Strip (920px x 245px): $75 per month

• Either full body shot or head shot.

Kindly note we require 7 days notice to place an advert on the site.

ART WORK REQUIREMENTS

We accept artwork via email or on disc in the following formats: • High resolution TIFF - all artwork must be 300 dpi.

• High resolution PDF - 300dpi.

• All artwork to be supplied in CMYK. • In Design document and files - images and fonts MUST be included. on the CD or in a zip/stuffit archive if emailed.

• 5mm bleed on all full page artwork.

• Artwork charges will apply if completed artwork is not supplied on application.

DESIGN

Charge rate: $70/hour • We don’t accept the following file formats: Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Publisher, CorelDraw, Pagemaker or QuarkXPress.

• True type fonts are not accepted.

POLICY ON PUBLISHING OF CONFORMATION/ OBEDIENCE PHOTOS All photos are to be landscape only: • Sponsor’s logos are not to be included in photo.

• Photographer’s name is not to be included in photo.

• Photos to be 100mm x 75mm with a dpi of 300.

• Details of judges, owner, breed, dog’s name, photographer’s name, type of event, number of entries, club name and date of event to be included on CD in word document format.

• Dog should take up the majority of the photo, not handler and/or sponsors product.

CANINE CL ASSIFIEDS ADVERTISE IN THE CANINE CL ASSIFIEDS

• CD with photos and word document text should be sent to Dogs Victoria as soon as possible after the event.

Contact korr@dogsvictoria.org.au to advertise or for further information.

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INNOVATIVE & FUNCTIONAL TARGETED DIETS GRAIN

GMO

GLUTEN

GI ISSUES

Dermatitis Diabetes Food Aversion IBD Joint Health Pregnant & Lactating Bitches Not suitable for all types of diabetes.

Prime100 SPD™ ZeroG™ is a range of specially formulated dry dog foods, each featuring a single meat protein – Chicken, Kangaroo, or Salmon – with added herbs, vegetables, vitamins and minerals.

Available in a 2.2kg and 12kg packs from Petstock, My Pet Warehouse and independents stockists.

We worked with leading specialists to ensure ZeroG™’s innovation is scientifically proven to provide targeted benefits to dogs with certain indications that most other dry foods cannot alleviate.

Visit our website to find your nearest stockist and see the complete range of Prime100’s Australian all natural pet food.

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DOGS VIC TORIA

SEMINAR SERIES 2 0 19

DV EDUCATION COMMIT TEE AD (STILL TO COME)

D ogs Victoria will be proudly respresenting a series of seminars, workshops and events featuring outstnding topics and presenters. Stay tuned for information!

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