News and updates

In recent weeks the Dogs Australia Administration has been receiving considerable correspondence from clubs, through their Member Body, protesting decisions when they have been notified that, in the approvals for Canadian Judges for their shows that the judges are not approved by the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) to award Challenges at Championship shows to some breeds. Many of the reasons for the protests are anecdotal and based on past approvals. Dogs Australia has contacted the Canadian Kennel Club in the past few days and has received the following advice:

“In accordance with our policies, CKC licensed Conformation Judges are not permitted to judge CKC recognized breeds or listed breeds that they are not licensed to judge.

This applies in Canada as well as any other country.

If there are breeds in Australia that are not recognised by the CKC or considered a listed breed, then it would be up to Dogs Australia to determine if the judge is eligible to judge those breeds.

In summary, CKC licensed judges are permitted to judge in foreign countries and issue Challenge Certificate for championship points for breeds that they are licensed to judge in Canada.

For breeds that are not recognised in Canada, it would be up to the foreign governing body to determine if the judge is eligible.

Our expectation is that the foreign governing body would communicate with the CKC and request judging qualifications or at the very least, use the CKC website “Find A Judge”.

At its meeting on Wednesday 31 January 2024, the Board of Directors unanimously resolved as follows:-

THAT first time Trainees entering the 2024/2025 Conformation Judges Education Program be given an exemption from the Group Entrance Examination for this Program (year) only.

Therefore, as there will be no examination – NO fee is required.  Aspiring Judges will only be required to complete the amended Application Form to enter the 2024/2025 CJEP as an Aspiring Judge and meet the required criteria.

The amended Application Form can be found here.

* Once the Aspiring Judges Group Entrance Application has been accepted, the Trainee will then be required to enrol in the 2024/2025 Conformation Judges Education Program and pay the relevant fee/s by the due date (9 February 2024).

Due to the extreme temperatures that are predicted for Australia Day, Friday 26 January, the DOGS NSW Library & Archives Committee Australia Day Show has now been moved to the following day, Saturday 27 January at DOGS NSW Grounds, 44 Luddenham Road, Orchard Hills.

Due to the postponement of the Australia Day Show to Saturday, 27 January, DOGS NSW Grounds will be CLOSED ON AUSTRALIA DAY, 26 January, and will re-open at 6am on Saturday 27 January.

Please be advised that DOGS NSW has identified a gap in processes whereby some manual show entries collected by Clubs directly are not accompanied by a matching payment, ie, cash.  Club Treasurers are required to pay particular attention in these situations to ensure that the number of entries balance to the funds received.

At its December 2023 meeting, the Board of Directors approved a recommendation from the Members Education Prefix Working Party to remove the requirement for six (6) months continual membership for members applying for a prefix.  Consequently, DOGS NSW Regulations Part I-The Register & Registration, Clause 11.2, has been amended accordingly.

Click here to view the updated Regulations.

At its recent meeting, the Board of Directors resolved as follows:-

THAT a penalty regime for all disciplines be imposed as follows:-

1^ST Offence                             WARNING

2^ND Offence                            $200.00 fine

3^RD Offence                            $500.00 fine

for all disciplines for Judges signing contracts that they are not eligible to judge at shows and events in accordance with DOGS NSW Regulations regarding time and distance, effective 1^st January 2024, and further, the Judge be responsible for the costs incurred by the relevant Clubs.

At it recent meeting, the Board of Directors resolved to amend the following DOGS NSW Regulations:-

PART II-SHOW

Clause 10.19a, as follows:-

10.19(a) Where a dog is disqualified from a conformation event, the next placed dog to any award received by the disqualified dog shall be promoted to the next placed award in accordance with the following table:-

(ii)    At an FCI CACIB event (10/23):-

3^rd in Class promoted to 2^nd in Class
2^nd in Class promoted to 1^st in Class
Reserve Challenge promoted to Challenge
Runner Up to Best of Breed promoted to Best of Breed
Group 4^th to Group 3^rd (10/2023)
Group 3^rd to Group 2^nd (10/2023)
Group 2^nd to Group 1^st (10/2023)
Best in Show 2^nd to Best in Show 1^st (10/2023)

Be amended to read:

10.19(a) Where a dog is disqualified from a conformation event, the next placed dog to any award received by the disqualified dog shall be promoted to the next placed award in accordance with the following table:-

(ii)    At an FCI CACIB event (10/23):-

3^rd in Class promoted to 2^nd in Class
2^nd in Class promoted to 1^st in Class
Reserve Challenge CACIB promoted to Challenge CACIB
Runner Up to Best of Breed promoted to Best of Breed
Group 4^th to Group 3^rd (10/2023)
Group 3^rd to Group 2^nd (10/2023)
Group 2^nd to Group 1^st (10/2023)
Best in Show 2^nd to Best in Show 1^st (10/2023)

 PART XIII-CODE OF ETHICS – Clauses 9, 10 & 12

 9. A Member shall not breed a bitch that results in it whelping more than twice in two years without the prior written approval of a Veterinary Surgeon. (06/22)

10. A Member shall not breed a bitch that results in it whelping more than six times without prior veterinary certification of fitness for further breeding and without prior approval of the Board of Directors except under extenuating circumstances where application for registration of the litter may be considered by the Board of Directors.

Be amended to read:

9. A Member shall not breed a bitch that results in it whelping more than twice in two years without the prior written approval of a Veterinary Surgeon.

Note:  The relevant form can be accessed via the following link on the DOGS NSW Website (form-26-certificate-of-fitness-2018.pdf (dogsnsw.org.au)).  Alternatively, a Veterinary Certificate which identifies the bitch by microchip is acceptable. (12/23)

10. A Member shall not breed a bitch that results in it whelping more than six times without prior veterinary certification of fitness for further breeding and without prior approval of the Board of Directors except under extenuating circumstances where application for registration of the litter may be considered by the Board of Directors.

Note:  The relevant form can be accessed via the following link on the DOGS NSW Website (form-26-certificate-of-fitness-2018.pdf (dogsnsw.org.au)).  Alternatively, a Veterinary Certificate which identifies the bitch by microchip is acceptable. (12/23)

AND

12.  All bitches eight (8) years of age and over at the time of a mating must have a current veterinary certificate stating that the bitch is in good health at the time of breeding.  This certificate must be presented at the time of registration of the litter resulting from this mating.  A current veterinary certificate is defined as being within three (3) months prior to the mating.

Be amended to read:-

12. All bitches eight (8) years of age and over at the time of a mating must have a current veterinary certificate stating that the bitch is in good health at the time of breeding.  This certificate must be presented at the time of registration of the litter resulting from this mating.  A current veterinary certificate is defined as being within three (3) months prior to the mating.

Note:  The relevant form can be accessed via the following link on the DOGS NSW Website (form-26-certificate-of-fitness-2018.pdf (dogsnsw.org.au)).  Alternatively, a Veterinary Certificate which identifies the bitch by microchip is acceptable. (12/23)

Click here for the updated Regulations.

Members are reminded that the DOGS NSW Office will be closing on Tuesday 19 December at 3:45pm and reopening on 10 January 2024 at 9:45am.

Please also note that the Grounds will also be closed from Tuesday 19 December at 6:00pm and reopening on 10 January 2024 at 6:00am.

To ensure your applications are processed before the Christmas break, could we kindly request that you submit them as soon as possible. The last day to submit mailed applications by post will be 13 December 2023 to allow Australia Post sufficient time to deliver your mail and have it processed by the Office by the 19 December 2023.

Applications received by email, should be received by close of business, Monday 18 December. Any applications received after these dates, may not be processed until 10 January 2024.

Dogs Australia have approved the 2025 National Show application received from the Welsh Corgi Club of SA Inc via Dogs SA, to be held on 27 & 28 May 2025 at the German Shepherd Dog Grounds, Barratt Reserve, West Beach Road, West Beach, South Australia.