News From Dogs Australia

We are pleased to confirm the approval of the Canine Performance Association of Tasmania application received via Dogs Tasmania to conduct the 2025 National Herding Trials on 10 to 16 November 2025 at Oatlands, Southern Midlands, Tasmania.

We are pleased to confirm the approval of the Dogs Victoria application to conduct the 2025 National Utility Gundog Field Trials in June 2025.  Dogs Victoria will arrange to confirm the date and location in March/April 2025 in order for this information to be distributed to all Member Bodies.

We refer to our earlier correspondence and advise for your information a change to the dates of the Restricted to Breed Scent Work and Rally trials.

The confirmed dates for all Restricted to Breed trials is listed below:

Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Scent Work

Obedience

Trick Dog

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Agility

Rally

Jumping

We are pleased to advise the approval of the application received from the Beagle Club of Victoria Inc to conduct the 2026 National Show on the 28 & 29 October 2026 at the Bulla Exhibition Centre, 5 Uniting Lane, Bulla, Victoria. 

The amended Rules for the conduct of Scent Work Trials together with Regulations Part 3N – Scent Work Trials Judges Training Scheme which will become effective from 1 July 2024 are now available from our website.

Rules for the conduct of Scent Work Trials: https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/rules/

Regulations Part 3N – Scent Work Trials Judges Training Scheme: https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/regulations/ 

Scent work title information sheet: https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/rules/

A summary of key changes in the scent work rules provided by the national scent work committee can be found HERE

The approved Rules for the conduct of SprintDog™ Trials effective from 1 July 2024 together with a Summary Title Guide are now available from our website at: https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/rules/

We are pleased to advise the approval of the application received from the Whippet Club of Victoria Inc to conduct the 2025 National Show on the 7 to 9 March 2025 at Foothills Conference Centre, Lilydale, Victoria.

Dogs Australia have updated the official Dogs Australia overseas judges application and breed listing to include the newly recognised breed Porcelaine. 

The official application and breed listing is available from the Dogs Victoria website in the below link 

https://dogsvictoria.org.au/forms/judges-forms-contracts/

We remind all affiliates when sending your overseas judges application to the Dogs Victoria office, you will need to use the current form ONLY, and we require all seven pages.

This event will now be held on 5 & 6 September 2025 at the same venue being at the David Roche Park, Cromwell Road, Kilburn, South Australia.  The Royal A&H Society of South Australia Inc has confirmed these dates will not clash with the breed judging at the 2025 Adelaide Royal Show.