News From Dogs Australia

In accordance with Items 5.14 and 5.15 of the confirmed October 2023 Board meeting minutes the Rules for the Conduct of Obedience Trials have been amended as follows:

Page 3 Fouling

Present Rule:

A dog which fouls at any time while it is under the control of the Judge must be disqualified

Change to:

A dog which fouls at any time while it is under the control of the Judge must be disqualified and removed from the ring immediately. 

AND

Page 4 Disqualification

Present rule:

No points awarded. The dog is disqualified from all Trial Competition on the day and the Judge must provide a written report to the Member Body within 14 days – the only exception being in the instances where the disqualification was incurred for continual barking, a correction penalty, fouling the ring or for handlers bringing training aids into the ring.

Change to:

No points awarded. The dog is disqualified from all Trial Competition on the day and the Judge must provide a written report to the Member Body within 14 days. The only exception being In instances where the disqualification was incurred for continual barking, a correction penalty, fouling the ring or for handlers bringing training aids into the ring, handlers will only be disqualified from that class and no report is required.

These amendments are effective from 1 January 2024.

The updated rules can be viewed from our website at:  https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/rules/ and marked ‘(October 2023 amendments effective 1 January 2024)’

In accordance with Item 5.21 of the confirmed October 2023 Board meeting minutes the Rules for the Conduct of Retrieving Trials for Gundogs have been amended as follows:

8 (k) Game – Definition of - Quail, Duck, Pigeon, Partridge, Grouse, Ptarmigan, Pheasant, Rabbit and Hare, inclusive of domesticated or replica variants of the above species.

This amendment is effective 1 January 2024.

Please note the updated rules are available from our website at: https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/rules/

As a result of the July 2023 National Retrieving & Field Trial Committee meeting minutes being endorsed at the October 2023 Board meeting the following rules and regulations have been updated in accordance with these minutes and are now available from our website at:  https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/rules/

Rules for the Conduct of Retrieving Ability Tests for Gundogs

Rules for the Conduct of Field Trials for Utility Gundogs

Rules for the Conduct of Field Trials for All Pointing Breeds of Gundogs

Rules for the Conduct of Field Trials for Pointer & Setters

 Regulations Part 3I – Retrieving Ability Test for Gundogs Judges Training Scheme: https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/regulations/

The above documents have been marked as effective 1 January 2024 with the existing rules to be removed in the New Year.

In accordance with the endorsed March 2023 National Obedience & Tracking Committee meeting minutes (refer Electronic Motion #208) the following rules which are effective from 1 January 2024 are now available from our website at: https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/rules/

• Rules for the conduct of Tracking Trials
• Rules and Guidelines for the conduct of Track and Search Dog Trials

At the February 2023 Special Board meeting the President confirmed he would arrange for another survey to be conducted for the Labrador.  This survey was released last month by Vero Voting and closed for voting on 13 October 2023.  As a result of this vote, Regulations Part 6 – The Register & Registration Clause 8.12.2 will remain unchanged.

Please click here to see the Dogs Australia Press Release for the results of the Minimum Breeding Age for Labrador Retriever bitches.

At the February 2023 Special Board meeting the President confirmed that as requested by the Directors at the October 2022 Board meeting, he would arrange for another survey to be conducted for the Afghan Hound and the regulations (Regulations Part 6 Clause 8.16) would remain suspended until the matter had been resolved.  This survey was released last month by Vero Voting and closed for voting on 13 October 2023.  As a result of this vote, Regulations Part 6 – The Register & Registration Clause 8.16 which was suspended in June 2022 will be reinstated effective 8 January 2024.

Please click here to view the Press Release for the minimum breeding age for Afghan Hound bitches. 

Please note Regulations Part 5 – Conformation Show has been updated with new Clause 2.7 relating to the use of Ramps/Tables in accordance with Item 4.3 of the June 2023 Special Board meeting minutes.

Our website has been updated and a copy of the amended regulations has been marked effective 1 January 2024 and can be accessed at:  https://dogsaustralia.org.au/members/rule-regulations/regulations/

The referenced ramp listing can also be found directly under the new regulations on our website at the link provided above.

Dogs Australia has released a new form in relation to  frozen semen. The existing Form 1 (Certificate of Collection of Semen) and Form 2 (Application for Registration of Semen) has now been combined into new Form 1 (Combined Collection and Registration of Semen Application) with the existing Form 3 (Certificate of Use of Registered Semen) renumbered to Form 2.  
 
The Procedure and Forms can be viewed under Procedures at:  https://dogsaustralia.org.au/about-dogs-australia/forms-and-guides/

Please note an application has been received for re-registration of the following FCI recognized breed: Mudi
 
Dogs Australia are currently arranging for this breed to be added to the business system and for their website to be updated with the relevant breed standard.
 
In addition, the ANKC Group listing will be updated with this breed being allocated to Group 5 (Working Dogs) as confirmed by the National Breed Standards Coordination Group.

Please find here the amended Regulations for FCI Dog Shows in English (original text), as

approved by the FCI General Committee in March 2023 in Budapest.

The regulations are valid as from publication of this circular and available in English on our

website.