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APRIL 2021 BREED FEATURE DOG SPORTS The Welsh Corgi p8 Track And Search p40 GUNDOG AND HEAVY FIRST AID BREEDS Transporting An In Review p42 Injured Dog p44 APRIL PROSHOPPROMOTION HEALTH FUELS PERFORMANCE 15% OFF ENERGY 4800 & SHN ADULT From Mini to Giant breed adult dogs, to those with high energy lifestyles or looking for success in the show ring. Royal Canin offers a range of adult diets to provide tailored nutrition in convenient professional sized feeding bags. breeders.royalcanin.com.au *Only available to Royal Canin Breeders Club members via the ProShop from 1st April – 30th April 2021. Offer available on Energy & SHN Adult professional bags only. Minimum order at the ProShop 15kg. While stocks last. TEAM 8230 QldDogsWorld Contents APRIL PROSHOPPROMOTION 5 | President’s Message 6 | Board Notes 8 7 | Anzac Day Dusk Service Invitation 8 | Breed Feature – The Welsh Corgi 16 | Bobtails HEALTH – The Pembroke Welsh Corgi 18 | Show And Trial Gazette 40 | Dog Sports FUELS – Track And Search At Durack 42 | Gundog And Heavy Breeds Show PERFORMANCE In Review 44 44 | First Aid – Transporting An Injured Dog 46 | Life Membership – Gay Westmore 15% OFF ENERGY 4800 & SHN ADULT 50 | Weight Management – From Mini to Giant breed adult dogs, to those with – Healthy Shape high energy lifestyles or looking for success in the show ring. Royal Canin offers a range of adult diets 5 1 | Eventide to provide tailored nutrition in convenient 52 | Social Media Update professional sized feeding bags. 53 | Affiliated Clubs And Services 46 57 | Durack Vendors 58 | Rates Guide Front Cover: Image by Jan West Office Address Website 247 King Avenue, Durack, Queensland 4077 www.dogsqueensland.org.au Office Telephone Postal Address (07) 3252 2661 PO Box 1136, Mt Ommaney, Queensland 4074 breeders.royalcanin.com.au Office Email ABN 45 160 285 192 [email protected] *Only available to Royal Canin Breeders Club members via the ProShop from 1st April – 30th April 2021. Offer available on Energy & SHN Adult professional bags only. Minimum order at the ProShop 15kg. While stocks last. DOG WORLD April 2021 3 TEAM 8230 QldDogsWorld Skin & Growth Species appropriate Prime100 Sk-G™ 200F Single Protein Diet rolls Breeders Program available Prime100 Breeders Program* available – Duck & Sweet Potato and Turkey & Flaxseed for registered Australian National Kennel are diets specifi cally designed to provide your dog Council (ANKC) breeders. Find out more at: prime100.com.au/breeders-program/ with a novel source of protein, and formulated to * Terms and conditions apply. improve and maintain skin health. Suitable for large/giant breeds and growing puppies. #PoweredByPrime100 Chilled, kibble and raw options available! Visit our website to fi nd your nearest stockist of Prime100 all natural, Australian made, pet food. www.prime100.com.au President’s Message am writing this message on the cusp of April with Easter this week. This is quite a watershed time forI Dogs Queensland on a number of fronts. “It is great to see us returning to a “new normal” with the 2021) is followed immediately by the first meeting of the number of conformation shows and dog sports events new Board when the Board elects the President and the starting to ramp up as evidenced in our Dog World Senior and Junior Vice Presidents. magazine schedules and online. We are always looking to improve our processes and COVID restrictions have relaxed to an extent, but it is a this time we invited the new directors to meet with the dynamic situation. For this reason, it is so important that continuing directors and Rob Harrison at a “Meet and Skin & Growth any club officials direct any enquiries about COVID event Greet” session. This was also an opportunity to distribute requirements to the office and not liaise directly with a folder containing helpful resources to all present . government agencies. This results in efficiencies and a In my view was a positive thing to do. It was a great consistent approach with the office keeping a finger on Species appropriate opportunity to go around the table and learn more the pulse with developments on this front. about each individual. What became clear was that Our Easter week brings a great array of shows in both we all have very substantive backgrounds in our dog Bundaberg and Ingham and down south as well. A big world in a wide range of disciplines and dog breeds. thank you to the organisers who have had an extra layer We share a great love of our dog world that goes back of organising and related stresses to deal with. many, many decades. And I suppose that is what the good governance of our dog world is all about. Bringing It is also a watershed week for the governance of Dogs a range of experiences and different backgrounds to the Queensland. On Monday, 12 April 2021, we will have the board table in the interest of reaching considered and last board meeting of the current Board. I once again well-founded decisions for Dogs Queensland. thank the departing directors for the voluntary service they have provided over so many years. We look forward I have no doubt that there will be continued challenges to seeing them make a continuing contribution to our for our dog world over the next few years but I am dog world as I have no doubt they will. optimistic that we are well positioned to effectively meet these challenges. When in 2012 we drafted the constitution of the Canine Control Council (Qld) Ltd, a Company limited The last 2 years held the most amazing array of by Guarantee, I was looking at 2 options with the challenges both State wise and Federally and for our construct of the 12 director board and the election dog world too. We have had bushfires, a pandemic and of directors. The first option would have provided for most recently floods to contend with. And in biblical 4 year terms with the entire board coming up for re- terms, even a locust plague occurred recently in Western election every 4 years. The second and recommended Queensland. option was to have 4 year terms but through transitional I thank the office and the Board for dealing with the Breeders Program available Prime100 Sk-G™ 200F Single Protein Diet rolls arrangements, to achieve an election cycle with 6 unfolding of the challenges over this period and also Prime100 Breeders Program* available – Duck & Sweet Potato and Turkey & Flaxseed director positions coming up for election every 2 years. thank you, the members, for your patience in dealing for registered Australian National Kennel And that was the option taken. A key benefit of that Council (ANKC) breeders. Find out more at: with the cancellation of events and the general impacts are diets specifi cally designed to provide your dog approach has been governance continuity with half the prime100.com.au/breeders-program/ on our daily lives. The current rollout of COVID vaccines with a novel source of protein, and formulated to board remaining at each election. * Terms and conditions apply. is such a welcome development. improve and maintain skin health. Suitable for On my calculation, we have had 5 election cycles since I am confident the 2021 Board will similarly work large/giant breeds and growing puppies. #PoweredByPrime100 2012. What happens is that the successful director effectively in the best interests of our dog world over the candidates are announced after polling closes in next few years. February and those directors “remain on ice” until the AGM at the end of March with a changeover of the Board I wish you all a very Happy Easter in the company of your at that time. families and dogs. Chilled, kibble and raw options available! Visit our website to fi nd your nearest stockist of Under the Constitution, the AGM (happening on 14 April Ulla Greenwood, President Prime100 all natural, Australian made, pet food. www.prime100.com.au ” DOG WORLD April 2021 5 BOARD NOTES – APRIL 2021 DOGS QUEENSLAND LIFE MEMBERSHIP • Missing Credit Card Information Life Membership may be granted to any member of • Limited Register Form Errors Dogs Queensland who has rendered outstanding or • Membership and Ownership issues special services to Dogs Queensland. That person shall retain membership of Dogs Queensland for their • Missing Forms, ie Colour Verification, life unless otherwise determined by virtue of any Certificate of Fitness, AI Forms exercise of disciplinary proceedings under the CCC(Q) • Signatures of Breeders or Stud Dog Owners Ltd Rules. • Missing or Incorrect Microchip Numbers Any Affiliated Kennel Club or Financial Member may nominate any member for Life Membership. That • Missing or incomplete DNA Parentage person will have a minimum of fifteen (15) years Certification continuous full membership of Dogs Queensland and Of the 57% of sendbacks, approximately half of these must have been a member of a Club or Clubs during were due to incomplete or missing DNA information. that time. Such nominations are to include a citation, The Board acted earlier in the year to extend the which provides the justification for the nomination. cheaper registration deadline form 3 months to Citations for those Life Memberships awarded will 4 months and this will be kept in place to allow be published in the Dog World magazine, and, breeders more time to complete the DNA Parentage where possible, presentations will be made at an Verification prior to submission. appropriate function or event. The CCC(Q) Ltd Board of Directors will consider all nominations on their The Board has taken note of these send back rates merit and with strict confidentiality. and noted the extra workload placed on the Office The Board sees the grant of Life Membership as and has agreed that from 1st March, that any litter honouring a member who has been truly outstanding received in the Office that requires further written in his or her support of Canine Affairs, particularly contact with the breeder will incur a $10 handling beyond that of a single Club.