VOLUME 12 / ISSUE 2 / APRIL 2019 membership fees update | disc dog report flyball update | agility trial results obedience trial results | canine companion passes IN THIS ISSUE EDITOR’S NOTE About the Club..................................................................................................3 Happy Easter everyone! Membership Fees Update .......................................................................4 Disc Dogs @ BDOC ........................................................................................5 The first three and a half months of 2019 have just flown Flyball Update .................................................................................................. 9 by, haven’t they?! The weather is finally beginning to Agility Trial Results - 30/03/19 ...........................................................11 cool down, and training and trialling for dog sports is Agility Trial Results - 15/04/19............................................................12 in full swing. Over the past month, we’ve hosted trials Obedience Trial Report ............................................................................ 13 for Dances with Dogs, Agility, Disc Dogs, and Trialling Canine Companion Passes ................................................................... 14 Obedience. The Flyballers have also been busy playing BDOC Shop ....................................................................................................... 15 host at the Canberra Royal’s flyball competition. BDOC Training Dates 2019 ....................................................................16 The BDOC Committee has also been busy creating and debating policies, and we’re currently working on a “People Policy” to complement our Reactive Dog Policy. As our club is run entirely by volunteers, we feel that REMINDER FROM THE these policies are really important to keep volunteers BDOC COMMITTEE and regular members safe and happy. We were lucky enough to win some grant money from The BDOC Committee would like to remind our the ACT Government, and this money will be going members of the following club rules: towards improved lighting in the main paddock and the clubhouse, and also to improving our watering systems. Unless attending a BDOC sanctioned event A very big thank you to the members who spent time (such as a trial or workshop), all dogs which writing the grant submissions! visit the BDOC grounds (including the carpark) must be registered and financial with the Club. Another change that the Committee has made recently is to way membership fees are calculated. These All members must supervise their dogs at all changes will be effective immediately, so please have a times, and are responsible for cleaning up read of our article in this newsletter for more information. after their dogs - please scoop that poop! - Maelyn Cover photo: Suki the Border Collie, by Maelyn Draper A big thank you to our Session 1 instructors SCRATCH OUR BACK! and shop volunteers: Alex Stalker-Booth, Amanda Regan, Angela BDOC is run exclusively by Hagedorn, Anne Lewis, Caroline Pappas, volunteers. We’re always on the Catherine Griffin, Cheryl Neal, Christine Bates, lookout for more helpers! Claire Stalker-Booth, David Walsh, Elan Chesher, Flea Tracey, Heather Dye, Jane Tong, Janet Interested in volunteering? Almond, Janice Abbey, Jo Parker, Karen Hobson, Skills we are looking for include administration, Kate McGee, Leonie Stubbs, Lisa Borthwick, cleaning, grounds maintenance, information Lise Sandenbergh, Lyndal Hasselman, Maelyn technology, weeding, events assistants, shed Draper, Margo Hellyer, Mark Wallace, Marty tidying, catering for events, class assistants, Gardner, Melinda Ford, Meryl Causebrook, instructors and lots more. Volunteer as little or as Monique Meacham, Natalie Winslade, Nicole much as you like and are able to. Every bit helps Gallina, Robert Long, Sandra Franceschini, and you get the chance to make more ‘doggie’ Sharon Choo, Stephen Bailey, Steve Meyer, friends. See the BDOC office if you would like to Susan Killion, Toni Hicks, and Wendy Twiss. join our volunteer group. VOLUME 12 / ISSUE 2 / APRIL 2019 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB / 2 ABOUT THE CLUB CONTACT US The Belconnen Dog Phone (02) 5105 0992 Obedience Club (BDOC) was formed in 1975 to Email [email protected] provide dog training instruction and facilities for Website www.bdoc.asn.au people living in northern Canberra. Newsletter [email protected] The Club’s main activity Address Corner of Flemington Road and is our canine companion Morisset Road, Mitchell ACT classes, which teach basic obedience and valuable life skills to pet dogs and their families. Our canine Office Hours Thursdays - 7:00pm to 8:30pm companion classes are open to fully vaccinated dogs of Sundays - 9:00am to 10:30am all breeds. We also offer training in dog sports including agility, dances with dogs, flyball, trialling obedience, and rally obedience, and have many teams ranging from COMMITTEE beginners to the top trial and competition levels. President Canine Companion Rep The aims of our Club include: Christine Bates Lyndal Hasselman • Having fun with our dogs • Promoting responsible dog ownership Vice-President Dances with Dogs Rep • Helping our members to become proficient dog Margo Hellyer Heather Swinbourn trainers in general obedience, and also in the dog [email protected] sports of their choice Treasurer • Helping our members to develop enjoyable Monique Meacham Disc Dogs Rep relationships with their dogs Catherine Griffin • Promoting the pursuit of recognised dog sports Secretary [email protected] Kate McGee BDOC is supported with much appreciated financial Flyball Rep assistance from ACT Sport and Recreation Services and General Members Sally Provins the Department of Education and Training ACT. Anya Withell [email protected] Geoff Tracey Our Club is staffed and run by a terrific group of Katherine Waterhouse Obedience and Rally Rep volunteers, from the Club’s Committee, office and shop Maelyn Draper workers, to our incredibly dedicated team of instructors. Agility Rep [email protected] Lisa Borthwick If you have enjoyed your time at BDOC, please consider [email protected] volunteering! We are always on the look out for helpers for our various trials and events, and we run training for new canine companion instructors twice a year in January and June. If you’re interested, please email the Club at [email protected]. Got something that you’d like us to publish? Email it through to us at [email protected]! The BDOC newsletter is published around the beginning of each session. VOLUME 12 / ISSUE 2 / APRIL 2019 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB / 3 MEMBERSHIP FEES UPDATE The BDOC Committee would like to advise our existing members and potential members that the schedule for BDOC Membership Fees has been updated as of Thursday 18th April 2019. The Joining Fee ($80) remains unchanged for new and re-joining members. The Membership Fee and the Activity Fee have been adjusted to ensure that they provide a fairer cost to members regardless of when they begin training at BDOC. These fees were previously charged either on a full year or half year basis and so members who joined in the later sessions in their fee bracket (Session 5 or Session 2) were receiving less weeks of classes than those who joined in the beginning of their fee bracket (Session 3 or Session 1). The Membership Fee and the Activity Fee will be dependent on when a member joins the club. All BDOC memberships will now expire at the conclusion of Session 2 of the Canine Companion Class calendar. This usually occurs around June, and in 2019 the dates for Week 8 are Thursday 20th June and Sunday 23rd June. The new BDOC Membership Year shall commence in Week 1 of Session 3 of each year. Members must renew their membership before Week 4 of Session 3 of the Canine Companion Class calendar (Thursday 18th July and Sunday 21st July 2019), or they will be required to pay the Joining Fee again. Members can expect to receive reminders about membership renewal via email around June and July. If your details have changed since last year, please send email us at [email protected] so that we can update your membership details accordingly. Existing members who commence a new activity (such as starting a dog sport with an already financial dog, or adding classes for a new dog to their membership) partway through the BDOC Membership Year can expect to pay the Activity Fee on a pro rata basis, in a similar fashion to what new Canine Companion participants would be charged for starting classes at the same point in the BDOC Membership Year. The below tables outline the new fee schedule. If you are a new or renewing member and you would like help figuring out how much your fees will be, please visit theFee Calculator on our new website. FEES FOR NEW MEMBERS Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 1 Session 2 (June) (August) (October) (January) (April) Joining Fee $80 $80 $80 $80 $80 Membership Fee $120 $100 $80 $60 $40 Activity Fee* $60 $50 $40 $30 $20 Total 1 Dog doing 1 Activity $260 $230 $200 $170 $140 FEES FOR EXISTING MEMBERS (RENEWALS) Renewal All memberships are due for renewal at the end of Session 2 (June) Membership Fee $120 Activity Fee* $60 * The Activity Fee is paid per activity per dog VOLUME 12 / ISSUE 2 / APRIL 2019 BELCONNEN DOG OBEDIENCE CLUB / 4 DISC DOGS @ BDOC Article written by Catherine Griffin CDC END OF YEAR CELEBRATION - 30 DECEMBER 2018 BDOC members attended the CDC End of Year Celebration UpDog Challenge hosted by 4 Paws Sports.