The
purpose of this page is to advise of changes
to ACTCA rules and regulations, changes
to ACT
Government legislation that effect dog ownership in the ACT or any
important change
in conditions
that may affect your showing or trialling
of your dogs. It may also include important
notices from other State Canine Controls
or the ANKC.
ANKC
POLICY ON NEW BREED XOLOITZCUINTLE (Mexican
Hairless Dog) (9.3.10)
Press
release Re the interbreeding, registration
and showing of the Xoloitzcuintle (Mexican
Hairless Dog).
CHANGE TO THE COLOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE BEAGLE BREED STANDARD
(3.3.2010)
Please
note the Kennel Club (England)
has advised a change to the colour description of the Beagle breed standard as
follows: (The
ANKC website has been updated in accordance with this advice.) Existing
description:Any
recognised hound colour other than liver. Tip of stern white. New
description:Tricolour
(black, tan and white); blue, white and tan; badger pied; hare pied; lemon
pied; lemon and white; red and white; tan and white; black and white; all
white. With the exception of all white, all the above mentioned colours can be
found as mottle. No other colours are permissible. Tip of stern white.
RESULTS FROM THE ANKC BORDER COLLIE SURVEY. (2.2.2010)
IMPORTANT - 2010 CPI CHANGES TO THE ACT FEES AND
CHARGES. (1.2.2010)
The Dogs ACT Journal, web page
and relevant documents & application forms now show the CPI changes related
to the Dogs ACT fees and charges. Please ensure that you check the relevant fee
or charge prior to submission of any document or application.
CHANGES TO ANKC REGULATIONS PART 13 CLAUSE 4.2.5
RELATING TO NATIONAL SHOWS. (1.1.2010)
We
refer to Item 6.3.2 of the National Breed Councils Liaison Committee meeting
held at the October 2009 ANKC Conference where it was resolved that Clause
4.2.5 would be amended to read the following:
"Where
a National Show is held, no Challenge Certificates shall be awarded for the
breed/s
involved in the National Show, within a radius of 1000km from
the show on that day/s.
Please
note this will effect all applications received by the ANKC Administrator from
1 March 2010.
NEW
ACT DRAFT SCHEDULE PROCEDURES TO START 1
JANUARY 2010 (1.1.2010)
DOGS
A.C.T CONFORMATION JUDGES TRAINING SCHEME
(ACT CJTS) (13.10.09)
In
the November Dogs ACT journal, Council is
asking for eligible ACT CJTS aspirants who fulfil
the criteria as outlined in the February
2009 and May 2009 ACT journals to forward
an expression of interests to Dogs ACT Administrator
to gauge the level of interest and the number
of eligible aspirants that exist so as to
determine the feasibility of the 2010 ACT
CJTS. Please complete the following
document Expression
of Interest.pdf and forward it to admin@dogsact.org.au.
Important
- This is a call for expressions
of interest, not an application to participate. Whether you wish to complete a further group
or your first group, your details must to
be with Dogs ACT by 30 November 2009.
DOGS
A.C.T CONFORMATION JUDGES TRAINING SCHEME
(ACT CJTS) (28.9.09)
The
Dogs ACT Conformation Judges Training Scheme
(ACT CJTS) will not be in place until 2010.
Until then we have obtained permission
from Dogs NSW for ACT members to undertake
training in the NSW CJTS scheme until our
training system is in place.
Completed Application forms (click
here) MUST reach Dogs NSW by no later
than 4.30pm, Monday 30 November
2009.
This Scheme will not operate unless a sufficient
number of candidates apply.
The following documents were sent to all
members of the ACT Conformation Judges Panel;
the purpose,
to examine the feasibility of running an ACT Judges Training
Scheme before we accept trainee applications. The ACT CJTS is dependent on current
judges expertise and experience if the system
is to work, at the same time any future
CJTS will be dependent on the new aspirants
as they progress through their training
and gain experience as judges.
As from 1 January
2010 the qualifications required to attain the Grand Champion Title will be: 1,000 points
including, 1 All Breeds Best in
Show; or 4 Best in Group; or 4 Certificates of 25
points.(these could be Group, BOB or
Challenge)
SEARCH
OF DOGS A.C.T DOCUMENTATION (3.6.09)
Dogs
ACT would like to remind exhibitors and
triallers that we are not responsible for
uncollected certificates including Challenges,
Best of Breed or obedience title qualifications.
Please contact the affiliate before
requesting a search of results through Dogs
ACT. All searches will incur a $68 search
fee; and where any search would deplete
the daily staff levels for an unreasonable
time, the search will not take place or
the search fee will reflect the cost of
resources used during the search.
