President’s Message

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Dr Scott Norman BVSc PhD DACT

Registered specialist - veterinary reproduction Dr Jennifer Larsen BVBiol BVSc Ph (07) 3204 4332

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“Ihope you and your families had a special time over Easter. It was great seeing the array of shows and dog sport events across the State. The relaxation of Covid restrictions has been welcome and it has been great to see more interstate travel happening. We are seeing a return to schedules showing more interstate judges and that is great. However, it is important that we continue to be vigilant as individuals in taking care with our health and that we continue to take sensible precautions.

These pandemic years have had many effects, but one is the necessary introduction of more flexibility in dealing with last minute developments impacting on our events.

More recently we have of necessity seen interstate and local judges changed within a day or two of the event happening usually due to a Covid diagnosis. Show and dog sport Secretaries are to be commended on their management of these challenges with at times numerous judges involved. It’s a great voluntary service that these Secretaries and other Executive members of clubs provide.

We are now moving into our “prime time” for the next number of Autumn and Winter months for our dog shows and dog sports events throughout the State.

Agricultural Shows and related thoughts I would like to make special mention of dog shows at our Agricultural Shows. Members may know that I am a great supporter of these shows. Of course these shows lead up to the “main event” being the Ekka, where we have the opportunity to showcase our breeds over a 9 day period and engage with the public. Entries have just opened for the Ekka and I hope members will hugely support this event after its pandemic postponement the last 2 years.

I love the opportunity the dog shows at Agricultural

Shows provide for members to engage with the public about our wonderful breeds and provide information about our dog world and the many opportunities and dog sports events provided for individuals, couples and families and their dogs. We are all ambassadors for our dog world and it is so important to continue to get our messages out there to the media and to the community.

On that front, Dogs Queensland has been working closely with Dogs Australia in developing useful videos communicating good information in a number of key areas. I encourage members to look at these videos and use them as a resource when dealing with interested members of the public.

On the breed front, we have a super line up of 7 videos – one for each breed group – giving an overview of the breeds. Here are the links for these videos:

Toys:https://vimeo.com/664029918/4553bf117f Terriers:https://vimeo.com/663894395/ bd49f9389b

Gundogs:https://vimeo. com/663902300/391028e455 Hounds:https://vimeo.com/663912525/c7ff83481f Working Dogs:https://vimeo.com/663870275/ f5f654dff0

Utility:https://vimeo.com/663816813/5e7b02a633 Non Sporting:https://vimeo. com/664011563/0e98766ac8

They are also a wonderful resource to help prospective puppy buyers in the selection of a puppy and a great overview of breeds for members too.

In addition, there are informative interviews about a range of subject matter areas with Dr Karen Hedberg, Mr Hugh Gent and myself. Links to these interviews are:

Dr Karen Hedberg:https://youtu.be/1pGtcHrTtxQ Mr Hugh Gent:https://youtu.be/OnNwlMvjetU Mrs Ulla Greenwood:https://youtu.be/xGVb9mW_ n0Y

I would like to thank the media team at Dogs Australia as well as our Media Consultant, Mr David Margan, Ian Rasmussen and those in the Dogs Queensland office and the members who participated with their dogs for the huge effort in making these great resources happen.

Going back to the Agricultural Shows, I remember being told a few years back that South Australia had no dog shows anymore at their Agricultural Shows – apart from their Royal Show. I thought that was so sad. Let’s not let that happen here. Our dog shows at Agricultural Shows are run by our member volunteers. If you have a nearby Ag Show why not contact the person running the show to see if you can assist in some way? It would be most appreciated.

Board Matters At our last Board meeting we had a full complement of 12 directors and we welcomed Elisa McCutcheon, Gordon Mayne and Ainslie Carius on board. The balance of 2022 will be busy but I am confident that this refreshed Board will be sponsoring some current and good new initiatives.

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Ulla Greenwood, President Dogs Queensland