The Aussies 2019 - Members version
Magazine for Member of the Southern Counties Australian Terriers
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<strong>The</strong> Aussie<br />
Discover Dogs must be the big topic for this SCATC Chat<br />
Chris<br />
Yes. Firstly I must thank everyone for all their help in ensuring<br />
that the <strong>Aussies</strong> had a presence at the event. People go out of<br />
their way to help and this is vital for our breed. We are a<br />
foreign endangered breed, so we do not get specific support<br />
from the Kennel Club. Everything that is done to alert people<br />
to <strong>Aussies</strong> is done by ourselves. We are very, very lucky that so<br />
many people who fall in love with our breed are willing to go<br />
the extra mile to promote the cause. This year’s Discover Dogs<br />
was a perfect example. Our companion and performance<br />
Aussie owners made sure we had a fabulous team of <strong>Aussies</strong> to<br />
meet and greet the public and we are extremely grateful to<br />
them.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aussie<br />
Why was there an issue this year?<br />
Chris<br />
Quite simply it was all about scheduling. I know that the<br />
Kennel Club has moved the dates for the London event from<br />
December, through November and into October. But we had<br />
assumed (and wrongly it appears) that now the Dming was<br />
fixed around schools’ half term holidays. This year for some<br />
reason it was brought forward and it was held on the same<br />
weekend as the South Wales Kennel AssociaDon Championship<br />
Dog Show. Exhibitors do form the backbone of Discover Dogs,<br />
as so many are on Commi2ees and have show dogs which are<br />
used to being handled by lots of strange people. So they can<br />
make great ambassadors. <strong>The</strong> dilemma for those that show is<br />
– do we support the show or do Discover Dogs? With fewer<br />
and fewer dogs being shown and in <strong>Aussies</strong> it is rapidly in<br />
decline, we do need to enter to assist with numbers. It wasn’t<br />
unDl I knew the Chairman could support Discover Dogs and<br />
there was a great team on board, that I entered the show.<br />
SCATC made sure it did its bit for both events.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aussie<br />
I think they did. <strong>The</strong> Stand had a few changes this year.<br />
Chris<br />
We were delighted with the start of the stands new look. We<br />
had a banner stand, some really high quality leaflets, sDckers<br />
and some specially designed T shirts. I have to thank Daniel<br />
and Samantha Fullerton for their input as well as Jo Kavanagh.<br />
It all helps to make our stand more visible and encourage more<br />
people to linger for a while and learn about the breed. No one<br />
seems to recognise the Aussie, so everyone who meets the<br />
breed for the first Dme is one less person we need to educate.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aussie<br />
I gather more changes are planned for the future<br />
Chris<br />
We do need to make sure the stand is fresh, modern and<br />
inviDng and what appeals to the public does change. We are<br />
very fortunate that we have a team who will be dedicated to<br />
making sure we keep up-to-date with our stand image.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aussie<br />
And the volunteers don’t stop there from what we have<br />
heard.<br />
Chris<br />
You are right. We get so many requests for events to help our<br />
owners. Worries over grooming appears to be something<br />
that keeps popping up in conversaDons. I am pleased to say<br />
we have a volunteer who will co-ordinate a grooming<br />
element to an event. This breed is very fortunate that it has<br />
owners and friends willing to help others and keep the<br />
extended family feel that we strive to achieve in SCATC.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aussie<br />
<strong>The</strong> year end is fast approaching, subscripDons are due soon.<br />
Chris<br />
I will be sending out reminders to everyone. SubscripDons<br />
are due on 1 January every year. Our membership is about<br />
the same as a couple of Shop bought coffees. But the benefit<br />
lasts a year. You get 4 Magazines, our party in the park event,<br />
invites to any other acDviDes we organise, plus it gives us the<br />
funding we need to make sure we can conDnue to represent<br />
the breed and help keep the interest alive. We don’t want<br />
the breed to die out in the UK and your membership and<br />
support helps us enormously.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aussie<br />
Some very important words there.<br />
Chris<br />
I hope people wont think I am being pessimisDc, but we do<br />
need to act now and I know that we have so many<br />
enthusiasDc owners out there to work with us next year and<br />
for the future. Let me be the first to wish everyone the<br />
season’s greeDngs and all the Commi2ee looks forward to<br />
seeing you in the new year.<br />
Check out some of the Club acDviDes on the next pages.
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