Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine - June 2018

2018 is here and isn’t it lying by? he Australian Working

Stock Dog Magazine in the last 12 months has been very ac-

tive with fund-raising for mental health charities. Our initi-

ative was Working Dog Schools 4 Mental Health Awareness

where a number of working dog trainers donated their time

and knowledge in running the working dog schools. he

schools were very well received, and the total amount raised

that we donated to beyondblue was $62953.

Earlier this year Julie Turner approached us from Clermont

Kelpies to auction a few of her dog collars through our Face-

book page in an efort of raising funds for the Dolly’s Dream

Foundation. We took this a step further and opened up for

donations and were looded with ofers of help over a 48hr

period. Auctions Plus were contacted and they generously

ofered their services and platform for us to run the charity

auction through their website. he Dolly’s Dream charity

auction raised $33610. A combined efort of a few thousand

under $100,000 raised in 12 months is a mammoth efort

and I’d like to pass on my sincere gratitude to everyone that

has been involved in any way or form through both of the

initiatives. hank You!

he Australian Cow Dog Challenge held at Tamworth in

November 2017 was the highlight of my year. It was a very

successful event and this year they are going all out with the

biggest working dog event in Australia and if not the world.

here are three disciplines of dog trailing this year. Cattle,

3 sheep & yard dog. his week-long event will be phenom-

enal, and we hope to catch up with many of our readers at

Tamworth over the week.

he Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine has been go-

ing from strength to strength since its conception in 2013. It

has so much potential and we have made some great friends

over the years. he three ladies that have been the backbone

of the magazine are Zoe Crouch (editor), Annette Ross,

(design) and Kasie LoSurdo (design / print) Without these

ladies at the realm the magazine would not be the fantastic

publication it is today.

I work full time managing a beef research facility in north

QLD and juggling eforts between my own dogs, commu-

nity engagements and more importantly my family which

comprises of my wife Mandy and my two boys, Rylan (8),

and Hayden (6), leaves me with very little spare time at all

to enjoy those simple family times. My boys are now at that

age where they are demanding more of my time which is a

natural progression.

I have come to the hard decision to ofer the Australian

Working Stock Dog Magazine et al. oicially for sale via

expressions of interest. Whilst I wont be just throwing in

the towel, I really hope I can ind some genuine working

dog enthusiasts that would like to take the magazine to the

next level before the end of inancial year in 2019.

Don’t be worried, we will still be around for the next issue

and will work out a way forward if there isn’t any interest in

a purchase of the entirety of the magazine.

All the best for the winter months.

Best Regards

Wayne Flintham

Publisher & Editors:
Wayne & Mandy Flintham
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0458226463

Mail: PO Box 2096 IDALIA QLD 4811

Deputy Editor: Zoe Crouch

Design Director: Kasie LoSurdo

Chief Designer: Annette Ross

Contributors: Janice DeGennaro, Peter Brown, Snow

Ellis, Geof Gibson, Robert Johnson, Annette Ross,

Rural Love Photography, Angie Snell, Bronwyn Burn-

ham, Nan Lloyd, Ken Sykes, Belinda Carter, Hannah

Barry, Fire Photography, Karen Edwards, Gwen

Shepperson, Jenny Whitlock, Zoe Crouch, Tully Wil-

liams, Scott Amon, Bill Scott, John Wightman, Joshua

Marshall, Arthur Trewin, Joanne Bray, Sarah James,

Naomi White, Peri Chappell,

Cover Photography Credit: Craig McPherson

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