January/February 2005 Issue

On our cover

Amitabha Tibetan Mastiffs are proud to introduce
BIS/Gr Ch Bravura Atisha
Owned and handled by Philip and Bronwen Dickson (Queensland)

Features:

• Exploding the myths around ANKC's DNA testing program - Bob Maver
• The changing face of China - Fred Lanting
• Helsinki show pictorial
• Stockholm show pictorial
• The BIG Helsinki Winner Show - Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen
• The King returned to his throne - Paula Heikkinen-Lehkonen

Articles:

• Sydney Dogs Home / The Royal Melbourne Show judges
• Tail Docking - Jane Harvey
• Children and Animals, Kindness and Cruelty - Frank R Ascione
• RSPCA seeking assistance
• A friend in need ... Fran Wickens / Masters Games - Ray Dean
• IFAW provides emergency animal care in Sri Lanka and Thailand
• The Tsunami Fundraiser Walk - Margo Turnbull
• Sydney dog scene goes all out to help Tsunami victims - Jennifer Lawrence
• Animal lovers asked to put away rubbish for good
• Tsunami: An account from India - Lyn Watson
• Feathers, Fur & Fun Pet Expo - Julie Fleming
• Dogs can avoid castration with new contraceptive implant
• Dog Writers Association of America / Dogs of Arnhem land receive a new voice
• Pit Bull Terrier Checklist
• Police Dog Titan: Death of a Hero - Christine Anderson
• Guide Dogs NSW/ACT shifts focus to people training
• Betty Southall's 90th Birthday - Susan Hannan
• Dog Dumpage
• Looking at hips - Fred Lanting

Regulars:

• The Dog Groomer - Cheryl LeCourt
• From Geoff Corish in the UK: A Review of 2004
• We need a little discipline for teaching the Sit! - Honey Gross-Richardson
• Seymour Abroad - Steven Seymour
• Friedrichshafen - Photos by Roberto
• Nürnberg - Photos by Roberto
• Communic8tor
• New Zealand News
• Informant
• Letters to the Editor

• And - as always - some of Australia's most beautiful dogs