Pooches will compete in a number of events to show off their talent
By Kirra Livingstone
THE Sunshine Coast Kennel Club will host their first ever Dog Olympics on March 22-23, which will showcase sports including the 100m sprint dog, lure on the ground and scent work, as well as showing.
Club secretary, Khylie Wood, said they are looking forward to their new and improved dog show, which will be held at the Beerwah Sportsground.
“This year we’ve really decided to add more to the event because it’s really fun to watch,” she said.
“A lot of our show exhibitors compete in the sports as well and it’s just an extra element that people can come down and watch and see what they can do.”
Khylie added the reason they brought sports into their annual dog show was to further display to the region just how much dogs are capable of.
“We’re really all about promoting pure bred dogs and responsible breeding practices and we want to show people what you can do with your dogs,” she said.
“It’s more than your dog just sitting in your yard, if they like to taste things or likes sniffing things out, there could be a sport for them.
“There’s really much more to pure bred dogs than just the show world, they can do lots of different things.”
The showing aspect of the event has been held early every year in Beerwah, and attracts over 500 dogs big and small annually.
“There’s seven different groups when it comes to showing, so for example there’s categories for toys, gundogs and even working dogs,” Khylie said.
This year’s event will have something for everyone, but keep your own dogs at home as they will interfere with the show and competing dogs.
There will be market stalls with dog themed merchandise, and food, coffee and ice cream vans.
For the kids, there will also be fun filled a treasure hunt set up.
And best of all, entry for all spectators is free!
On Saturday most of the show events and sprintdog will take place. Then on Sunday the remainder of the show events, tricks and scent dog will continue to entertain crowds.
kirra@gcnews.com.au
