Association of Australian Assistance Dogs (NQ) Inc. [ASDOGS (NQ) Inc]

Full details and Obituary can be found

HERE

ASDOGS(NQ) is proud to announce that Craig Murray will be coming to Mareeba on the 8th of September to talk about dogs and dog training.

Craig Murray is an internationally certified and specialist dog trainer.

WEBSITE HERE

Talk starts 08:30am and finishes at 5pm. Topics of the talk are
Basic dog psychology
Identifying natural drives and instincts and how to use them to best advantage
Classic and operant conditioning and using motivators other than food.

The talk will be held at the RSL Hall Mareeba and there are a limited number of seats so register early if you would like to come.

Tickets are $100 per person or $80 for pensioners

Registration form can be found HERE

You must complete, pay and send the registration form to gain a seat.

Also included in the price is morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

Last weekend from the 18th to the 20th of May the Mad as Dogs Team were mad at work raising funds for ASDOGS(NQ) in the Wheelbarrow race that went from Mareeba to Chillagoe.

A special thankyou to the team and those who supported them in their quest to finish the race.

This years race attracted the highest number of teams and the Mad as Dogs came in 11th place.

All up the team covered 150km averaging 13km/hour.

Check out the photos HERE

The Mother Days Raffle was drawn on the 12th May.

First prize winner was John Hardy - Red ticket C61
Second Prize was T Sues - Black ticket 53E

Congratulations to both and thankyou to all who purchased tickets in the raffle.

The Easter Egg raffle was drawn and the results are 1st prize won by Michael Harvey - Orange ticket number C100 and the 2nd prize was won by Kay Diprose - Green ticket number A79

Congratulations to both and thankyou to all who purchased tickets for the raffle.

There is more news on the blog about the "Mad As Dogs" team in training for the barrow race, their new uniforms and the trivia night at the Mareeba Bowls Club on the 13th April. Go check it all out HERE

2 more news articles are now on our blog. Its all happening with Mareeba ANZ giving us their full support during the Blue Week Fundraising initiative and our grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund that allowed us to get that ride on mower that we so desperately needed.

ASDOGS(NQ) is overwhelmed by all the support. So for more reading..

ASDOGS(NQ) Blog

The Mareeba Centre for Tropical Agriculture [CTA] has put in an entry for the Great Wheelbarrow Race 2007 and chosen ASDOGS (NQ) Inc. as the charity group to raise funds for. CTA has over 120 staff in 4 government departments [QDPI&F, QDNR, EPA & AQIS NAQS], all of which are involved with the race entry. The race, from Mareeba to Chillagoe will be held over 3 days, May 18 to May 20. Each race team is allowed 10 'pushers' and one support vehicle. Each team are provided with a standard Kelso wheelbarrow so that each team faces the same challenge.

Fund raising events have started already including selecting a team name [$1 an entry] which was won by 'Mad As Dogs'. Subsequently CTA is selling dried mangoes and has even had a cane toad race where all entries have donated $2 for their amphibious steed. The team is now in training and has already called on ASDOGS Publicity dog Max for help.

Check out the photos on our blog

We will be regularly updating the news section on the progress of the "Mad as Dogs" teams preparations.

This raffle was recently drawn and the winner was Melanie Burrowes from Atherton. Congratulations Melanie!!
Special thanks to Pam for organising the raffle and to all those who sold and bought tickets.
The funds raised will further support ASDOGS(NQ) in a number of ways.
As always we are looking for volunteers and puppy raisers.

The raffle event made it into the Advertiser.

Here is the link Advertiser Article

News just came through that Ross Storey received an Australia Day Community Service Award on Australia Day. One of the reasons for the award was that Ross helped set up ASDOGS(NQ) many years ago. In fact he is one of the founding members.

Please check the link below for photos of him and of Mareeba Mayor Mick Borzi presenting him with the award.

Award Pictures