Information for New Members
If you are interested to find out more about the club and maybe purchasing a beautiful Old English Sheepdog into your home as a member of your family, you are very welcome to contact any member of the club’s committee (listed in the office bearers/committee section). We are all happy to hear from you and are only too pleased to answer any questions about our breed.
Membership form
To download the Club's membership form double click on the link below
https://oz.dogs.net.au/oldenglishsheepdogclubofvictoria/uploads/documents/MEMBERSHIP-FORM-2023.docx
If you have any queries about membership, please contact [email protected]
Breeder/Puppy Enquiries - Demand for Old English Sheepdogs always outweighs supply.
They are so much the most popular dog wherever they go. But they do require somewhat more looking after than some other breeds.
Offering them your company, making them a cherished member of your family INSIDE your home, looking after their coat, meaning they’ll need an occasional good brushing every few days to ensure their coat doesn’t become matted, is mandatory and necessary when you have an Old English Sheepdog.
There are breeders in most States, even if there aren’t any puppies here in Victoria at the time you’re looking to get a new little puppy. We have developed an on-going puppy register which will constantly be kept up to date with puppies when they are available, from whom and from where, for you to contact.
Learn as much as you can and what it’s like to own and love an Old English Sheepdog, and if you are still prepared to look after one of them, nurture and love them for their life (10-12+ yrs), then contact us for information of any available puppies.
For breed/puppy enquiries contact: Gillian Rowsell on
0415 929 875 or [email protected]
Social - The Club will be holding social activities throughout the year. Club functions such as dog walks,educational demonstrations on grooming & looking after our dogs,dog show handling techniques (conformation),health talks from a qualified Veterinarian,herding demonstrations & experiences,luncheons, dinners,car rallies,bbq’s,picnics,social gatherings over a few drinks & a chat, Xmas function,etc. are all planned at different times during the year, assuming there’s the demand from our members for the Club to organise these exciting and fun activities for you to enjoy!
If there is an activity that you wish us to organise please let us know. Email Anne Binns on [email protected]
Welfare - We always wish our beautiful Old English Sheepdogs to have the most loving and nurtured life any animal could ever hope for.
Old English Sheepdogs are most definitely a people dog, and will desire to be in your company most of the time offering you all the love, companionship and hilarity only an Old English Sheepdog can offer.
If you have to let your Old English Sheepdog go, PLEASE contact the Club's Welfare Officers, who will assist you in rehoming your dog into an ever-loving new household.
There are so many people always ready,willing and able to offer these wonderful companion dogs a loving home for the rest of their life. If you need assistance either call or email Gillian Rowsell on 0415 929 875 or [email protected]
Championship Show - The Club hold a Specialty Championship Dog Show each year for OES only where we showcase all the best OES showdogs in Australia. Watch this page for the exact date, but it is usually held on the first weekend in November each year at Dogs Victoria KCC Park in Skye, an outer south eastern suburb of Melbourne about 50kms from the CBD.
All categories of dogs from puppies to veterans, males,females or desexed,as long as they’re in full coat and groomed are able to enter a Championship Show and be judged against other Old English Sheepdogs in their relevant category.
All Breeds Clubs hold Championship Shows most weekends and you will find some OES exhibiting as well.
If you’re interested in showing or want to learn more about it (it’s called conformation) and join in even if you’ve never tried it before, please let us know. It’s a lot of fun and there are people in the Club who are only too happy to assist you in showing your dog which helps to promote the breed standard of our beautiful breed which is the core activity of all pure bred dog clubs.
The Show Manager is Wayne Fleming and he can be contacted on 0402 784 848 or [email protected] .