International Collie Conference to be held in conjunction with the National Collie Show, Monday June 1st

The Conference will be held in the Amenities Building at Erskine Park 0900 –1515. (Coffee and Registration 0830)


The conference promises to be interesting, informative and thought provoking! Something not to miss!

In the morning session we will concentrate on the Classic Collie. What is it? What has happened to the Classic Collie? Is the Classic Collie no more? A number of speakers from Australia and overseas will address this issue, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. The International Collie Society suggested this as an extremely relevant issue.

Before lunch, Lyn Pinosa will talk about alternate therapies.

The after lunch session will address “Issues surrounding the future of the Breed”. Several speakers, Dr Marilyn Gill, George Sofronidis and Dr John Newell under the Chairmanship of Dr Karen Hedberg will address issues including mating, breeding and newborns, frozen semen and genetic testing. Again, there will be plenty of time to ask questions and participate in a panel discussion.

While there is no formal registration for the conference, it would be appreciated if those interested could indicate interest by emailing Sheila Walker at [email protected] This will facilitate catering and seating!
There is no charge but we will ask for gold coin donations, to assist with catering.

This should be a very worthwhile conference of great value to the Collie community.