Welcome to The LAA


THE LABRADOODLE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INC.

Reg. A0039798P

Melbourne Australia.

The purpose of the LAA is to protect and nurture the future of the Australian Labradoodle throughout Australia and the world, for successive generations and to work with the National Kennel Club of Australia (NKCA) towards the goal of full recognition as a pure breed. In the year 2000, the LAA went into recession due to lack of committee support. 2003 has seen a swell of interest both in Australia and abroad and a new committee is in the process of being set up as of April 2003.

The LAA Office Bearers and Committee Has Been Appointed. Please see below.

LAA MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED

Please Email:

Melinda Radus melinda@sunsethills.biz with the subject line of your message...LAA MEMBERSHIP

To receive the Newsletter you must be either a member of the LAA or else have a "Newsletter Only membership" ($20 AUD per annum ) with the LAA. Do NOT email the editor with requests for the Doodle Times Newsletter as refusal may disappoint or offend.

Please note

It has been decided to offer an annual subscription for 'NEWSLETTER ONLY' be made available to those who do not wish to have full LAA membership, but would like to have the Newsletter emailed to them each quarter. Newsletter Only subscription is $20 AUD per annum. Please email Melinda Radus on - melinda@sunsethills.biz to have your Newsletter Only Subscription application form emailed to you.

April 2003 update

The LAA Official Committee has now been appointed. Office Bearers and Committee Members are listed below.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP:
Quarterly Newsletter available online. Second Issue out June 2003
Keep in touch with new developments as the Labradoodle works its way towards kennel club recognition
Make contact with other Labradoodle enthusiasts and take part in Club activities
Support the greatest dog breed in the world!
Breeders register your Kennel Prefix and your puppies! Set yourself apart from the puppy mills/puppy farms and the unscrupulous back yard breeders. Registered Breeders will be listed on the LAA Website with their locality to help intending purchasers to find a breeder working within the Code of Ethics of the LAA. To register your Breeder Prefix (Kennel Name) contact Angela Cunningham on labradoodle@labradoodle.com to have the correct application forms posted to you.
To be listed as an LAA Accredited Breeder, you must be a financial member of the LAA, must have signed the Code of Ethics, and must have registered your Breeder Prefix and breeding stock with the LAA.

NEW !!

Click on the links to print out your application form and code of ethics which should be signed and returned with your form and fees.

APPLICATION FORM

Print out, complete and send with fees to the address on the form.

CODE OF ETHICS

Print out, sign and forward with your application

BREED STANDARD (Unrevised)


FROM THE LAA PRESIDENT Beverley Manners.

February 2003 was a history making month for the Labradoodle, with the first worldwide teleconference-taking place to discuss the setting up of the new LAA committee. Peter Schriejver from Apparition Labradoodle Kennels in Holland, convened and chaired the teleconference. A big thank you goes to Peter for organizing and setting this up!

The LAA has been dormant for the past two years and it is exciting to see the swell of interest and the renewed offers of help come pouring in from across the globe.

Eleven people were online for just over an hour and many ideas were discussed, including the setting up of international bodies, each to be affiliated with the parent body, the LAA. It was agreed that the new Associations, although affiliated, would act independently in the decision-making processes of their own country or region, and would keep their own databases of records.
The Australian Labradoodle Association of North America (ALANA) was represented by Dorothy Demoreaux of Primetime Labradoodles, who is their President.

Everyone present expressed their hopes that the Breed Standard (due for revision), as well as the coding method for progression of generations, be universally consistent - with major decisions being a combined democratic effort. It was also agreed by those taking part in the teleconference, that a delegate be appointed from each international affiliate, who would hopefully participate over time in decision making meetings held by the LAA.

Due to the expensive nature of the teleconference, time was too restrictive to allow for the actual election of the committee of the LAA. It is now hoped that Peter may soon organize a second teleconference at which time another agenda will be set which will help set some definite plans into motion.

Following the next teleconference, bulk email is seen as an effective and more cost effective way in which to keep all interested parties in touch with each other and any developments which may occur.

According to Federal Law in Australia, any Association registered in that country may have only Australian residents as Office Bearers for the Association. However, it is my understanding that 'ordinary' committee persons may be residents of other countries.

Memberships are now being accepted from anyone interested in becoming a part of this historic phase of the Labradoodle.


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