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Marlene founded our specialist Club in 1997 with an inaugural General Meeting being held on 8th October 1997, in Gauteng. The Club has activities like grooming clinics for new puppy owners (and others) and a show training clinic, and a breed clinic. There were also some successful fundraising activities like raffles, sale of Beardie shape biscuits and pottery fridge magnets.
We now have Kusa (Kennel Union of Southern Africa) affiliation and are now officially known as the The Bearded Collie Club of Gauteng, although we would like to stress that the club is open to all Beardie owners and enthusiasts throughout Southern Africa and Internationally as well !
Our main aim at present is to incorporate as many Beardie people as we can, no matter where they reside and send out a regular news letter, invite any questions or share any problems that the owners may have and help to solve them. We can also offer people advice on training their Beardie and also taking part in dog jumping (after their Beardie is 14 months old), agility, carting and also obedience training. Beardies are very versatile dogs and can excel at most things.
Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Bearded Collie Club should send their name and address to
Maria at the email address below. Please add a little information on your beardie), name, age, sex etc.
The club has gone from strength to strength now holding its own Championship show.
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