DOGS ACT Events Calendar

ANKC Health warning

ANKC Press Release - EHRLICHIOSIS - emerging disease - nationally notifiable. Please read article

Into Dog Sports?

Looking to get your dog to undertake more sports? Check our calendar as trials for obedience, tricks, flyball, rally obedience, scentworks & more listed there!

Responsible ownership of dogs

Today’s pure bred dogs represent generations of selective breeding for characteristics that improve the ability to perform particular functions ranging from herding and hunting to companionship...

AGM - 3rd September 2024

Details can be found here. Click Here

About Us

We are not a Government body. We abide by the ACT Government regulations of owning and keeping dogs in the ACT.

The A.C.T Canine Association inc. (trading as Dogs ACT) is the controlling body for Pure Bred Dogs and Dog Sports within the Australian Capital Territory and is a supporting member of the Australian National Kennel Council.

Our primary objective is to promote in every way, the general improvement of pure bred dogs, responsible dog ownership and the varied roles in which dogs contribute to today's society.

People considering taking ownership of a dog, first need to ...