Voting Register

The voting register can be viewed through the Dogs NZ website by following this link: Dog Training Voting Register

If you are not logged on to the NZKC site it will direct you to the log-in page and then take you back to the register once you are logged in.

You can check whether you are on the registers you think you should be on (Obedience, Working Trials and Rally-O) and also check your details.  If any of the Voting Register details are wrong (or you are missing from a register) there is an option to email your region rep to get your details updated.  There is also an option to request a change of your Dogs NZ member details (address, email, phone etc.) and this will send an email to the Dogs NZ office with the requested changes.

April 2026 Voting Round Results

Rally O

Rally O Remits April 2026 Voting Results
123 people voted 
Remit 1 Sign Placement
In favour of change 92.68%
Passed

Remit 2 Defining penalty for going around pole the wrong way and aligning it with the jump penalty
Reducing the penalty for wrong way over the jump.
In favour of change82.79%
Passed

 Remit 3 Definition of Retry
In favour of change 90.76%
Passed

Remit 4 Changes to 10 Point Deductions
Amend Regulation 27.2.3.5 10 Point Deductions
In favour of change 88.98%
Passed

 Remit 5 Changing walk through requirements to what is actually being done!
Proposed by the Rally-O Sub Committee
In favour of change 100%
Passed

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Working Trials

Working Trial Remits April 2026 Voting Results
23 people voted 

Remit 1 Regulation 22.1.1.3 Long Jump.
In favour of change 100%
Passed 

Remit 2 Regulation 22.1.3 Order of Tracks.
In favour of change 86.96%
Passed

Remit 3 Length of WD/TD Leash Tracks
In favour of change 95.65%
Passed

Remit 4 Judging the cross track on TT2 and TT3 (the “fail at 50m” rule):
In favour of change 91.3%
Passed

Guidelines on dealing with dog aggression at shows

The following document has been developed to summarise what needs to be done when there are dog aggresison incidents at shows.

Guidelines on dog aggression incidents at shows

Supplementary Obedience Tests (aka New Classes)

Information for the Supplementary Obedience tests are detailed in the Dog Training Regulations and are intended to be additional classes clubs can choose to run at their Obedience or Rally-O shows if they wish.  The new classes are:

 The full description of the new classes can be seen here


Judging sheets for the new classes can be found here:

Obedience Placegetter Award Certificates that can be used for the new classes can be found in Official Forms under O on the Dogs NZ Website: Official Forms.  Clubs can order them from the office or download the file and print their own.

Obedience Top 20 Competition/Rankings

The Obedience Top 20 competition 

This allows people to see how they are doing each year relative to others around the country.  

The rankings for the current year and previous years can be seen here: Obedience Top 20

Obedience Awards Record Card

As a result of the April 2018 voting round the Obedience awards for achievement in each of the obedience classes has been introduced from 30 June 2018.  This requires interested competitors to keep their own record of their achievements (scores of 95% or over) for each test and get these verified and signed by the show manager.  The region representatives have been issued with record cards to distribute to competitors who want them.  These are also available on request from the Dogs New Zealand office or you can print out your own using the file here.

Updated January 2026 Dog Training Regulations

The updated January 2026 version of the Dog Training Regulations is available below. 

Dog Training Regulations 2026

Dogs New Zealand Club Handbook

The Dogs New Zealand club handbook contains useful informaotin for clubs and can be found on the NZKC website here: https://www.dogsnz.org.nz/pdfs/club-handbook.pdf