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FMBB logoWorking Malinois Australia IGP & Deutscher Malinois Club e.V.Mondioring Sports Inc. (WMA Inc.) was formed to provide a national executive body capable of acting as an administrative body on a national basis in the best interests of the Belgian Malinois and FCI dog sports on behalf of its affiliated constituent bodies.  It pursues a selfless goal, what never directly or indirectly distributes any unpaid-for advantages to the founders, members, board members or any other person, while preserving the working qualities of the Belgian Malinois through activities enhancing these qualities, consisting of but not limited to working dog trials and breed suitability tests, done autonomously or in partnership with other associations.

Working Malinois Australia is an Associate Member of the  Deutscher Malinois Club e.V. (DMC), with an internationally shared interest in promoting the development and improvement of the Belgian Malinois as a competitive sport and working dog through tests, such as Breed-Surveys and Trials, featuring the strong work ethic of the Belgian Malinois.

As the Australian Member of the  World Organization for the Belgian Shepherd Dog (Fédération Mondiale du Berger Belge / FMBB), our objective is to support the training of Australian Malinois teams for national competition at IGP and Mondioring trials as well for as participation at FMBB international and world championship trials under the International Rules for IGP and Mondioring, as laid down by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (F.C.I.) and FMBB for working dogs.

Working Malinois Australia is the only national sport dog organization that administers both IGP and Mondioring trials at a National and club level, as well as lending support to other designated FMBB sporting activities where applicable.

All titles earned by Working Malinois Australia teams entering World Championships are gained under fully accredited FCI IGP &/or FCI Mondioring Judges!

WMA & MONDIORING:
Mondioring is a relatively new addition to dog sport in Australia. Working Malinois Australia opened the country up to Mondioring when WMA Administration instigated the first Mondioring programs for licensing decoys and judges, having official record keeping and numbered scorebooks for competitors while concurrently hosting the country’s first ever held Mondioring trial.  All licenses and titles were properly adjudicated under an FCI Mondioring Judge and from that first trial up until the current day (2020), all Australian MR decoys and all Australian-titled Mondioring teams have been either licensed and/or titled at WMA events under the auspices of the Working Malinois Australia Administration’s protocols.

WMA & IPO/IGP:
Working Malinois Australia can proudly lay claim to Australia’s most successful performance teams amongst the country’s most highly credentialed and experienced performance Judges.  WMA team members have won the lion’s share of SchH/IPO/IGP National and State Championship titles in open competitions (all breeds) since the national adoption of the sport in the country back to the early Ninties. Teams also being most prolific in the numbers of Schutzhund/IPO/ IGP titles successfully brought to trial at the highest levels, both at home and internationally, including at World Championships.

WMA seeks to develop, maintain and promote the historically sound working dog character of the Belgian Malinois through training and competition done in an appropriate, correct and controlled manner.

  • WMA keeps official records of all WMA Programs and Trial results, providing official scorebooks to all individual competing teams.
  • WMA provides Judge’s training & accreditation to members meeting the criteria.
  • WMA provides Helper & Decoy accreditation to members meeting the  criteria.
  • WMA supports Breed Survey along the lines of the DMC Koerung conducted by the Deutsche Malinois Club.
  • WMA hosts Australian National Championship Trials and supports its Mondioring and IGP teams to the FMBB World Championships.
  • WMA  provides individual certification  for all passing trial scores and Breed Surveys.

Working Malinois Australia offers co-operation, good fellowship and a shared appreciation amongst owners and the general public of the Belgian Malinois Dog and of competitive FCI dog sports in general. Members are encouraged to conduct themselves in a manner not detrimental to themselves, dog sport or to the Organization, whether at trials, club functions or any sanctioned events and most importantly, that we always have the well being of our dogs in mind.