As you may have read earlier this year, Scottie Club UK now focuses on its UK membership to best support the Scotties, the Very Important Pooches.
As LSC is only possible through the help of volunteers and continues to charge no fee for lifetime membership, we have to impose some restrictions to ensure that we can process members in a way that is fair to new members and volunteers alike.
This means that since 2024, any UK-based Scottie owner who completes our online form to join Scottie Club UK, will be admitted at our next quarterly admissions day. This is typically 7-10 days before our next quarterly Walkabout.
Hence, for the 29 June 2024 Walkabout that means new members can expect to receive their membership cards and access to our popular WhatsApp groups around 19-22 June. For those who apply after the third week in June, they would be admitted on 19-22 September to be in time for our 29 September 2024 Walkabout. Check your spam email folder!
If you apply before: |
LSC member from: |
19 June 2024 |
19-22 June 2024 |
19 September 2024 |
19-22 September 2024 |
4 December 2024 |
4-7 December 2024 |
As you can apply for join at any time of the year, some members have been anxious to know that we have their applications. Please do not worry – if you received our automated reply acknowledging receipt and explaining that membership is being processed, then you don’t need to do anything unless we are five days before the next Walkabout – in which case you are welcome to email to enquire.
The Club has also been in receipt of various requests from the public, such as where to find a Scottie breeder, or who can groom their dog for exhibiting at dog shows.
Scottie Club UK, although national, can only cater for its registered membership and cannot promise to respond to emails from non-members asking for help. Thanks for your understanding.
Really enjoy the you tube videos, we know Cath Marchbank in fact we have had two Scotties from STECS through her
SCOTT – THE SCOTTY THAT CHANGED MY MIND
In August 2022 we had to say goodbye to our much loved Scotty called Scott who came into our lives from STECS in 2016. Scott was our first boy, all our previous Scotties were girls and although initially i was bit apprehensive about taking on male Scotty i need not have worried he turned out to be a little cracker.
He reminded me so much of Parker featured in the book Adventures of an Urban Dog by Will Cohu, i loved taking him on walks or as I described it swanking him off, if I needed to cross the busy road through our village i only had to pick him up and invariably a driver would stop to let us cross and being a handsome looking Scotty he turned the head of a many a car passenger.
He was photographed with the flying Scotsman steam train when it stopped to take on water near to where we live an image that not only made it onto the STECS calender but also bagged him third prize in a Dogs Trust photo competition. One time I took him to the office where I work and he single handed made the paper shredder redundant but generally he was well behaved and a dream to have around the home.
He was the archetypal male Scotty, opinionated, stubborn and there are some dogs in our village he looked forward to starting an argument with but he did make some friends including my neighbours Irish Red Setters and he was also quite smitten with a west highland white called Bonny. He demonstrated a grudging indifference to most people, was good around children but he was never happier than when he was checking out and replying to all the pee-mails on his daily walk.
Since my wife introduced me to Scotties, yes she is to blame, I have become a bit besotted with this iconic little breed of dog, i have a Scotty badge on nearly every coat, a Scotty mug for my tea breaks at work, and I even included an article about them in one of my regular parish magazine articles.
Scott meant so much to me saying goodbye to him at the end was very tough, i am shedding tears as I write this but he will be for ever in both our hearts, RIP Scott and thank you for all the memories.
Dave
STECS member
Hi,
Love Scotties as much as i love trees!
Dave Hewitt,
Ribble Valley Countryside Tree Officer
We are thrilled to hear from you too, Dave!