GENERAL INFORMATION, HOW TO REGISTER ETC

Welcome to the Collienet Forum, until you are fully registered you will be unable to view all topics and this post serves as a guide to the new user registration process.

To register, please click on the link at the top of the page 'Register'. You will need to provide a 'user name' which should be your own name, or kennel name, together with a valid email address, and location* (by County if in the UK), *any new registrations without a valid location will be automatically deleted.

Due to time wasters/spams and trolls, we also need the name of a sponsor [being the full name and/or email of a current active member of the forum, which is an obligatory part of the registration form. Your membership will be reviewed before activation and you will be advised via email when successful. Please note, until you make a post you will have restricted access to the forum, and will be unable to view the following topics - General Chat/Show Scene/Problem Page/Breeding/Dog HealthTopics/Food and Diet and Behaviour and Training.

If you are unable to provide a sponsor please email us your name/gender/location/post code and breed of dog you own or are interested in to collienetforum@aol.com. We will then review your membership and if successful, will manually create your profile and advise you via email within 24 hours.

Please note, any member not visiting the forum for a period in excess of 30 days, may have their profile terminated.

If you have any queries about registration, or have not received confirmation that your account has been activated, please contact us at collienetforum@aol.com or collienetforum@yahoo.co.uk or the forum moderator on colliemoderator@googlemail.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible, but please, do not contact us by telephone.

Although we are UK based we have members from 20 countries worldwide as far afield as Australia. We have 20 main subjects, including the 'show scene' (where members will post dog show results), 'venues' (directions to popular dog show sites), 'breeding', 'general chat', 'an introduction to showing', 'dog behaviour and training', 'dog health topics', 'a problem page', 'complementary pet care', and competitions.