The GDLAWA committee meets every two months to discuss issues regarding the club.

If you are interested in becoming a committee member, please contact us.

President - Laura Meredith

Laura owns a female Great Dane named Pepper and a confused Pointer named Winston - who is convinced he is a Great Dane in a Pointers body! As a kid, Laura grew up with Great Danes and when it was time to move out into the big wide world she decided the Dane was the breed for her. At that time Laura was into Agility with her Border Collie and wanted to get into obedience. Ideally the Great Dane wasn't the perfect choice for obedience but Laura wanted a challenge.

With a lot of hard work and a lot of fun, Pepper ended up being an excellent obedience dog. Laura and Pepper have been doing obedience now for four years and still loving it. Laura sadly had to give up agility because her Border Collie was too old, however she is determined to give it another go with her crazy Pointer. Laura has completed an obedience training course and is particularly interested in passing on her experience in Great Dane specific training courses. Laura's partner Dave is also an active committee member of the GDLAWA.

Secretary - Tricia Neill

Trish has been an avid pet owner for 26 years but has gradually progressed to the Great Dane stage! Two Labradors started the family, then a Rottweiler/Great Dane cross which was where the dane personality won over. After Jed's death it was several years before the time was right, and a work relocation to Sydney happened in between.

At the time, the family included two 'rescue' cats, who were part of the relocation to and from Sydney. When finishing the Sydney job, the team of staff surprised her with a thank you gift.....TJ, the blue Great Dane. One cat died within weeks of arriving back in WA but Jipsy lives happily with TJ...and Trish lives happily because of TJ & Jipsy.

Treasurer - Heidi Dieckmann

Heidi and her husband Peter share their property in Darling Downs with 5 Great Danes, 6 cats and 6 horses. Heidi began her Great Dane journey 17 years ago with fawn and brindle sisters and over the years has been owned by 9 Danes with the oldest, a mantle girl named Toska reaching the ripe old age of almost 12 years. Heidi does regular obedience training with her Danes and now shows her young brindle girl Tadpole in the confirmation ring.