The Queensland Government has formed a new committee, Q-Dog, to try to combat the problem.

Brent Finlay, Queensland president of Agforce Sheep and Wool, has taken up the position of chairman of the new committee and told the meting he would be "going hard" on the problem.

He said wild dogs were categorised as a Class 2 pest and therefore it was the responsibility of landholders to control them.

"There is legislation that will allow the relevant authorities to prosecute if landholders do nothing to control wild dogs," he said.

Mayor of Boulia Shire and Agforce delegate Rick Britton said part of the dog problem could be attributed to the fact that the previous response was coordinated by the QPIF, but that responsibility had been transferred to local government.

"Each shire can only train up one person to be accredited to mix baits and as soon as we get someone accredited they move to the coast," Mr Briton said.

He said the Boulia Shire had been without an accredited bait mixer for up to two years.

Several members bought to the meeting's attention that the control of dogs on Crown land, army reserves and national parks was ineffectual and in most cases non-existent.

This was frustrating neighbouring landholders, who were going to great expense in an attempt to control the pests.

The development of the new PAPP baits, which come with an antidote for unintended targets, is already overdue and not expected to become available until 2011.

The loss of livestock by wild dogs across Australia is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.