Newsletter December 15th, 2011

FCI Centenary European Dog Show, Leeuwarden, 1-4 September 2011

After finishing my education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam in 1986, I started as a painter. Portraits have been my specialty since then. First only human portraits, but as Bull Terrier Fancy came into my life in 1993, I started painting dogs as well.

Christian EYMAR DAUPHIN has just been elected President of the Société Centrale Canine, French National Kennel Club, at the end of an Extraordinary Committee Meeting. The rest of the executive committee remains unchanged.

Strong bones for an athletic body

Dogs are accomplished athletes, from the smallest breeds weighing less than 5kg to those over 100kg. Their strong limbs are designed for running and jumping. In most breeds their limb bones are relatively long to help generate speed.

Professor Wilhelm Brass passed away on 8 October 2011 at the age of 85 years.

Earthquake Turkey

596 dead people, 4152 injured and 188 people rescued alive from the rubble. These are the official figures from the UN following the earthquake in Van/Turkey. 17 survivors have been found by the rescue dogs from the IRO (International Rescue Dog Organisation) Member Organisation, ‘AKUT’.

New records were set once again at the European Coursing Championships, with a total of 697 dogs, not including reserve starters, entered for this year’s competition (per breed) in the Dutch region of Oirschot, a few kilometres to the west of Eindhoven.

Junior Handler : Paulina Lisiak

My name is Paulina Lisiak and I am 14 years old. I come from Poland and live in small town - Kozmin Wielkopolski (between Poznan and Wroclaw).

On August 20-21, the Norwegian Kennel Club hosted one of their biggest dog shows of 2011 in Oslo. In addition to Dogs4All, which will be hosted in November, the Oslo show is one of the key events on the Norwegian show calendar.

As a general rule of thumb, a dog who is 7 years or older should be considered middle to senior aged. According to the UC Davis Book of Dogs, small-breed dogs (such as small terriers) then become geriatric at about 11 years; medium-breed dogs (such as larger spaniels) at 10 years;

On October 8, 2011, Prof. Wilhelm Brass, Past Immediate President of the F.C.I Scientific Commission, passed away at the age of 85.

The August weekend of 20-21.8.2011 saw the FCI's first international VGP for dachshunds taking place in Italy, based on the new trial regulations (PO) which had come into effect on 01.01.2011.

The Norwegian Kennel Club (NKK) is proud to host the European Dog Show 2015 and NKK would like to thank all the European kennel clubs for their support.

Shortly after the 2010 Golden Trophy Show of Liege a fire destroyed one of the big halls (october), roughly 2/5th of the area. It was far from sure if the show of 2011 would take place and if so where. There were a few options, pretty far away and more expensive or less practical.