2018 ANNUAL by KARL DONVIL
IN GENERAL Two major facts have had a serious impact on the show scene in Belgium and Luxembourg of the past 12 months. First, there is the new tendency to orga- nize double CACIB shows, one on Sat- urday and one on Sunday. This has a serious impact on the future of the dog shows and the first victims are the often smaller single shows. In one weekend it is possible to win two titles what brings you in speed tempo to your necessary titles, and once you have them, you can start breeding the dog or retire him or whatever. But anyway, a big part of the exhibitors will no longer show the dog on a next show. And that is when it affects the coming shows in the first place, even the big ones and the doubles. In the long end they will find decreasing the numbers of entries. But what regret even more is that the com- petition will go down too, and we will have more and more breeds with hardly a few dogs to show and titles will be won easier, another reason to stay home once you won your titles. It is time that the FCI will take measures! KORTRIJK 2017 Mr.Vanlerberghe, was rather unhap- py when I met him. “Why for God sake is the World Dog Show only one week away from our show and why are there 3 shows in one weekend in Geneva. It has cost us 750 entries compared to last year.” For this 54th edition of this show there were “only” 2519 entries from 21 different countries, half of them from. The number of British entries was this year 211 and they represented 8, 4% of all entries. For him it’s a goal to attract as much British entries as possible, the Eurodogshow must be the best-known show of the continent for any British exhibitor, the first to participate. For the first time, this show was held in combi- nation with a Catshow. That was a good initiative as it had a positive effect on the number of visitors. Another novelty were the workshops in a sidehall where visitors could have a tour around the halls and become informed about how a show is run, or watch videos about Res- cue Dogs, history of FCI etc. On Sunday Belgium’s newest World Champion Dog Dancing, Elke Boxoen was celebrated. She won the title in Leipzig. The Best
In Show went to Great Britain, (just like the Best In Show Junior title that went to the Kerry Blue Terrier “Gailgorm Alone in the Dark with Lynnsto” from Dale Mitch). Little Bichon a poil Frisée “Manoir Hooray Henry” did not well understand what happened when he was helped on the podium by his happy mistress Pauline Johns. This 3-year-old boy was entered in Champion Class for Mr. Dupas and won the group under Mr. Dirk Spruyt. BRUSSELS DOG SHOW 2017 Another double show, the 4rd in 2017! The Saturday Show was called the “Brussels Trophy”, the Sunday edi- tion, the “Brussels Dog Show”, where the CAC counted double. It was also a Crufts Qualifier. On Sunday the win- ner of both was chosen and became the title of Supreme Winner. There were a few big shows the week prior to Brus- sels, like Helsinki in Finland that could affect the Russian and Scandinavian entries and the Amsterdam winner (also double CAC and Crufts Quali- fier) certainly would affect the Dutch entries. And the very same weekend as Brussels there were the shows of Gorinchem in the Netherlands, Stock- holm in Sweden, Vilnius in Lithuania and Verona in Italy. They all more or less effected the entries. The Saturday show had 1994 entries and the Sunday show 2203 dogs. What can you expect? More and more shows become double shows, but most people’s budget stays the same. In my opinion, the result is that the cake is not bigger, it is only split up in smaller parts. Mrs. Myriam Vermeire was granted the honor to chose the BIS on the Saturday show. Her hearth was stolen by the Yorkshire Terrier “Hunderwood Jet Set” from Mr. Eric Bernard from France. Only 4 were entered for Mr. Van Brempt, Jet Set in Open Class. He is 3 years old and co- owned by Mrs. Nanta Tansacha. Best in Show on Sunday went to the 22-month- old Poodle “Yamit Muskat Korea Min Su” coming from Russia, entered by Polina Kurbatskaya to be judged by Mrs. Dagmar Klein from Romania. The group was judged by Mr. Zlojutro from Hungary. The Supreme Junior Winner and Supreme Winner were both judged by Mr. Theo Leenen, presi- dent of the Belgian Kennel Club. The
Newfoundlander “New Angel’s Pacific Black Pearl” was his Supreme Junior winner, the Yorkshire “Hunderwood Jet Set” his Supreme Champion. WEELDE 2018 After the big success of last year with 2083 entries, the number dropped dramatically to 1371! And that is really undeserved! The halls are so fantastic, large, free parking, enough space, what more do we need for a show? Some say it was because entering was very expensive, however contrary to most other shows the parking was included. The first weekend after new year is right after a very expensive period that has a serious impact on the family budget. And there was Brussels, only 3 weeks earlier and Santa Claus, Amster- dam Winner, Christmas, New Year and Weelde...no wonder you make choices. Weelde is a small place right to the border of the Netherlands. The halls are a little bit remote from everything. This out of use Nato base offers lots of oppor- tunities, but heating and sanitary facili- ties need to be rented. It was, however, rather chilly inside but not extreme. Mrs. Myriam Vermeire was BIS- judge. Her winning dog was a Shih Tzu named “Saffron Sherhy Dustin” owned by Dorien Van Slycken from Belgium. Saffron is a Russian import, bred by Irina Cherkasova and is a little over 3 years old. He was entered in Intermedi- ate class for judge Siret Lepasaar from Estonia to compete with 18 others. Mr. Dirk Spruyt, husband of Mrs. Vermeire was the group judge. The next show will be in March, the weekend of the 16th-17th and one week after Crufts. MOUSCRON 2018 For its 45th edition Mouscron can look back with pride, they had 1941 entries, only a little less than the previous year. Since two years these people are now able to walk around because there are now passages protected with fenc- es, dividing grooming areas from the passages and places to be used by the handlers. It is still very crowded but now you can move and walk around and there is much less tension and stress. Another positive factor is the buffet. For a very democratic price you can eat,
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