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Wels Comments EUROPEAN
WELS. AUSTRIA dog show
14-16.06.19 EUROPEAN dog show
2019 2019

by Karl Donvil Official Results
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European Dog Show 2019 OKV
Wels Austria With the World
EDS 2019 Dog Show in Shanghai-China
this year, too far away and
All photos by complicated to travel with
Natalia Feofanova and Oleg Bochkov . HD. dogs for the European exhibi-
tors that far outnumber the
other members of the FCI,
it was in the line of expecta-
tions that The European Dog
Show of this year would be a
real success.

Austria, one of the first
FCI countries, celebrated its
110th anniversary. The Aus-
trian Kennel Club had hosted
the European Dog Show al-
ready twice in the past, the
first time in 1999 and the
second time in 2005, and in
2012, the World Dog Show
was held in Salzburg with
18607 entries, plus around
5000 entries for the club spe-
cialties. 13244 Dogs were
entered for this European
Show, while another 6812
were booked for the Austrian
Winner. That makes a nice
total of 20066 entries. The
organizers, the Österreichis-
cherKynologenverbandes,
were very pleased with this
result, it was more than they
had expected.

The club had chosen for the
city of Wels, situated on the
rural part of Austria, but not
too far from where the moun-
tains start. The city of Wels
has good connections via
highway and train and the
airport of Linz. The Expo Halls
offer sufficient space to host
all those dogs in with 2 new
halls for the European Show
and several old ones where
the Austrian Champion show
took place. They are situat-
ed along the river Traun, at
the border of the historical
center of the city and facing
the park. This was obviously
one of the advantages, but on
the other hand, so close to a
city center means that all the