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European Dog Show 2019 148 HOTdog are breeds as the dogs of 1-2 / 2019
Group 6 were on turn. But
was next with 1079 en- first the popular breeds. I was 22°C? This was an exception-
tries, then Germany with surprised to find out that the al situation for the organiz-
921 dogs, Poland with 864, Basset Hounds are very pop- ers. It would have been more
Austria with 855 and Hun- ular, 84 were entered. There tolerable for queueing at the
gary with 731. Strange that were 190 Bernese Mountain entrance. There have been no
Germany, a big neighboring dogs, 150 Bulldogs, 90 Bull- incidents with cars, although
country, had scored so poor- mastiffs, 144 Cane Corso, we all expected it to happen.
ly. 855 for Austria was normal 90 Dalmatians, no less than We would all have been much
if you know that it has around 217 Great Danes (all colors), more forgiving in normal con-
9 million inhabitants. Only 82 349 Zwergschnauzers and ditions, but unfortunately,
dogs were entered from the 415 Dachshunds (all types)! as it was warm, everybody
United Kingdom, 17 from the But Sunday was the festival was touchy and less forgiv-
USA and 2 from Canada. Is- of the rare breeds like the ing and all small deficiencies
rael had a surprisingly high BernerNiederlaufhund, the were enlarged. But I heard no
number of 50 dogs in show. Brandlbracke, and the Briquet complaints about paperwork,
Griffon Vendéen, the large judging issues, rings, etc, at
Show of this size always at- variety of the popular Grand least not more than on a reg-
tracts big numbers of dogs and Petit Griffon Vendéens. ular show. There are always
belonging to popular breeds There was a Cao de Castro people who are never happy
and lots of dogs of very rare Laboreiro, a few Cimarron and always complaining, but
breeds. Friday had 93 Afgan Uruguayos, CiobanescRoma- there were no complaints like
Hounds, 165 American Staf- nesc De Bucovina, some Co- that in general. The main ring
fordshire Terriers, 120 Eng- banKöpegi, 12 Dansk_Sven- was nice and correct and ex-
lish Cocker Spaniels, 100 kGardhund that are slowly cept Friday, the timing was
Flat Coated Retrievers, 222 growing in popularity, two within the limits. So how can
Golden Retrievers, 97 Irish Continental Bulldogs, a Dun- we conclude then? Congratu-
Red Setters, 188 Jack Russell ker, two ErdelyiKopo’s and lations to the organizers and
Terriers, 206 Labrador Re- Fila De Sao Miguel, a Grand the OKV for another nice Eu-
trievers, 120 Magyar Viszlas, GasconSaitongeois, a Griffon ropean Dog Show!
89 Scottish Terriers, 128 Wei- Fauve de Bretagne, the large
maraners, 102 West Highland variety of the Basset Fauve by Karl Donvil
White Terriers and 110 York- de Bretagne, two Halden- WDPA CEO
shire Terriers. Rare Breeds stöver, a Hamilton Stover, a
were French Bracco’s like the Jura Laufhund, a Planinsky- * The views and opinions
Braque d’Auvergne, Braque Gonic, two SabuesoEspag- expressed in this article are
du Bourbonnais, Braque Fran- nols, 3 SchwyzerLaufhunde, those of the authors and do
çais Type Pyrenées and the some SegugioItaliano, even not necessarily reflect the
Braque Saint Germain and a a SegugioMaremmano, Two official policy or position of
DeutscherWachtelhund and TirolerBracke and one Srp- a HOTdog Magazine Interna-
there were also 4 Silken Wind- skiGonic and a SrpskiTrobo- tional editorial board.
sprites (Silken Sighthound). jniGonic. As I said, a festival
On Saturday there were 137 of rare breeds. If you want to
Akitas, 124 American Akitas, meet some of those breeds
90 Basenji, 112 Swiss White there are often only two pos-
Shepherd, 161 Border Col- sibilities, or you go to the
lies, 107 Boston Terriers, 112 country of origin in the hope
Cavalier King Charles Span- to find them or you come to a
iels, 223 Chihuahua’s, 98 World or European Dog Show
Chinese Cresteds, 116 Rough where you can be sure to find
Collies, 217 French Bulldogs, them purebred.
95 Pugs107 Papillons, 99
Samojeds, 95 Shih Tzus, 84 It is always a pity that a show
Czech Wolfhounds, 220 Welsh can be broken down and Fa-
Corgis, 158 Pomeranians and cebook is the best and fastest
no less than 321 Poodles all means to do that. Be let’s be
sizes. Rare breeds shown fair. What would it have been
were the Ca de Bestiar, Ca- under normal climatological
nadian Eskimo Dog, Cioba- circumstances, knowing that
nescRomanescCarpatin and the average temperature for
Mioritic; Kishu, Korean Jindo this time in the year would be
Dog andKromforländer. On
Sunday we could find more

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