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WDS ‘18. Amsterdam • Main Topic
you need to know your dog, About 200 judges were in- only, not on Sunday. The best World Dog Show 2018
be able to handle and present vited from 50 different coun- In Show went to the Scottish
him and pick out the best ex- tries and there was a lot of Terrier “Mcvan’s Big Bopper
amples to breed from. But press registered, about 120. At Beameups” shown by Re-
compared to talents of dogs And in Hall 1 most of the 150 becca Cross from the United
who help disabled people, Trade Stands were located States of America.
do search and rescue, scan including the two main spon-
people for drugs, for cancer, sors, Royal Canin and Eu- On Friday Groups 1, 3 and 4
etc. then we speak of a real kanuba. Statistics were not were on term, good for 4993
talent, a skill. A World Dog to be found in the catalog but dogs judged by 54 judges. Big
Show is a beauty contest, no at the Press Conference we numbers in breeds were the
more no less and talent is not received an overview of the American Staffordshire Ter-
the same as being lucky to top ten breeds and the par- rier, 185 in total, Australian
look nice. A talent is some- ticipants. Here we learn that Shepherds, 170, Jack Russels
thing that is meant to be de- there was a massive repre- , 218 all together, Stafford-
veloped, but the way a dog sentation from Russia, lead- shire Bull Terriers, 154, 107
looks can hardly be changed. ing for the Benelux Winner Scottish Terriers, 107 Minia-
Talent counted much more for and the Specialties and with ture Bull Terrier, 98 Westies,
the dogs who gave demon- 1851 entries for the World 125 Yorkies and 237 Welsh
strations in Frisbee, Agility, Dog Show, right after Ger- Corgis, Cardigan and Pem-
Dog Dancing, Rescue and po- many with 3 more entries and brokes together. The Dachs-
lice work and all other disci- the Netherlands who were hunds are one group in FCI,
plines that were shown in the leading with 1921 entries. Group IV and here we found
demonstration ring in Hall France had 1544 entries, 751 specimen, all varieties
1. There was also a “theater Italy 1344. Another impres- is size and coat. The group-
course” , a new discipline sive number were the British winning Dachshund was later
where dogs are learned sev- entries; on the 4th place right disqualified. He belonged to
eral tricks that could be of after Finland with 655 en- a judge, Mr. Jean-François
use in films and television tries, on the 7th place for the Vanaken from Belgium, who
work. WDS with 901 entries and on was officiating on this show
the second place behind Rus- and that is not allowed by
That a World Dog Show re- sia with 717 entries. Let us the FCI rules. It is a missed
quires a massive amount of not forget that England rec- chance for the other winning
helpers and people involved ognizes far fewer breeds than Dachshunds as they could not
is certainly no secret. In or- the FCI countries. compete for BIS in the main
der to welcome all those dogs ring on Sunday. I think in
and owners from 74 differ- The Benelux winner was a general that judges should no
ent nationalities, 450 vol- one day show held on Thurs- longer show dogs they own
unteers were active every day and it took very long be- at all on shows, even if they
day to clean up every even- fore the Best In Show was don’t officiate on that show.
ing, prepare the rings, as- chosen, almost 9 in the even- It gives always a corrupt feel-
sist as ring steward, clean- ing. Not only were all the 10 ing, certainly if they win, and
ing up excrements, collecting groups on term but if you do automatically they win more
results, guide visitors and that not only for the adult easily because they know so
exhibitors... it is a massive dogs, but also for the juniors, many judges. It gives other
job with lots of volunteers plus choosing the best Brace, judges also a very discom-
involved, not only from the Group, Progeny Group, Junior forting feeling and for sure
Netherlands, but also from Handler, Minor Puppy, Puppy, tend to place their dogs high-
the neighboring countries Veteran, Working Class and er than they normally would.
and Belgium in the first place Dutch breeds.... no need to
as they speak the same lan- tell that this program had no On Saturday we found
guage. climax towards the end, just some interesting groups as
a longing to go home, sleep 6, 7, 8 and 10 were on term.
The breed stand, about 200, and focus on the WDS or Spe- Only 4413 were to be judged
were not placed in some kind cialties the next days. Fortu- also by 54 different judges.
of village, but next to the ring nately the main ring for the Groups 6 and 7 have so many
where the breed was shown. WDS ended at a reasonable rare breeds that one hardly
In total there were 60 rings. hour, between 6 and 7 PM and sees but in the native coun-
On the map of the halls I around 8 on Sunday. The spe- try or on a World or European
counted 78 rings but prob- cialties, however, lasted late dog show. Let me sum up a
ably the 18 extra rings were almost every day. They were few: Bleu Gascony Basset and
reserved for the specialties. held on Friday and Saturday Griffon, Bleu Picardy Spaniel,
Ariègois and Ariègois pointing
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