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the Petit Basset Griffon Ven- Olga Migovitch, Maria Afanasyeva and Elena Fedorova /Russia/
déen. As there was no final
ceremony but a repetition of
the dull laser-show-who-let-
the-dogs-out performance
and the flag ceremony where-
by the flag was handed over
the Chinese Kennel Club, in-
cluding a promotional video
presentation of what can be
expected, the Best In Show
judging could start well in
time. Unfortunately it started
with smoke over the ring and
dull light, a nightmare for the
photographers. And worse,
the light went only a little
brighter during judging, but
far from good. If you want
to use a smoke machine,
OK, but once finished have it
blown away with a ventilator
before you start. The spot-
lights were probably operated
electronically as they could
not follow the subject fluently
and was far too small, lighting
up only parts of the dogs or
missing it completely. What
a shame to end such a fan-
tastic dog show like this. We
Belgians know that contrary
to us, Dutchmen are very
chauvinistic , and my guess
was right, the Dutch dog, the
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen
won Best in Show. All group
winners are supposed to be
top dogs and as only one can
win... Frosty Snowman is a
4 year old male entered in
Champion Class and was bred
by Phil Reid who still co-owns
the dog with Gwen Huiken-
shoven who was the breeder
of both parents of this dog. A
really nice dog and very good
mover too and a happy dog
which has probably made this
difference when a judge has
to split hairs.

The only record that can be
broken next year in Shangai
is that of being the biggest
show ever in Asia. Lots of
people from Europe will prob-
ably chose to go to the Eu-
ropean instead and that will
probably be a big one, held in
Wels in Austria.

by Karl Donvil
WDPA CEO

Main Topic • WDS ‘18. Amsterdam