Newsletter February 28th, 2014

A Winning Combination Continues

Passion for purebred dogs is at the heart of both the FCI and Eukanuba, and in February, 2014 the two organisations announced the continuation of their joint efforts with the signing of a new 3-year ''Partners in Excellence'' agreement.

Touched by a care dog

The Finnish Kennel Club started its care dog activities, where volunteering dog owners visit groups of people with special needs, in the year 2001. Care dogs are ordinary family dogs owned by laymen wishing to bring joy and warmth to the life of those who really need it.

Mr Blanchart, it was a great pleasure for us here at the FCI to learn that Thuin now has a person in charge of animal welfare.

The shows in Norte took place, as usual, in the Exponor Fair Grounds on 17-18 January.

Inspired by wonderful initiatives carried out by several FCI members all over the world (see references below), the FCI suggested a meeting with Mrs Michelle Dutrieux, General Director of the City of Thuin, and Mr Luc Caron, Director of the local nursing home Le Gai Séjour.

The FCI receives numerous requests concerning the genesis of the current dog breeds nomenclature, created in 1987, called the “Jerusalem nomenclature”. The FCI first chose to publish an article I wrote in 1988 for the English Bulldog club article...

by Prof Giovanni Morsiani, President of the Technical Academy of the International Saint Bernard Forum and Teacher of Cynognostic, University of Bologna, Italy.

JR: With the World Challenge now finished, I must congratulate you on Ricky's triumphant win! What were your expectations as you began your trip to Orlando?

Getting the New Year underway, the Expocan Proplan Internacional de Apertura event was held on 18^th and 19^th January 2014, organised by the Asociación Canófila Guatemalteca, ACANGUA.

Lithuania is a fairly young member of the FCI and the European Union. For this reason cynological culture is still developing in our country. Therefore, we are happy to create and promote new things as they are always inspiring.

It was a privilege and honour for The Malaysian Kennel Association (MKA) to have our FCI President Mr Rafael de Santiago, officiate the opening of our newly renovated offices on 20^th January, 2014.

As far as we know, the first carnivorous mammals appeared in the Paleocene Epoch during the Tertiary Period of the Cenozoic Era, approximately 65 million years ago...

The dates were 23-26 January 2014. This was the biggest show the Philippine Canine Club had organised in its 51 years of existence.

Excellently organised by the Société Royale Saint-Hubert (Belgian canine organisation), the European Cup for Spaniels (on shot game) has just taken place on January 25-26, 2014 in very mild weather conditions.

1890 - First show in Holland restricted to non-sporting dogs, was organized in Scheveningen with 295 entries.