European Dog Shows - The Fédération Cynologique Internationale and the Crufts Dog Shows
European dog shows the major dog shows held in European countries. The duty of European dog shows is similar to the duty of AKC in the United States. There are two important dog shows held by the European dog shows. The first one is The Fédération Cynologique Internationale and the next one is Crufts Dog Show.
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale
The European dog shows has The Fédération Cynologique Internationale to organize the registration of many purebred dog breeds all over the world. Currently, there are 80 countries becoming the members of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, including Costa Rica, Greece, and Finland. It was created in 1911 and the founding countries are Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, and the Netherlands.
In the European dog shows, the fascinating thing about the Fédération Cynologique Internationale is that the dog breeds owner country is responsible for recording and recognizing the characteristics of the breed. The example is Germany which is responsible for keeping track of the breed characteristics and standards of the Doberman Pinscher.
The dog breeds are divided by Fédération Cynologique Internationale into ten categories; Terriers, Retrievers (occasionally called water dogs), Sheep and cattle dogs, Sighthounds, Pinschers and Schnauzers, Primitive types, Dachshunds, Toy dogs (called Companion dogs as well), Pointing dogs, and Scenthounds.
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale and The European Dog Show
Like the American Kennel Club, the Fédération Cynologique Internationale uses dog shows to help promoting the quality of the purebred dog breeds it promotes. Many of these shows are European dog shows. In each country the Fédération Cynologique Internationale has one member assigned.
Each country has responsibility to train their particular judges for show dog. Then every country also has responsibility to issue pedigrees of purebred dogs listed in the country. These responsibilities are given actually to support each European country to present host dog show. If they do so, then each country’s winner could be competed again to find the best European countries dog show.
Similar to the American Kennel Club, in the European dog shows, dogs are given points when they win a best in show. The dog is awarded the title of International Beauty and/or working dog champion when a dog gets adequate points.
Crufts Dog Show
In conclusion, many popular dog shows are not only held in the United States but also in European countries. If United States has Westminster Dog Show as the best USA’s dog show, European countries has Crufts Dog Show. Beside the Crufts Dog Show, European Dog Shows also has another dog show. If you need more information, please explore links on this Dog Show Secret site.