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Brussels Dog Show 2007, 125 th Anniversary of the Royal Society Saint Hubert.
This years edition of the Brussels Dog Show was the 111th. The first dog show ever in the World was held in Tervuren nearby Brussels on 28 Mai 1847, but was restricted to only one breed, the Pointer. Newcastle in the United Kingdom was the second one in 1859, followed by France in 1863 and Holland in 1872. It was only in 1880 that the second dog show was organized in Belgium during the 50thanniversary of the independence of Belgium. Over 1000 dogs were entered! The show was organized by the Society of Saint Hubert that became official in 1882 and that started to register pure bred dogs in a studbook. This year the one millionth pedigree was edited, which makes 2007 another memorable year for the society.
It was the Smooth Terrier, Belfox Fragolino, that had this honor.
Although many reasons to turn this edition into a very special one, it gave the impression that it was rather a regular one. Many foreign organizations grab the opportunity to combine anniversaries with a European or World Show, but this was not the case here. There was however a increase of entries to 2574 compared with the 2360 entries of last year, but Brussels had bigger entries not so many years ago. Many organizations have members of their club participating on other shows and in foreign countries. They are the first contacts to offer PR work for their club. You can easily see the effect of this on the entries for their show. The Brussels Dog Show is organized by the Society of Saint Hubert (the national Kennel Club) and its committee is composed of delegates of the several national clubs. This means that they don’t have a direct reason to promote the national show as they have less affection to this show as to their own one. But is this the only reason? Probably not. Exhibitors seek for prestige and big wins and the more important the concurrence is and the more exotic the judge the more they will long to enter a show and compete. They need shows where all the best are coming to. There is enough choice of shows around and titles to win. But the better handlers want to win the most prestigious shows. Just look at the importance of famous tennis competitions, like Wimbledon. Every player that respects himself wants to compete at and it is less important if they win. The attraction of a show depends much on its prestige in the world. And we must admit that Brussels is not known as an absolute must go to in the cynological world, at least not ranking in the highest levels. There need to be more famous or specialist judges, more international PR work, and more attractive innovations. Kortrijk Eurodogshow invited 64 judges for 2400 dogs, Brussels only had 32 for almost 2600 dogs, and 9 of them were Belgians. New formulas to attract more entries could make the difference, like giving discount if exhibitors enter their dogs via the breed club or to dogs that won a CACIB in Belgium during 2006. Anything can do, as long as it increases the competition and as long as exhibitors talk about it.
The public interest was not bad, but could be much better. The entry fee for an adult was 8 EURO and free for children under 10 years old. But suppose a family with 3 paying persons, then this results in 24 EURO plus Parking fee plus consumptions and a catalog. This is only for one day, while there are two. For that price you have much more options for a family day- out and certainly if the weather is promising.
The show itself was more then OK. There was an increase of dogs and overall there was very little to complain. Exhibitors came from 22 different countries, even as far as from Japan and Thailand. Belgian was represented by 1329 dogs, the Netherlands with 529 and France with 412. As usual Germany is not so well represented, only 164 dogs! This is strange as Germany has a lot of dogs and is a cynological heavyweight. This phenomenon not only applies for this show, but for any show in Belgium and even for Luxembourg. Germany has many exhibitions itself every week and a few very big ones like Dortmund. I suppose it has to do with a very strong national feeling and chauvinism that characterizes the Germans in general.
22 Judges were invited from 12 different countries, all from European countries. If we take the Belgian, the French, the Dutch, the German, and the Luxembourg judges, the neighboring countries in other words, together, then we come to 24 of the 32 in total and only 8 that come from more remote countries. As this show can expect most visitors from the neighboring countries then it is logical that they are less interested in those judges as their dogs have probably already been judged by them once or more. This does not apply for judges who are new in a breed or have a special reputation. If we look at the better scores on Saturday then we must admit that the Belgian judges had very nice entries. Mr.Theo Leenen had 105 dogs, 75 American Staffordshire Terriers and 30 Staffordshire Bull Terriers. He was only surpassed by Mr.Deschuymere (B) who had 108 entries on Sunday, mostly Spitz and Primitive breeds and some out of the Shepherd group. Mr.Verrees (B) had 85 subjects on Saturday all Retriever Breeds except for Mrs.Avis from the UK who had a nice entry of 76 Golden Retrievers, the only breed she judged, but resulting in the highest breed score of the show. Mr.Roosenboom, also from Belgium, had all the Pinscher and Schauzer varieties on Saturday, 83 in total. Mrs.Monique VanBrempt is always successful if she judges Terriers, she ended up with 75. Nice scores if we only have a quick look. But I am convinced that they have more entries in every breed they judged if it would be in another country. Are 10 Chow Chow’s, 13 Jack Russells, 18 Riesenschnauzers, 16 Dobermans and even 50 Labradors high scores?
This says nothing about the qualities and abilities or reputation of those judges, but if it was the first time that they would judge these breeds or if it would be in a foreign country, they would probably also have high general scores, but in much fewer breeds.If we compare this with the scores of Mrs Artsoe from Denmark then we see that she also has a nice general score of 85 dogs, but in only two breeds that are however popular too, but are the above mentioned breeds not popular too? The same applies for Mr Tompousky from France who menaged to attract 23 Dogues de Bordeaux, more then we are used to here.
Best scoring judge over the weekend was Mr. Kenneth Edh from Sweden. He had 82 dogs on Saturday (Terriers) and 101(Companion Breeds) on Sunday.
Statistics and analysis are the secret of success. Record when a certain judge has judged, where he judged and what he judged. We all know that a popular judge with a good reputation can attract high entries if it was some time ago since he judged in a certain area. If this is done systematically and well considered, this can make the difference for success of a show. And if the show is successfully, its reputation will grow and it will attract more exhibitors, more trade stands, more sponsorship and media interest.
I don’t want to say that Brussels isn’t a good show, but if we consider that this should be the most important show in Belgium, then we should do a lot better and certainly if we have to celebrate a jubilee.
The show itself was well organized, with large rings and a big bright main ring. The time schedule was correct and the catalog was complete. Perhaps the position of some Trade Stands could be reconsidered as in the hall of the Main Ring there was few circulation during the day until the start of the Main Ring Program. The price for a stand is the same and perhaps a difference could be made depending on what corner you are in. Some are automatically passed by by the visitors, while others are on an outsides and see not half of the people walking by their stand.
During the day the main ring offered an attractive program with demonstrations given by the Police, by the Army with dogs that have worked in Afganistan and by the Fire Brigade with rescue demonstrations. Guide Dogs for Blind gave also demonstrations as did a training club, demonstrating the different steps of socialization for dogs.
There was no best of day and the groupwinners of Saturday needed come come back on Sunday. Only the Dachshund didn’t turn up to compete for the finals. Best In Show judging was granted to Mrs.Monique Van Brempt. Here third place went to the beautiful Braque Saint-Germain Turenne du Coule de l’Auviere owned by Guillendou Danielle from France. This breed is rather rare in Belgium, but no daubt about the outstanding beauty and conformation of this lovely dog. Runner up BIS went to the Flat Coated Retriever Whizzbang’s Sean Connery. This dog was bred by Mrs.Jensen from Denmark, who lived in Belgium until a few years ago. He is now owned and handled by Mrs.De Cuyper-Boesmans and has a lovely, playful and typical temperament. Winner of this 125th Anniversary Show was the Yorkshire Terrier Whirlwinds High Hopes. This dog was bred in the USA by Larrieu-Chilcutt and is owned by Mrs.Nanta Tansacha from Thailand. The dog is staying in France with his excellent handler Eric Bernard Hunderwood. He has won numerous shows and titles an dis certainly not yet at the end of his brilliant career. Mrs.Tansacha is also the owner of the famous Maltese Funny Ladies Segarl that was so successful in Europe a few years ago. She is a famous breeder of Pugs and Maltese and although new in the breed, starts another successful career in Yorkshire Terriers with top dogs and the help of the best handlers.
Was this a good show ? Yes. Could it be better ? Certainly. There are ways to turn our national show into a famous, prestigious show. There was very little to complain about, which is the beginning, but this show still lacs the International Reputation it deserves. Let that be the goal and let us make this show not only be the oldest in the world, but also one of the most famous in Europe and why not in the World.
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