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The Finnish
Kennel Club
The Finnish Kennel Club is an
expert on dogs
The Finnish Kennel Club is an expert organisation in dog-related matters.
We lobby on behalf of dog hobbyists and promote the interests of dogs
nationally and internationally.
The Finnish Kennel Club maintains active contact with various dog-related
stakeholder groups and monitors legislation. The aim of these efforts is to
improve the behaviour, health, working ability and appearance of pedigree
dogs as well as to enhance the general standard of dog keeping in Finland.
We also coordinate cooperation between utility dog associations and
organise dog buddy activities. The Finnish Kennel Club was established in
1889, making it the oldest kennel club in the Nordic countries.
More than half a million dog enthusiasts
Every fifth Finnish family owns a dog. Some 80 % of these 600,000+ dogs
are pure-bred. Each year, about 50,000 dogs representing more than 300
different breeds are registered in Finland.
The Finnish Kennel Club is one of Finland’s largest hobby associations. It
has 147,000 members, almost 8,000 of whom are young members under
the age of 18. The Finnish Kennel Club also serves as the umbrella organisation for 1,900 Finnish dog hobby associations. In all, it can reach more
than 500,000 dog enthusiasts in Finland.
Shows are the most popular dog events
Many Finns participate actively in a hobby with their dogs and various dog
shows, trials and competitions are popular. The first dog show was organised
as far back as 1891. Nowadays, dog shows attract some 200,000 entries
annually, in addition to which trials and tests draw some 145,000 entries.
Each year, the Finnish Kennel Club arranges Finland’s biggest dog shows,
the Helsinki Winner and Voittaja events, which take place at the Helsinki
Exhibition & Convention Centre each December. In addition to these two dog
shows, this event totality consists of a diverse complementary programme
and a series of lectures. A large number of dog supply vendors also attend
the event.
The Finnish Kennel Club will host the International World Dog Show in
Helsinki in 2014 and will also celebrate its 125th jubilee the same year.
The Finnish Kennel Club also hosted the World Dog Show in 1998.
Diverse information online
The Finnish Kennel Club plays an important role in the promotion of dog
health. We maintain an electronic breeding information system, which
contains trial, show and health data on dogs that are registered in Finland.
The system is an open database, which can be accessed by anyone for a
diverse array of searches. The address of the breeding database is
http://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/.
Another significant electronic service is Omakoira (Owndog), which is meant
for members. The service is open both to individual members and member
associations. It can be used to update user information, register and change
owner announcements as well as to make litter registrations.
Members have influence
The General Assembly and the Council are the decision-making organs
of the Finnish Kennel Club. The General Assembly takes place every third
year in November. Entitled to participate are all members and the member
associations, which elect representatives to serve on the Council for the
subsequent three-year period. The Council elects from among its own
number a Chairperson and members to serve on the Board, which handles
the administration of the Finnish Kennel Club. The Finnish Kennel Club is a
member of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) and the Nordic
Kennel Union (NKU).
Koiramme magazine 10 times a year
The Finnish Kennel Club owns two subsidiaries, Showlink Oy and Kustannus
Oy Koiramme. The group generates a turnover of about €10 million, of which
the Club accounts for some €8 million.
Showlink Oy provides exhibition services and handles the result and
registration records and counselling services of the Finnish Kennel Club.
Kustannus Oy Koiramme publishes the magazines Koiramme
and Koirauutiset. Koiramme has been published since 1896
and it is delivered to the home of each member 10 times a
year. A hunting-oriented version called Metsästys-Koiramme
is also published. These two titles have about 384,000
readers in total.
Finnish Breeds
Finnish Spitz
The Finnish Spitz is Finland’s national breed. It is a barking dog used for
hunting game fowl. The Finnish Spitz is by nature lively, alert and faithful
to its owner.
Finnish Hound
Karelian Bear Dog
The Finnish Hound is a breed used for hunting hare
and fox. By nature, the Finnish Hound is calm,
energetic and friendly. For many years it has been
the most common breed in Finland.
The Karelian Bear Dog is used for hunting large
game animals. Nowadays it is used primarily for elk
hunting. The Karelian Bear Dog is somewhat surly
and reserved towards strangers, but is basically
friendly and absolutely faithful to his master.
Lapponian Herder
Finnish Lapphund
The Lapponian Herder is a medium size breed used for
reindeer herding. It is calm, obedient, friendly, energetic
and eager to serve.
The Finnish Lapphund is smaller than medium size,
and is strongly built in relation to its size. It is intelligent,
courageous, calm, willing to learn, friendly and faithful.
Today the breed is very popular as a hobby dog in the
whole of Finland.
2014
FCI WORLD DOG SHOW
HELSINKI
8.–10.8.2014
The Finnish Kennel Club will celebrate its 125th anniversary with
the FCI World Dog Show 2014.
CLASSIFICATION OF BREEDS
Friday 8 August
FCI 2 Pinscher and Schnauzer - Molossoid
Breeds - Swiss Mountain and Cattle
Dogs
FCI 4 Dachshunds
FCI 8 Retrievers - Flushing Dogs Water Dogs
Saturday 9 August
FCI 3 Terriers
FCI 5 Spitz and Primitive types
FCI 6 Scenthounds and Related Breeds
FCI 10 Sighthounds
Sunday 10 August
FCI 1 Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs
(exc. Swiss Cattle Dogs)
FCI 7 Pointing Dogs
FCI 9 Companion and Toy Dogs
Best in Show
World Championships in Junior Handling,
Obedience and Heelwork to Music & Freestyle will also be held during the weekend.
www.worlddogshow2014.fi
www.facebook.com/wds2014
Suomen Kennelliitto – Finska Kennelklubben ry.
Kamreerintie 8 | 02770 Espoo | (09) 887 300
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