Another year begins.

The start of a new year is a good time to look at the work that was accomplished over the past year. It is the right time to take stock, and this year will be no exception.

Once again, 2016 has been a busy year for the FCI Office –we owe it to the extensive activities of our members, of their breeders, of the exhibitors, etc. 2016 has been a year of major and remarkable events. A year during which our new premises have been brought to life as we organised a few receptions and hosted the meetings of several Committees or Commissions.

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Y. De Clercq
Executive Director
FCI Office and members performing again!
As a fresh year begins, it is always a pleasure, a journey into the unknown, a moment of high expectations when the time comes to take stock of our members’ activities and, by extension, our Office’s actions.
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Finland celebrates native breeds and 100 years of independence
Finland celebrates 100 years of independence in 2017. In honour of the jubilee year, the Finnish Kennel Club launches the project “Finnish breeds as our national treasures”. The project is a part of the Finland Centenary Programme.
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Dogs are no consumer goods
The FCI totally deters anyone from buying their pet online and recommends that potential dog owners purchase directly from the breeder.
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FCI Youth Booklet: Organising youth activities for youth stands at cynological venues
The FCI Youth has finished the first edition of the Booklet entitled Organising youth activities for youth stands at cynological venues, created to be another reference content for all FCI national canine organisations in the pre-planning and development of activities for youngsters and young adults, at stands organised in public events and a wide variety of canine-related venues.
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2016: a year to remember for purebred dogs in France
As the unique herdbook dedicated to purebred dogs in France, the French Studbook (LOF – Livre des Origines français) features figures dog lovers and connoisseurs can but welcome: with 228,045 registrations, the LOF (established and managed by the Centrale Canine since 1885) posts an all-time record year and supports the developments that took place in recent years as regards selection, facilities and traceability.
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The paradox of hyperconnectivity
We may well be technologically hyperconnected, it seems every day brings us closer to a complete people-to-people disconnection. Let’s hope we can escape such disaster!
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Picasso’s dogs or, to put it another way, Picasso and dogs?
When artists paint they put part of their emotions, feelings and interpretations into something they like or admire, placing it before the public as a transitional object from which people pick up on different brushstrokes depending on how they are feeling;
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It's a wonderful world !
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