2023-08-26 16:26:46
Nearly 21,500 purebred dogs took over Palexpo in Geneva between Wednesday and Sunday for the World Dog Show 2023. This world championship, which is being held for the first time in Switzerland, recognizes the most beautiful dogs in different categories .
Saturday morning, when the heat wave has given way to rain, the smell does not deceive: halls 5 and 6 of Palexpo are teeming with dogs. The breeders have prepared their proteges for this unmissable event in the canine world.
These professionals are used to these XXL events. The set up is well done. They take out their cages or their collapsible enclosures and deploy the high tables for the final touch-ups: a stroke of the brush, drying with the laundry or a stroke of the scissors to tame recalcitrant hairs.
des costumes
The dogs are pampered and the breeders put on their 31 to parade in the rings. Specialists in the Bernese Mountain Dog, one of the nine breeds of Swiss origin, have thus brought out the traditional Bernese costumes. Others, more eccentric, donned sequined suits and three-piece suits.
The 160 international judges score every detail. They observe the dogs at a standstill but also at the trot to assess the fluidity of the movement. The implantation of the ears, the chest, the color of the eyes, the teeth or the spacing of the legs: everything is scrutinized. The verdict is greeted with cries of joy or torrents of tears, like this Romanian breeder, whose dog did not obtain the favors of the judges.
“My Stupid Dog”
This test does not scare a breeder with impeccable brushing who came from Lorraine (F) to present his four dogs of the Bulldog Continental breed, also a breed of Swiss origin. “The four have won world champion titles in their category,” he proudly says. He made the trip to Geneva in a motorhome where he sleeps with his bulldogs.
Another breeder, who arrived Friday evening from Seine-et-Marne (F), presented her Mastiff of Naples, an imposing dog weighing more than 75 kilos. “Do you know the movie” My Stupid Dog “by Yvan Attal?” Asks the breeder. “Well, it was my dog who pushed the director to choose this breed for the film,” she rejoices.
Already in 2013
A total of 350 breeds are present at the World Dog Show, which is organized by the Société vaudoise de cynologie. Palexpo, which had already hosted the European Dog Show in 2013, benefits from solid experience in canine logistics. Giant dog toilets have been installed outside with gravel and sand.
The competition, which is open to the public, ends on Sunday with the designation of the most beautiful dogs in the world. This prize is a consecration for a breeder and allows him to promote his breeding.
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