Live Transmission from the Main Arena

There will be live transmission from the Main Arena at the World Dog Show every day from 10 am to 5 pm (local time) - click here!

And click here! to see when there will be HTM demonstrations in the Main Arena.

HTM in the Main Arena

Aja - the lovely Corgi to the left - and her owner Katha Harboe will be performing their Freestyle routine in the Main Arena on Saturday and Sunday.

There will be HTM/Freestyle demonstrations in the Main Arena in Hall B twice a day (except Friday when we are busy with our Opening Ceremony) during the World Dog Show. The reserves from all teams have been invited to perform the routines they will not get to perform in the World Championship Ring and some talented Danish Dog Dancers have been invited too.

You can see the demonstration schedule here:

Good luck to all the performers. Enjoy your time in the big ring and have fun with your dogs!

It Is Not All About Results and Titles...

It is funny... When you prepare for an important competition like a World Championship, it seems so important that your performance goes well. It is all you think of... You practice, change lille things in your choreography to make your routine just perfect, you wake up at night and worry about any little thing that could possible go wrong and your mood is very much determined by how your training has been. When you think of the competition, you automatically worry about your routine too.

But after the competition, when you think back, it doesn't seem to matter so much how you did. It is all the other things you remember - hearing your national anthem at the Opening Ceremony, knowing you were there to represent your country, the fun you had with your team mates in the hotel halls, cheering for your team mates when they performed, going out for dinner after long but fun days in the hall, meeting dog dancers from other countries, the atmosphere around the ring and back-stage, meeting old friends and making new friends too, travelling with your dog and loosing your costume or prop shortly before the big dance in front of the judges!

Whether you placed first or last, the memory of a big international championship is so much more, than what you did in the ring! - At least that is how it usually is for me...

So enjoy this video with some of our happy Nordic Championship memories, whilst we are counting the days until we can start creating World Championship memories... See you at the Opening Ceremony in 4 weeks!

Emmy M. Simonsen, Team Denmark

See You Soon!

See you all for Music Check In, practice in the ring, briefing and dinner in exactly 4 weeks!!!!! :o)
Gosh, the competition may not start until the 25th, but the 24th will still be a very busy day!
We are looking so much forward to seeing you all in Denmark!

Dinner on Thursday Evening

Dinner at the Nordic Championships in Denmark 2009

We are glad to announce that there will be a dinner on Thursday evening for all participants and others that are associated with the teams.

It will be held in the restaurant in Hall F (see map below - the World Championships are held in Hall J3, which is marked with yellow) at 7 pm just after the team's practise time and briefing.

There will be served a Salmon Entree (3 different kinds of salmon) with summer-salad and bread on the side followed by a buffet with fillet of beef, chicken, seasonal pasta, 2 different kinds of potatoes, onion soufflé, roasted mushrooms, bread and butter. And for dessert a Frence chocolate cake with orange and softice.

Price: 175 Danish Kroner or 25 Euros per person.

The dinner must be paid in advance to the Danish Kennel Club.

Bank details:
Bank: Jyske Bank Køge, Fændediget 1 A, DK 4600 Køge.
Account number: 5035 0001361253
IBAN number: DK 45 50350001361253
SWIFT code: JYBADKKK

Drinks are not included. They are bought and paid for in the restaurant.

Drinks, prices:
Beer: 30 Danish Kroner
Soft drinks: 22 Danish Kroner
A bottle of wine (red or white): 182 Danish Kroner
Coffee/tea: 17 Danish Kroner.

If you wish to attend the dinner, please send an e-mail with your name, which country you are representing and how many people you are entering to Hanne Madsen at the Danish Kennel Club on the address: hama@dansk-kennel-klub.dk

Please transfer 175 Danish Kroner or 25 Euros per person to the Kennel Club account immediately after your entries are sent.

We do hope you will join us for this dinner, to make it a festive start to the World Championship. It will be a nice opportunity to get to know each other and talk about our dogs and the wonderful sport that we all love. Participants' travel companions, team managers and other friends of the teams are welcome too!

Dinner at the Nordic Championships in Sweden 2008

The dinner will be held in the restaurant in Hall F just a few halls away from Hall J3

The White Dogs

We have invited a 'white dog' to open the competition every day. The white dog's job is to go into the ring and perform as the first dog on the day. Hopefully that will give the judges a chance to settle and get into the right frame of mind before they start judging and it will give the first competitor a guideline as to when he/she is going in.

Also it will make sure that any flaws in the ring, carpet, speakers or music will be noticed before the competition starts. The white dog will be the 'test run'.

And of course it takes the pressure of the competitors... No one has to go first!

Annette & Neo

Friday's white dog will be Annette Dalgaard with Border Collie Danish HTM Champion Kløverbakken's Jack Sparrow (Neo), who are reserves on the Danish HTM team.

Annette and Neo will be performing just after the Opening Ceremony. Hopefully their performance will give the first competitor a bit of time to settle and get ready between the opening and performing.

Sofie & Quincy

Saturday morning it will be Sofie E. Hjorth and Border Collie Fæhunden's Quincy Lad - the Danish Freestyle reserves - that will entertain us and open the show for us.

Marianne & Blondie

And on Sunday morning little Blondie will be there to tell us the story about Meyer and Huset på Christianshavn... Read more here!

A Special Treat

We have a very special treat for you on Sunday morning just before the individual finals. Our 'white dog' for the Sunday will be a talented young Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 'Lykkedragen's Dee Dee Blondie' performing a special Danish routine.

Blondie is just over 2 years old, but has already qualified for Freestyle Class 3 (advanced) and won her first 2 CCs. She needs 3 to gain the title Danish Freestyle Champion.

Blondie and her owner Marianne Blesky will entertain you with a freestyle routine to the theme from 'Huset på Christianshavn'.

Huset på Christianshavn (The house in Christianshavn) is a Danish TV series produced in 1970 - 1977. It is one of Danish Television's biggest successes of all time and has become an important part of Danish Cultural Heritage. It follows the residents of an old property on Amagergade in Christianshavn, Copenhagen.

Marianne impersonates one of the series' main characters 'Vicevært Meyer', the property's old, self-righteous, unlucky but good as gold caretaker.

Vicevært Meyer - self-righteous, but difficult not to love!


The 'Huset På Christianshavn' theme.

The Opening Speech

We are very proud to present our speaker for the World Championship Opening Ceremony.

President of the FCI Obedience Commission Mr. Johann Kurzbauer has accepted our invitation to open this first ever FCI HTM and Freestyle Championships. We look forward to welcoming him to Denmark, World Dog Show 2010 and the HTM World Championship.

I was born on October 28th 1942 in Vienna, Austria. I am married and have one daughter.

I have been a judge for Obedience and IPO (Police work) for 16 years, and a judge for sheepdog trials for 4 years.

I started Dog training in East Africa in Kenya in the German Shepherd dog club, where I worked as the trainer for English obedience and Schutzhund. After my return to Austria in 1981, I joined the ÖGV Austrian working dog sporting club (Österreichischer Gebrauchshundesport Verein) which is the largest association in the Austrian Kennel Club (ÖKV).

I had a Border collie Cap with whom I made Schutzhund – III and Trackerdog – III. Cap also worked on sheep and went with my wife to several European championships. I had him on seven Trackerdog winner competition and he was the second dog in Austria with an International Obedience Qualification.

I started in Austria 1981 as a trainer and in several functions in my local club. For the last 3 years, I have been the General Secretary of the ÖGV. I am representing Austria in The FCI – Obedience Commission since 1998 and since 2000 as vice-president. Since October 2006, I am the president of the FCI Obedience Commission.

Now I work with a shorthaired Border Collie Buckham Laddie in international obedience class and on our own with sheep and goats. I am also the Chief trainer for Obedience of the ÖGV since 1990 and for German Shepherd dog club SVÖ for 3 years.

Greetings
Johann Kurzbauer

Source: http://www.inventasoft.hr/kossp/obedience/sudac1_eng_E.htm

Important information!

There will be a briefing for all teams following the teams' practice time on Thursday the 24th of June in the afternoon/evening. We recommend that all participants are present for the briefing, but if that is not possible, please send your team manager or another team memeber to represent you.
The teams' running order will be drawn at the briefing.

We are hoping to arrange a dinner for all participants on Thursday evening the 24th. It will be at the participants' own expense, but we do hope you will join us, to make it a festive start to the World Championship. It will be a nice opportunity to get to know each other and talk about our wonderful sport.
More information to come...

The Opening Ceremony will commence on Friday the 25th of June at 1 pm. All participants should be ready outside the ring 15 minutes before at 12.45.

There will be a presentation of the winners in the ring each day after the competition.
Team HTM results and the list of qualifiers for the individual HTM final will be announced on Friday evening.
Team Freestyle results and the list of qualifiers for the individual Freestyle final will be announced on Saturday afternoon.
The individual HTM and Freestyle results will be announced on Sunday afternoon.

Individual running orders for the final will be drawn at the presentations Friday and Saturday.

Opening Ceremony

There will be an Opening Ceremony on Friday at noon before the HTM judging commences and we hope all teams - both HTM and Freestyle - will join us to make it a memorable and festive start to the very first World Championship.

We encourage all teams to bring a flag, which can be carried in front of your team and a CD with your national anthem, which can be played when you are presented in the ring.