KINOLOG MAGAZINE

Kinolog magazine.

KUPUJTE PSA PRI SLOVENSKIH VZREDITELJIH

Vzreja.

predvidena rodovniška legla

SLOVENE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Slovene Championships

KRAŠKI OVČAR

Kraški ovčar.

slovenska avtohtona pasma

The Slovenian Kennel Club (Kinološka zveza Slovenije) is a young, independent national organisation with a rich tradition. Its beginnings date back to the 1907s. Despite its small size it can compare with any national canine organisation in Europe.

In Slovenia, dog handling emerged in an organised form in 1921. In 1925 the Yugoslav Canine Federation was founded, with its main office in Ljubljana (this was because dog handling was best developed in Slovenia, which, at the time, was one of the Yugoslav republics). On 25 February 1929 it became an associate member of the FCI; it became a full member of the Federation on 15 June 1936. The president of the Slovenian Kennel Club, Dr. Ivan Lovrencic, presided over the FCI from 1939 to 1948. Slovene representatives have worked in a number of FCI commissions, such as the technical commission, the shows commission, the agility commission, and a number of others.

Of all the former Yugoslav canine federations the Slovenian Kennel Club was the most rigorous in its application of FCI regulations, and the first to start tattooing puppies, immediately after the decision was adopted by the FCI. Throughout this period the federation kept a register of breeds for the entire territory of Slovenia, and was completely independent. The people who contributed most to the history of dog handling in Slovenia include Dr. Ivan Lovrencic, Lovro Tepina, Evgen Križaj, Franjo Bulc, Teodor T. Drenig, Bogdan Sežun, Janez Klemencic, Vladimir Plenicar, Miloš Kelih, Miroslav Zidar, and many others.

In 1923 the Federation started its own magazine, Športni pes ( "The Sports Dog" ). Since 1972 it has published Kinolog, a monthly magazine aimed chiefly at members of dog societies and clubs in Slovenia.
In 1991 Slovenia became a new, independent European country. Since independence the Slovenian Kennel Club has been an independent national canine organisation. The procedure of joining the FCI ran in two stages. In 1992 the Slovenian Kennel Club became an associate member of the FCI; three years later it became a full member.

The Slovenian Kennel Club has over 10,000 members with around 26,000 dogs who are active in over 99 clubs, societies and purebred clubs. By 1997 they had successfully trained over 7,000 dogs, as well as over 250 rescue dogs. Between 4,000 and 5,000 puppies are registered each year. Slovenia has 200 show judges. The Slovenian Kennel Club has organised over 50 international CACIB shows (it held its first international dog show in 1924 in Ljubljana) and over 40 international competitions, including the first world championships for German Shepherds, working dogs (FCI) and tracking dogs.