In Moscow, on the territory of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition, the first All-Union exhibition of service, shepherd, guard, hunting and other dog breeds was held.

No other exhibition has ever featured such a large number of high-quality dogs and a variety of their breeds. Visitors could see a meter—long great Dane, a tiny lapdog, service and hunting dogs of all breeds, including their huge shepherd dogs — wolfhounds from the Georgian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Turkmen, Uzbek and Tajik republics. Hunters of the Kazakh SSR demonstrated the fleet—footed Kazakh greyhounds, tazy, and their hunting companion, the golden eagle of the steppe, with the help of which a large number of wolves and foxes were hunted. Dog breeding organizations participated in the exhibition.

Hundreds of thousands of Muscovites, numerous representatives of collective farms and state farms who were present here, watched with interest the assessment of dogs, the presentation of the results of the examination on the breeding circle and the demonstration of the work of service dogs.

A number of collective farms and state farms have shown their achievements in the breeding and use of herding dogs. Service breeds were demonstrated by the best in the country special kennels of the Leningrad and Moscow State Farms, the Civil Air Fleet, DOSAAF and other best service dog breeding clubs showed excellent results in breeding and training dogs. Hunting dog kennels owned by hunting societies and various organizations also demonstrated their achievements and the best livestock, among which a pack of Russian piebald hounds belonging to the Tula Hunting Society aroused particular interest.

The audience enthusiastically greeted the leader of this pack, N. P. Kuleshov, who demonstrated the absolute obedience of a pack consisting of thirteen dogs.

In total, there were more than 1,000 dogs of various breeds at the exhibition. 937 of them passed the examination, of which 378 were service, 524 hunting and 35 others.

The Council of Experts worked under the leadership of Academician N. D. Potemkin. The main experts were appointed: A. G. Shapatin, an expert of the republican category in hunting dog breeding, and A. P. Mazover, an expert of the All—Union category in service. The best expert specialists were involved in the composition of the breed commission.

The examination was carried out by 30 commissions, including: in hunting dog breeding — 13, in service dog breeding — 16, in decorative — 1.

The commissions conducted an expert examination on a special provision developed on the basis of the current rules. The assessment of hunting dogs was carried out using a comprehensive method (bonitirovka), covering the indicators of appearance and constitution, hunting qualities, origin and offspring. Service dogs were evaluated, according to the rules, according to their appearance and constitution, and the breeding group according to the same complex as hunting dogs.

The dogs of hunting breeds, which received the elite class as a result of the bonus training, were awarded Large gold medals at the exhibition. Those assigned to the first class are Small gold medals and silver medals to the second class. The best male and female in each breed, who took first place in the elite class, were awarded the exhibition championship with a champion medal and a prize.

Accordingly, service dogs were awarded a Large gold medal when they received an excellent grade in constitution and appearance, a Small gold medal when they received a very good grade, and a silver medal when they received a good grade.

In the service dog breeding group, a Large Gold Medal was awarded upon receipt of the Elite assessment package.

The best dogs, as well as in hunting breeds, who took the first place in the complex, classified as elite, were awarded the exhibition championship.

The degree of champion was awarded to 20 hunting and 8 service dogs.

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