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Welcome to the FCI World Dog Show 2025 in Helsinki on 8th–10th August 2025! The list of judges for the show and the Circuit Shows organized on 7th August 2025 have been published.

The Finnish Kennel Club is organising a significant international dog show event, the World Dog dog Show 2025, in Helsinki on 8–10 August. 

The Finnish Kennel Clubs’ Dog Fair Finland at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre on 6–7 December, you can get to know different dog breeds and hobbies with dogs, watch dog shows and, among other things, the awarding of hero and service dogs.

Under the Hunting Act, the period for keeping dogs on a leash ends nationally on Wednesday, 20 August, and, at the same time, the training of hunting dogs can begin in earnest. In urban areas, the end of the period for keeping dogs on a leash has no effect, as the same rules apply to keeping dogs on a leash all year round.

DogWellNet is a website upheld by International Partnership For Dogs (IPFD), a cooperation organisation which the Finnish Kennel Club is also a member of. Information of the work done across the world for the health and well-being of dogs is produced to the website.

Walk tests targeted for 12 different brachycephalic breeds were introduced by the Finnish Kennel Club in 2017. The test helps to eliminate individuals with severe Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) from breeding. By 11th June 2019, 404 results from walk tests had been recorded to the Finnish Kennel Club’s Breeding Database. Almost all tested dogs (95 %) have passed the test.

Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Black Majesty Some Say owned and bred by Iva Raič from Croatia, has been chosen as the Best in Show dog at the World Dog Show 2025 in Helsinki. The Winner was selected by judge Harri Lehkonen.

In 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation on the welfare and identification of dogs and cats, which aims to curb puppy mills, illegal dog trade and dog smuggling more effectively. The goal is good, but the means are not in line with the goals.