A total of 46 dogs participated on May 1st in a new edition of the Podencos and Sample Exhibition organized by the New Society of Hunters of Lanzarote and the Insular Hunting Delegation, in collaboration with the San Bartolomé City Council, the Cabildo and several private entities.
From the New Society of Hunters of Lanzarote, they emphasize that this year "all expectations of both participation and public attendance were exceeded, since more than 300 people came to witness the event".
The contest included the participation of 46 dogs, almost double that of the 2017 edition, of which 30 were podencos and 16 were pointers. All the dogs that attended the exhibition were previously supervised by the collegiate veterinarian Aldo Román, who verified that they all had identification chips, had their vaccination records updated and were in perfect physical condition.
Awards
The Podenco dog 'Guayre', owned by Pedro González, won the award for best dog in the absolute podenco category; while in the absolute category of pointing dogs, 'Suso', owned by Dimitri Betancort, won, revalidating the title of best pointing dog of the exhibition for the second consecutive year. For their part, Damaso Betancort and Airam Díaz won in the best young podenco and best young pointing dog categories respectively; and in puppies the prizes went to the dogs of Segundo Corujo in podencos and Jonathan Reyes in muestra.
The president of the Canarian Podenco Club 'Isla de Lobos' of Fuerteventura, Luis Alba, was in charge once again of judging the qualities of both podenco and pointing dogs. The judge of the contest highlighted the quality and quantity of dogs present in this edition, which made the final deliberation difficult.
Those in charge of presenting the trophies were, in addition to the members of the board of directors of the New Society of Hunters of Lanzarote, the councilors of San Bartolomé Alexis Tejera and Raúl de León, and the councilor responsible for the Hunting area of the Cabildo, Antonio Morales.
Acknowledgements
The Councilor for Sports of San Bartolomé, Raúl de León, expressed his gratitude "for the participation" and congratulated the New Society of Hunters for the organization, "offering a hand to continue collaborating with the hunting work. The island delegate of Hunting and, in turn, vice president of the Royal Spanish Hunting Federation and the Canary Hunting Federation, Marcial Juvenal Rodríguez, also attended the exhibition.
The event also included a tribute to the deceased Vicente Rodríguez Pérez, a prominent hunter from the municipality, by the New Society of Hunters. From the same they highlight and appreciate "the collaboration received from entities, in which it would not have been possible to reach this level of organization" and also "the collaboration
uninterested of the partners who from the previous days and first hours of the morning of that day were working to give the best possible image and that the event went ahead".
