Finnish national exceptions

Finnish national exceptions from FCI rules can be found here

Insructions for foreign competitors can be found here

Foreign competitor checklist

• The owner/handler must be a member of a club or a national canine organization affiliated to the FCI

• The handler must have the right to compete in his/her home country.

• You need to have a license or a record/competition book or another document to prove the handler's right to compete in his/her home country

• Competing in the Finnish XS (under 28 cm) category, requires a measurement result written in cm/inch to your document

  • • If you think your dog is under 28 cm, and don't have a written measurement stating the fact, your dog must be measured by a Finnish judge

• Other FCI height categories compete in their corresponding Finnish height categories

  • • Intermediates compete in the SL category

    • FCI S/M/L categories are the same as Finnish national S/M/L

    • Dog must have a document stating their assigned FCI category or measurement result

• Dogs without any written measurement results must always be measured by a Finnish judge before they are eligible to compete

• A foreign competitor must always prove his/her identity, if he/she doesn't have a Finnish licence

• A dog must have a record book (or similar document) confirmed by a national canine organization (to write the Finnish results into)

  • • If you don't have a document, one can be confirmed on site by a Finnish judge. The price for a Finnish record book is 4€, which can be paid on site