The FCI-WM takes place from the 3rd – 6th of September 2009 in the stadium in Schwanenstadt / Österreich.

1. Programm:

Monday, 31st of August 2009

Wednesday, 2nd of September 2009

Thursday, 3rd of September 2009

Friday, 4th of September 2009

Saturday, 5th of September 2009

Sunday, 6th of September 2009

Monday, 7th of September 2009

Guidlines for the FCI-World Cup in Schwanenstadt

2. Organizer
Austrian union of German shepherds

Organisation

Judge

3. General

Inspection rules

The WC is completed after the current international inspection rules (guilty since 1.1.2003) in the league IPO 3.

Deadline

The deadline for an announcement of a team is on 1st of Juli 2009. Please announce your team as soon as possible.

The deadline for all participants is on 3rd of August 2009.
The Online-registration form can be filled out and printed out ( at April ) on the SVÖ-Homepage www.schaeferhund.at – FCI-WC.
 
All the data have to be filled out. A team can only be completely registered from the national organisation. The announcement has to include a passport photo. The Photo must be marked with the name of the dog owner or the captain.

Registered address

Österreichischer Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde
Sonnweg 7
5071  Wals
ÖSTERREICH

Tel.                +43-662-850940
Fax                +43-662-850460
e-mail:           office@schaeferhund.at
Internet:         www.schaeferhund.at

Start numbers

The assigned start numbers are a property of the dog owner after the WC. The start numbers have to be worn visibly during the opening ceremony, at the draw, also at the registration, at the demonstration of all departments and at the award ceremony.

Hotel reservations

www.tiscover.at
www.traunsee.at
www.laakirchen.at
www.wirtambach.at
www.gruenberg.at

Documents for the participating dogs (you have to take them with you)

Pedigree
Achievement or rating book
guilty international vaccination pass (actual rabies vaccination)
Verification about the dog owner liability insurance

Persons entry requirements

Persons out of EU-countries can enter Austria with a passport or an ID card.
Persons out of none EU-countries need a guilty passport at the entry.
You get more information at the Austrian consulate in your country.

Animal welfare legislations

The animal welfare legislations in Austria have to be observed.

In Austria the possession and the use of electrical stimulation devices and sting collars is forbidden.
If you do not follow the rules you get disqualified.

Veterinary rules

Every dog you take with you to the event has to be demonstrably vaccinated against rabies at least four weeks before the beginning of the event. The dog should get an after vaccination during the period which the vaccine manufacturer determines for the repetition vaccination. The vaccination dates have to be notated in the vaccination passport by the veterinarian. The expiration date of the vaccine has to be notated in the vaccination passport. Without this date the after vaccination has to be done during the last 12 months.
The verification of the vaccination has to be notated in a veterinary certificate (vaccination passport) where the fallowing data have to be included:

a) name and address of the dog owner,
b) breed and sex of the dog,
c) labelling of the dog (Tattoo number or micro-chip number)
d) date and type of vaccination, manufacturer and control number of the used vaccine,
e) date for the period of the vaccine

Dogs out of members states of the European Union must have an implanted micro-chip which should be visible for popular readers or a Tattoo. You have to take a pet passport with a certificate for a guilty rabies vacation with you. More rules are important for dogs out of none-EU states because you need more then the requirements named before. You also need a blood test and you could have to comply more deadlines. These documents are necessary for the entry into the EU and have to be shown at the event.

The dogs always have to be supervised from their owners during the event.

If cases of rabies or any other highly contagious diseases erupt in the area around Schwanenstadt or if other veterinary reasons of holding of the event arise before the scheduled event date the event can be forbidden and compensation claims can’t be derived from it.

 
4. General information for our guests

Doctor / dentist

If you need a doctor or a dentist you should talk to the race office they will help you with pleasure.

Eating in a restaurant

If a big group of people eat in a restaurant it is necessary to reserve a table timely.
The menu cards and the drink cards are also in English in many restaurants. The staff also has got some English language skills.
Prices for eating and drinking and also breakfast in the hotel always include taxes. It is usual to give the staff voluntarily ca. 10% tips of the bill (for a good service).
It is possible to pay with popular credit cards in many hotels and restaurants.

Traffic

ATENTION: In Austria you need a vignette for using highways ! You get this vignette at border stations or petrol stations. You can buy a one year vignette, a 2 month vignette and a 10 days vignette. The costs for the vignettes are:

• 10-days-vignette: 7,70 Euro
• 2-days-vignette: 22,20 Euro
• 1-year-vignette: 73,80 Euro

The vignette MUST stick on the windshield it is NOT enough if you only take it with you. The punishment for driving a car without a vignette is very high !

You have to drive on the right hand side. On multitrack streets is the right driving. To overtake on the right hand side is forbidden.
Seat belts while driving must be created.
The alcohol limit is 0,5.

Gas prices

Gas prices are depending on the company and the current oil price levels, the prices at the moment are (March 2009) ca.:

• 0,94 € / litre Gasoline
• 0,92 € / litre Diesel

The petrol stations in bigger cities are open 24 hours a day. You can pay with credit cards nearly everywhere.

How to pay in Austria

The currency is the Euro. Changing foreign currency into euros is available in all banks during business hours, in exchange offices at the border or at the airport.
Hotels, car hire, petrol stations and larger shops accept international credit cards.

5. General about the event

Judges meeting

Wednesday, 2nd of September 2009, at 14.00 o’clock in the stadium Schwanenstadt

These members are invited:
•     head of organization
•     track representative
•     top judge
•     judges A, B, C
•     audit head A, B, C
•     lead World Cup office

Judge leaves are prepared by the organizer.

Team leader meeting

On Wednesday 2nd of September 2009, at 16.00 o’clock in the stadium Schwanenstadt

These members are invited:
•     persons such as judges meeting
•     team leaders and their deputies

Meeting points:
•     information about the event
•     organizational information by the organization head
•     information from the officer of the track about the track ground
•     introduction of the judges
•     Guidlines of the top judge about the assessment
•     Guidlines of the judges how to demonstrate in the individual departments
•     determination of the presence of the participants, announcement of the possible replace participant and of female dogs which are on heat
•   Draw of the order of the teams

If some female dogs which are on heat are announced they have to be investigated by the veterinarian after the team leader meeting.
The start numbers, which were assigned at the login, of participants who can’t take part of the event, because they are sick or not present, have to be given back at the team leader meeting.

Training opportunities in the stadium

On Tuesday, 1st of September 2009 from 7 o’clock a.m. - 5 o’clock p.m. and on Wednesday, 2nd of September 2009 from 7 o’clock a.m. - 12 o’clock a.m.

Training schedules:

The time units depend on the announced sizes of the individual teams. Only participants or relevant helpers have got an entry to the stadium for the training. In the stadium are hideouts, hurdle, jump wall and bring woods.
The time for training per participant is 5 minutes. The training sequence is divided under the international car flags. The training process is supervised by the organizer. If a team is not present at the time of their training sequence the team is assigned for another training sequence in the end.
Female dogs which are on heat are excluded from training. You will receive a training opportunity in the department “B” immediately before your launch.

In addition further training opportunities and preparations to training places are available in the wider environment of the stadium (max. 30 km).
At the stadium site is a side room for the setting before the start located. Skip equipment Bring woods hiding and protection are not available.

Sample for protection

The sample for suborder and the sample for protection were demonstrated on Wednesday, 2nd of September 2009 at 3 o’clock p.m. in the stadium. The selected protection helpers were also introduced to you.

Opening ceremony and the draw

The opening ceremony is on Wednesday, 2nd of September 2009 at 6 o’clock p.m. in the stadium Schwanenstadt.

The draw is at 9.30 p.m. in the marquee in the stadium Schwanenstadt.
For every team and their supervisors are seats reserved. There is enough space for many visitors.
There you can also buy something to eat and drink. After the draw at ca. 9 o’clock  an entertainment evening is beginning with free entry for everybody.

Emergency preparedness and veterinarian

During the whole event a first-aid attendant is in the stadium.
If serious injuries or illnesses occur there is a local rescue agency.
During the whole event a veterinarian is on call.

Identity checks

The identity checks of every participant dog are performed after every demonstration in all disciplines at the participant exit in the stadium and also at the protection area from the judges or representatives of the organizer. The staff is equipped with a ISO recognized micro-chip identity scanner.

Catering in the stadium and at the track area

There is enough catering in the stadium for everybody. At the track area a mobile delivery is going to supply the visitors with drinks and some snacks.

Schedule

The schedule is adapted so that every dog only works in one discipline a day. There is a regularly change between department „B“ and „C“ in the stadium (maybe in groups of six).
Participant dog owners who don’t report themselves 15 minutes before they start    get disqualified.

Disqualification

If a dog gets disqualified in one of the departments he isn’t allowed to start in the fallowing departments.

6. Track

Track area

The track area is a big meadow in a hilly area.

The laying of the track

The laying of the track has to be done in the normal way of walking. The angles aren’t marked. The track approaches aren’t assigned. The times for replacement tracks are also included in the schedule and if it is necessary we will lay the track for you. The items aren’t laid in a special order.

Track items

The track items are made out of

•     Leather
•     Wood
•     Felt

The slab for the track and the items are sponsored by the organizer. All the items are marked clearly.

We are not going to send the items to the teams.

Photos of the items and of the marking of the track are published on the FCI-WC 2009 homepage www.fci2009.com.

Transportation to the track area

The chosen track area is max.25 km away from the stadium. For all dog owners a transport with piloting vehicles, from the stadium to the track area, is organized each 1 hour before they start in the department of the track. The participants have to get to the track area on their own (with their own vehicles).

A commuter bus will bring all visitors from the stadium to the track area on all four days. The visitors aren’t allowed to get to the track area with their own vehicle.

Identity control, Impartiality test and group-draw at the track area

At the registration of the dog owners a separate draw will be accomplished.
Dog leaders who aren’t present at their planned start time and at the time for the draw of the track can’t take part at the draw. A track will be reserved for the absent dog leader this track will be accomplished later. If the dog leader isn’t present before his group is ready he gets disqualified.

The identity control is accomplished after the track.

Control of the leash for the track

The leash for the track is controlled by a person who is constructed by the competition lead. The leash will be controlled if it has got the correct length and then it will be marked. The track can only be accomplished with a corresponding leash.

7. Suborder

General
The suborder takes place in change with protection in the stadium. The stadium has git a grass field. The direction of walking starts from the main stage from the left hand side to the right hand side. The dog leaders should lead their dogs in sports clothes (e.g. a tracksuit). Special training jackets aren't allowed.

Entry control

The start-up readiness has to be announced by the team leader at the entry control (dog leader entry) ca. 15 minutes before each start time. A collar control of the dog will be accomplished.

If a dog leader isn’t present 15 minutes before his start he gets disqualified.
The identity control takes place after the dog has been shown at the dog leader exit.

Skip equipment/ bring woods / pistols

The skip equipment is sponsored by the guilty competition order.
The oblique wall is equipped with wood bars and a non-slip coating. The skip devices will be removed before protection their placement is marked.
The weights and the dimensions of the bring woods correspond to the competition order.
All apport exercises have to be accomplished in correct direction of walking.
2 pistols caliber 6 mm are sponsored by the organizer. The shot sample takes place at the first straight line.
Photos of the skip equipment and of the bring woods are published at the FCI-WC 2009 homepage www.fci2009.com.

Place to put down the dog

Male and female dogs are put down on different places. The places where you can put down the dog are marked corresponding.

8. Department C - protection

General

The protection takes place in change with suborder in the stadium. The direction of walking starts from the main stage from the left hand side to the right hand side. The first side stroke at the patrol after the protection helper goes to the left hand side. The provided marking for the dog leader and protection helper are marked after the competition order. The choice of the protection helpers and the sample protection is done within the timetable.

Entry control

The start-up readiness has to be announced ca. 15 minutes before each start time from the team leader at the entry control (dog leader entry). A collar control of the dog is taking place.
If a dog leader isn’t present 15 minutes before his start he is disqualified.
Die Identitätskontrolle wird nach der Vorführung beim Hundeführerausgang durchgeführt.

Protection helpers

The main protection helpers and the replacement helpers will be chosen by the top judge and the judge of the department C during the presentation of the sample dogs on Wednesday.

The protection helpers aren’t allowed to make some training with the participant dogs. The protection helpers will be changed if they don’t accept the rules. This rule is not guilty for the host country.

Protection clothing

The protection clothing of the helpers consists of jacket, trousers and arm.
A video of the protection work of the 4 chosen protection helpers is published at the homepage www.fci2009.com.

Protection hiding

The protection hidings are normal protection tents.
The hidings are removed before the suborder the placement is marked.