[massimo]

Interesting news....
I am NOT a member of the Italian Kennel Club Board so I do NOT know the reasons for this request.
The Italian Club knows VERY WELL that Italy cannot take over the garant for the breed: we have not enough experienced breeders, not enough years since the first CSW came to Italy, not enough expert judges (we call judges from CS or SK to judge our main club shows and bonitations), and the club also knows that Stefan Stefik is tooo powerful and important in FCI to allow this thing to happen. The only thing Italy has is the numbers...not enough of course.
So why make the request? I can just imagine...I can imagine they are fed up of all the bad comments, most of the time "unjust", made about italian dogs, italian breeders, italian owners...
I Imagine it's a warning, saying: "that's enough of your bad talks".
It's not a JOKE, it's a proof that the situation in our breed is not balanced, and each country is looking in different directions, instead of concentrating on the breed, they are looking at each other with mistrust, dislike...
It's a pity, a real pity.
Each should look at their own consciousness and think what they have done to extend their hand to others or if instead they have put wood on fire to push away others instead of collaborating.
Suspecting that any dog bred in Italy has doubtful origins or that bonitations made in italy are not reliable or that any hd/ed results made in italy are not truthful is really not the best way of showing your desire of collaboration.
words in the wind...