European Dog Show 2011 at Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. The European Dog Show 2011 at Leeuwarden, the Netherlands was only 7 weeks away from The World Dog Show in Paris. While Paris was subject to a lot of discussion and painful critiques, the European Dog Show in Leeuwarden was in many ways the opposite.

The short time in between both shows is said to be the most important reason why only 7239 dogs were entered for the European compared to the massive number of entries at Paris. But the fact that Leeuwarden is hardly known and has less accommodation facilities is another reason not to be underestimated. Paris is a metropole and capitol of one of the most known cities in the world, while Leeuwarden is only the capital of a province in Holland. If it would have been in Amsterdam, it would certainly have been different. But the fact that the committee had chosen for Leeuwarden must have had other reasons. The halls for the event were convenient and the price must have been a deciding factor.
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