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A new digital standard for Romanian cynology

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comunicat
Published
27 July 2026

The Royal Federal Canine Club places three systems of its own at the disposal of its members, of breeders and of everyone who cares about purebred dogs: the online stud book, the Judging School platform and the Exhibition Manager.

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a cynological association in Romania has covered, with its own connected tools, the whole path of a purebred dog: from the declaration of mating and whelping, through to the title won in the ring and the certificate a buyer can check for themselves, with a phone.

The stud book, one click away

Breeders whose fee is up to date file the Mating and Whelping Declaration straight from their own account — no trips, no printed forms.

The registration number is issued on the spot, at filing, and sent by e-mail: proof that the declaration was filed within the 90-day deadline no longer depends on anyone else. A single form, with as many puppy rows as there are in the litter, replaces the four printed variants — and a mismatch between the litter statistics and the rows filled in becomes impossible.

The stud owner’s confirmation is given through a link sent by e-mail. It works for stud dogs from other associations or from abroad, with no account needed.

The pedigree is recorded in full, across four generations, and the certificate type follows from the data rather than from anyone’s judgement: Type A if all thirty positions carry registration details, Type B if any one of them is missing.

The status of the file is visible at any time, in the breeder’s own space.

Documents anyone can verify

Every Certificate of Origin carries a QR code. A puppy buyer, a judge at the ring entrance or an association abroad can check on the spot whether the document is genuine, in Romanian or in English.

Registered dogs also have a public record: the four-generation pedigree drawn out, littermates, progeny and show titles. Searching is done by certificate serial number, WDF number or microchip — not by name, because names repeat across kennels while a microchip does not.

The breeder’s name and affix are shown: breeding is a public, assumed activity. Owner details are not published.

For a breeder this means something very concrete: their work can be proven at any time, by anyone, without depending on a file forgotten in a drawer.

Judge training, written down

The Judging School, part of the Centre for the Development of Cynological Competencies, runs on its own platform: course modules, an individual study manual, tests, judging exercises, a comparative analysis room and photo-based anatomy tools.

Ring placements are recorded and tied directly to the Club’s shows, so each candidate’s file fills itself from real activity. Examination, certification by WDF group and entry in the public register of judges follow written conditions, the same for everyone. Judges already certified take an annual continuing-education module.

The path from candidate to judge is no longer passed on by word of mouth.

The Exhibition Manager: from entry to diploma

The Club’s shows are run with a purpose-built system that covers the entire edition — from the first entry to the last document issued.

Entry is made online, in both languages, and the age class is checked as the form is being filled in: a dog can no longer end up entered in the wrong class. Dogs already known to the system are recognised automatically, with no duplicates and no re-typing.

The catalogue closes once and for all: numbers are assigned definitively, the data is frozen, and any later change is recorded. Ring sheets and the printed catalogue are generated from exactly the same data, so they cannot disagree.

In the ring, the judge and the ring secretary work on a dedicated screen, protected by a code. Gradings and placements are entered on the spot, and titles are awarded according to the WDF Official Show Regulations, checked by the system rather than recalled from memory: the CAJC, CAC and CACIB certificates — separately for males and females, and only with an Excellent grading — then the breed play-offs, JBOB, BOB Adults and BOB Champions, each per sex, plus BOB Veteran and, optionally, BBR. The system refuses from the outset a title the dog cannot possibly receive from the class it is entered in.

In the honour ring, the top five in each category are placed: BIS Puppies, BIS Junior, BIS Adult, BIS Champions, BIS Veterans, together with couples and breeding groups.

In the hall, a public board shows the time each breed is expected in the ring, recalculated as judging progresses. The audience opens it on their phone, from a QR code displayed at the entrance — nobody has to spend six hours beside the ring for fear of missing the moment.

After the show, the official results are published on the website the same day, diplomas and certificates go out by e-mail to every exhibitor, and the titles enter the dog’s permanent history — from where they reach, in turn, its record in the stud book.

The system works without an internet connection too: it runs on the organiser’s computer, in the hall, and only reaches outside for the public board and for publishing the results. A weak connection in a sports hall can no longer stop a show.

Organisers also get the financial position of each edition, attendance records, a searchable archive of all editions, annual statistics and automatic warnings wherever the WDF regulations impose limits — for instance the maximum number of dogs assigned to one judge in a day, or conflict-of-interest situations.

What this actually means

The three systems are not off-the-shelf software. They are built by the association, for the real work of breeders, judges and organisers.

They are also connected to one another: a title won in the ring reaches the dog’s record in the stud book, a ring placement is recorded in the candidate’s file, and an issued certificate can be verified from anywhere, with a phone. Nothing is carried by hand from one system to the next.

Members’ data is looked after: encrypted backups, access by role, and nothing on display that has no business being there.

That is what a modern organisation actually means — not that it has a handsome website, but that every document it issues can be verified, and every rule is the same for everyone.