The social role of the dog
Hinge of TRUST is the dog sports activity, being the only CONI Federation that has its aegis, which since its inception has worked for the transmission and valorization of sports conducted by man together with the dog - man/dog combination -, where the dog is an element strongly subject to safeguarding and protection. In perfect line with the FIDASC is the concept of the "social" role of the dog, today strengthened in the sporting world, always recognized and declared by the Federation, which on various occasions has spoken of man's best friend, of a companion capable of transmitting physical and moral well-being for men of all ages, genders and conditions of hardship or disability, without ever forgetting the spectacular nature that these sporting activities offer.
The 4 Ss in detail
In respect of this noble function, the Federation therefore wants to draw attention to four salient aspects that deserve to be pursued, in the belief that they represent a winning formula to respond to the social and sporting needs felt today:
“selection”, attributable exclusively to sporting performance;
“sport” where attention is paid to the competitive aspect aimed at maintaining and improving the sporting but also psychophysical skills of the dog and handler;
“health” value to be combined with a lifestyle that does not set aside the practice of sport for the guaranteed social and psychophysical benefits;
“spectacle” an essential, undeniable, driving element of sport.
Where the event will take place
This is the theme of the conference "The 4 Ss of sporting dog breeding", which FIDASC will hold on 13 November 2023, at 11,00 am, in the Auditorium of the Palazzo delle Federazioni Viale Tiziano 74, Rome, where there will be a succession of authoritative interventions, in the presence of top exponents of the sporting and political world (source: FIDASC).