Edmond Moucheron on the right with an assistant and his dogs. Moucheron is credited as being the founder of what became Belgian ringsport. He also bred working Groenendaels under the kennel name Chenil Dax, named after one of his most famous dogs.

 

Christian De BoeckAdministrador del grupo It is quite a miracle that the working Malinois and Belgian ringsport has survived, considering that even Louis Huyghebaert was vehemently opposed to the sport as well as the type of dog developed specifically for the ring by the working class Flemish. He only relented and had a hand in formalising the sport due to the sage advice and influence of Louis Van der Snickt, who deserves far more credit than he has been given to date. As my copy of Van Ceulebroeck's book was destroyed, so I can't quote from it direct, I attach a scan of page 27 of the doctoral thesis "Etude génétique des qualités de travail dans l'espèce canine : application des méthodes de la génétique quantitative aux épreuves de concours de chiens de défense en race berger belge" of Jean-François Courreau, in which he quotes from pages 183-184 and 210-211 of Georges Van Ceulebroeck's "L'Historique du Berger Belge" (1983) recounting Huygehebaert's fallout with and resignation from the club he co-founded with his brother Frans and Dr Geudens and his founding of a new club, which floundered due to a lack of support.