Martin Kopsch

๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐Š๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก is a respected ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ in the Rhodesian Ridgeback community and founder of the ๐“๐š๐ฎ ๐“๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐š kennel (VDH/FCI). He ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ (Hauptzuchtwart) of the ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐™๐ฎ๐œ๐ก๐ญ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ก๐จ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ข๐๐ ๐ž๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ž.๐•. (๐ƒ๐™๐‘๐‘), overseeing breeding standards and approval procedures.

In 2020, Martin served as ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ in preparing the Rhodesian Ridgeback World Congress in Germany. Although the event was cancelled due to COVID-19, his leadership played a key role in uniting the international Ridgeback community during the planning stage.

He has collaborated with the Veterinary University of Hannover on a ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ and developed a breeding database to support responsible mate selection. At the ๐‘๐‘๐–๐‚ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, Martin will present updated results and insights from this research.

You can look forward to Martin’s lecture: TBA