This class is being held in Bishkek for the first time. Shoola Baisaeva, the club's administrator, noted that both trainers and visitors love dogs, and many of them are their owners. Interestingly, this branch allows participants to come to classes with their pets, provided that they are well socialized.
However, the practice of shooting stray dogs continues in Bishkek. Although no official studies on this topic have been conducted, the problem has existed for many years, and the number of animals on the streets is not decreasing. Local residents periodically complain about cases where too many dogs (over a hundred!) are kept in one house, or about attacks by packs on children and passersby.
At the same time, in the neighboring city of Kant, there is a positive experience in addressing this issue. In 2022, the local mayor's office signed an agreement with a Kyrgyz-French organization and initiated the "Kumayyk" program, supported by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, to reduce the population of stray dogs. As part of this initiative, temporary shelters were opened where animals were neutered or spayed and then returned to their usual environment. In 2025, the mayor of Kant reported that the number of stray animals in his city had significantly decreased, as had the number of complaints about them.
