Top Performance Dog
Each year we offer this award we wish we
could give an award to everyone who qualifies. Even to qualify is an unbelievable
accomplishment.
The qualifications are an AKC title in two
of the three performance events, agility, obedience, or tracking. One title having been
earned in 1999 for this year’s award.
The qualifiers this year were, Ellen
Gruber, Tracy Hendrickson, Lynda Nemec and Adrienne Terrell. For these people to reach
this level of achievement their dedication is, for most of us, not even conceivable. Most
of us compete with our boxers and know the commitment it takes. However, to keep a
performance dog in condition & trained adds another whole dimension. Not to mention
the dogs own talent.
This year picking a winner was even more
difficult. We were at the eleventh hour before we finally made a decision. The 1999 Top
Performance Dog award went to Ch Sunchases Suicide Blonde and owner breeder handler Tracy
Hendrickson. Chili was handled in the breed ring by Lori Mclain.
Chili has 25 performance
titles in addition to her breed championships in Canada Bermuda and the USA (Three Majors
one a 5). They depict her amazing versatility and are truly a supreme credit to the Boxer
breed. Tracy’s achievements and dedication to the breed reflect her own commitment to
boxers.
Chili’s sire is Ch Shieldmonts"s
Let’s Make a Deal Sire of Merit, dam Ch Sunchase’s Hollywood Hype with five
performance titles herself.
I summarize the titles in the following
paragraph to save space. We had a difficult time fitting all of them on the plaque.
Chili has achieved one of the highest level
of obedience titles AKC offers, Utility Dog, as well as her breed championship and two
midlevel agility titles..A….. CD and breed championship in both Canada and Bermuda.
A…. UKC breed championship, obedience and agility titles. Two schutzhund titles one
for endurance where the dog bikes with owner for 12 miles. And, three versatility titles,
a therapy certificate and a herding instinct title.
The greatest compliment to
me and to this relatively new award was the standing ovation Tracy received when we
presented the award at the ABC dinner.
We welcome Tracy to the committee for the
Top Performance Dog Award. This year we will be trying to convince the ABC board that
there should be an achievement award given to each one of the qualifiers; as well as the
plaque for the winner of the award.
Congratulations to Tracy and:
U-ATCH, U-AGI, UAGII, U-CD,
U-CH AM/CAN/BDA
CH SUNCHASE’S SUICIDE BLONDE
AM/CAN/BDA CD, CDX, UD, NA, NAJ, OAJ, TT, TDI,CGC, BH, AD, VCC, VCCX, VO
I’m pretty sure there are more since
this was written but you get the idea. A special thank you to my committee for the
momentous task of deciphering all these titles..
Pat Russell
Top Performance Dog Award
Committee Chairman |
