10 "Best in Specialties"
3 "Working Herding Specialties"
70 Group firsts, 170 BOB, 137 Group Placements
As A Veteran:
As a Puppy he has won 11 "Best Puppy in Shows"
His Greatest Show Accomplishments:
"Reserve Winners Dog"
"Stud Dog Placement"
Canada's #4 ALL BREED 1999
Canada's #1 Boxer 1998, 1999, 2000
I've done all the training and handling of Sabre in Canada and at the
American Nationals, so being an owner-handler team, I can't tell you how proud we are
that all of Sabre's wins have been "honest" ones. When he wins, it's on his own merit
and not because of who is on the end of the lead.
Sabre and I have been blessed with so many exciting and memorable moments, that it's hard to sum up all that he has accomplished.
Sabre completed his Canadian Championship in two weekends and on the first day in an
American ring, he was awarded 1998 ABC's "Reserve Winner's dog" under breeder-judge Cheryl Robbins.
Quite a thrill for the "unknown" owner-handler team from Canada!!!
Sabre went on to finish his American Championship in only 7 days of showing!
He finished with a 3 point major at the "Spokane Boxer Specialty"(Handled by Lynda Yon)
and two back to back 5 point majors at the "Oregon Boxer Specialty" and "Greater Clark County"
held at the very competitive "Brush Prairie" shows. (Handled by Kimberlie Steele)
In addition to Sabre being 1998 ABC's "Reserve Winner's Dog", some of our other most memorable
wins were our 1999 Lowermainland "Best in Show" (Canada's largest indoor show)
and our outstanding weekend in 2000, at the Alberta
Kennel Club (Canada's largest outdoor show),
when Sabre won two "Best in Shows" and two "Best in Specialties".
The BIS's were under breeder-judge Richard Beauchamp (pictured below) &
Harry O'Donoghue
and and the 2 "BISS" were under breeder judges David Strachan and
Lawrence Sinclair.
These noteable wins meant so much as Sabre and I achieved all of them as an owner-handler team
Sabre was truly that "once in a lifetime" dog and had the whole package! He was
a beautifully structured Boxer, but also had that undeniable zest for the showring. Sabre
was best known for his effortless ground covering movement and exquisite Boxer head.
Not a day goes by that we don't think about Sabre and miss him. Although I know I'll never
own such an amazing Boxer ever again....I feel so blessed Sabre DID share his life with me
and gave me so much love and so many memories that no amount of time will ever erase.
"Award Of Merit" at the Canadian National Specialty (Apr/04)
"Award of Merit" at the Western Boxer Club Specialty (Apr/04)
"BOS" at the "Oregon Boxer Club Specialty" (July/04).
"Best in Specialty" at the Alberta Boxer Club Specialty(Aug/04).
"Award of Merit" at the Western Boxer Club Specialty(Aug/04)
"Best Veteran In Specialty" at the Working Herding Assoc. of Alberta (Oct/04)
20 "Best Puppy in Groups"
at
1998's American Boxer Club's National Specialty
Judge Cheryl Robbins
at
2001 American National Specialty
Judge Larry Sinclair
Sabre started "Causin An Uproar" at his very first show when he had just turned
6 months old. It was at the "Alberta Boxer Club Specialty", under respected breeder judge
Jack Ireland, where he won "Best of Winners" and "Best Puppy". On that day, Sabre's
career was launched into "warp" speed and we haven't looked back since. 
