December 2010
This must have been one of the busiest years we have experienced for a very
long time. Beginning in January I was very hard at work translating Karin
Rezewski’s book “Topics of my Life” from Germany into English.
This was a mammoth task but well worth seeing the finished digital
product which was on sale at the ATIBOX World Championship show in Poland
in May this year.
Puppies
15.08.09 – Tosca (Ch. Ramona’s Great Expectations) whelped her second
litter with ease. 7 beautiful puppies in total, 3 fawn males and 4 fawn girls:
Tambay’s Utrillo, Tambay’s Ungaro, Tambay’s and Tambay’s Umi,
Tambay’s Umaya, Tambay’s Undine and Tambay’s.
The combination Tabor/Tosca is tremendous, confirmed by the success
of their progeny in the show ring. We have repeated this mating and will
be expecting a litter hopefully at the end of January 2011.
Haylee (Timbavati’s Haylee) has also been mated to Tabor and this litter
should be born in the 3rd week of January 2011. This will be Haylee’s first litter.
We are extremely excited about both impending litters.
G.Ch. Tabor vom Okeler Forst AD BH BT – Boxer Extraordinaire
Tabor started 2010 with two Best in Shows at the very first double
championship show. Thereafter there was no stopping him.
He was shown 7 times in 2010 and received the nod from 7 Judges for
Best in Show.
On 13 March 2010 he was acclaimed by All Breeds’ Judge, Mr David Lower
as Best Male and ultimately Winner of Winners. That same evening his
achievement as Boxer of the year 2009 was confirmed and he also
received the coveted Three Wing Shield, Woodcrest and Epol Trophies
for top producing sire during 2009.
Tabor was sire of the show a phenomenal 11 times out of 12
championship shows.
Tabor was retired from the show ring at the end of August with an incredible 31
Best in Show awards. Tabor can proudly claim that he is the first adult
Boxer ever in the history of the Federation of Boxer Clubs SA, who has not
been beaten in the show ring. From the time he arrived in South Africa
he has only shown true wonderful Boxer temperament and all
achievements have been well deserved.
Tabor’s Progeny
Not to be outdone by their sire, his progeny is holding their own in the show
ring and working trials as well:
20.02.10: BCSA morning Championship Show
Best Puppy : Tambay’s Torri
4 Points Major Female and Best Opposite Sex on Show: Caroweck’s
Pennyfeather of Scorpio
20.02.10: BCSA afternoon Championship Show
4 Points Major Male: Ariodante’s Azan
13.03.10: Winner of Winners
A clean sweep for Tabor’s offspring:
Best Male Puppy: Braeside’s Bigga
Best Female Puppy: Berry Head’s Annabelle of Togra
Best Female: Caroweck’s Pennyfeather of Scorpio
27.03.10: EBC morning Chamionship Show:
Best Puppy: Tambay’s Tatonka
1 Point Major Female: Caroweck’s Over the Moon
27.03.10: EBC afternoon Chamionship Show:
Best Puppy: Tambay’s Tatonka
4 Points Major Male: Ariodante’s Azan
10.04.10: NBC Chamionship Show:
Best Puppy: Berry Head’s Annabelle
4 Point Major Male and Best Opposite Sex Winner: Ariodante’s Aristo
19.06.10: FBCSA Endurance Trial:
Congratulations to Ariodante’s Azan for obtaining his AD title
14.08.10: EBC morning Chamionship Show:
Best Puppy: Onica’s Eyota
Best Opposite Sex Puppy: Tambay’s Utrillo
4 Points Major Male: Ariodante’s Aristo
2 Points Female: Berry Head’s Annabelle of Togra
1 Point Female: Caroweck’s Over the Moon
14.08.10: EBC afternoon Chamionship Show:
Best Puppy: Onica’s Eyota
2 Points Male: Ariodante’s Aristo
2 Points Female: Berry Head’s Annabelle of Togra
28.08.10: NBC Championship Show
4 Points Major Male: Tambay’s Tatonka
1 Point Win Female: Tambay’s Torri
At the end of the show the judge commented on the exceptional quality of this young male and was of the opinion that he would be a worthy successor to his sire, Tabor. One cannot begin to understand our immense disappointment when his owner decided that “Maverick” had his moments of glory – 3 outings – two Best Puppies and one 4 point major and would be retired from the show ring.
18.0910: BCSA afternoon Chamionship Show:
Best Puppy: Onica’s Eyota
Best Opposite Sex Puppy: Dona Deo’s Admiral of Onica
4 Points Major Female: Berry Head’s Annabelle of Togra
1 Point Win Female: Tambay’s Torri
09.10.10: NBC Championship Show:
Best Puppy: Apollo’s Xerxes
Best Opposite Sex Puppy: Tambay’s Umaya
4 Point Major Male: Ariodante’s Alcon
4 Point Major Female: Tambay’s Torri
30.10.10: FBCSA Traffic-Steady Companion Dog:
Congratulations to Tambay’s Renoir for passing in grand style.
His hip score of A1 A1 is something more to smile about!
13.11.10: FBCSA Inter-Club Championship Show:
Best Puppy: Tambay’s Umaya
4 Point Major Male and Best OppositeSex on Show: Braeside’s Berneray
Congratulations to Machiel Bosch and his lovely new champion Berry Head’s Precious, who also completed her endurance trial in fine style during 2009. Machiel could not stop smiling that day, especially when his favourite boy, G.Ch. Tambay’s Out and About took Best Opposite Sex Dog.
Congratulations also to Marilyn Coleman and the breeders, Paul and Carol Marneweck on their new champion, Caroweck’s Over the Top.
Timbavati’s Haylee
Our naughty imp from Canada has been very successful in the show ring too.
She won a Best Puppy and also a Best Opposite Sex Puppy early in the year.
In her first three championship shows as an adult she swept the board with three consecutive 4 point majors.
She is now temporarily retired from the show ring until after her litter and then hopefully she will pick up the last points she requires to attain her championship title.
Time to say farewell
We were devastated when out of the blue Ch. Heureka vom Okeler Forst had a stroke and passed away at just over 10 years of age. She was in excellent condition and doing so well up to that moment.
The owners of Tambay’s Kaliph, Tambay’s Kaleido, Tambay’s Gemma and Tambay’s Gabriella also bid their Boxers goodbye during the latter half of 2010. I suppose we just have to accept the ongoing cycle of life but it is always sad to say goodbye to our special Boxers.
Season’s Greetings
Both Franz and I would like to take this opportunity to wish our friends and all
Boxer lovers a peaceful festive season and a prosperous 2011.
Boxer Greetings
Ute
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December 2009
What a year it has been since our last update in April 2009, what with winning streaks, litters born, an import arriving and to top it all off an accident:
Puppies
30.05.09 - Lady (Ch. Tambay’s Liberté) with her last litter obliged by producing 3 lovely puppies, two fawn girls and one fawn boy by c-section: Tambay’s Simply Adorable, Tambay’s Simply Irristible and Tambay’s Simply Bravo.
Murphy was working hard this day and all this took place on the morning of Northern Boxer Club’s championship show. Naturally I could not exhibit Tabor. Franz had to rush through to the show grounds with catering supplies, while I was sitting at the vet’s surgery stimulating and drying puppies.
15.08.09 – Tosca (Ch. Ramona’s Great Expectations) whelped her first litter without any problems. 3 beautiful fawn males and one fawn girl: Tambay’s Temujin, Tambay’s Tatonka, Tambay’s Telemachus and Tambay’s Torri.
Franz attended as a very competent midwife, as she took us totally by surprise and whelped earlier than expected. Yours truly was taking Tabor through his paces at the EBC championship show. It’s strange how the pups always seem to arrive on a show day.
Tabor, the proud Dad, was totally smitten by his progeny.
More often than not he was found playing gently with them in the garden.
Then again he has always shown fabulous temperament since the day he climbed off the plane and went off to a fund raiser where the FBCSA had
been invited to attend, acting as if this was all quite normal. |
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