2023 Pacific-Northwest Spring SABBS Appraisal and Show

the event

We recently organized a very successful 2023 Pacific-Northwest Spring SABBS Appraisal and Show on May 20th in Enumclaw, Washington. We are proud to share the results here, both our own, as well as the collective outcomes with participation, appraisals, and show results.

It has always been a challenge to bring together larger numbers of Boerboels for SABBS events. But the pandemic made things extremely difficult. There was a period of several years when at best we had video appraisals and at worst we had no appraisals whatsoever.

However, this year those trends began reversing. We are pleased to report that we had 21 dogs participate in the appraisals and 22 dogs in the show. Even better, most of the participants at the appraisal and show were new members. The show in particular was a rare treat, as SABBS shows in the United States occur extremely infrequently.

thank you SPONSORS

Firstly, many thanks to the following North-American SABBS members for sponsoring and supporting the show. Without your collaboration, it would not be possible to bring these events to fruition.

APPRAISERS

Jean and Yvonne Minnaar
Special thanks to our SABBS appraisers, who travel long distances to multiple venues throughout the United States to make these events possible.

SABBS REPRESENTATION

Joseph Phillips
Special thanks to our North American SABBS President for flying in from California and sponsoring the event.

SHOW JUDGES

Jean Minnaar and Joseph Phillips
Special thanks to Jean and Joseph for volunteering to judge the show competition held following the completion of appraisals.

OVERALL - APPRAISAL AND SHOW RESULTS

For those unfamiliar with SABBS, and accustomed to registries like AKC, it may be worth explaining that in SABBS dogs must be appraised to qualify for breeding. Each dog is appraised to evaluate how well it conforms to the breed standard.

The basis for this appraisal is a linear evaluation system that is more often used in livestock evaluation than dogs. Registered dogs must score 75% or higher out of 100% to qualify for inclusion in the breeding registry. This system and standard help to ensure that only appropriate dogs are bred.

This is a subject worth detailing further at another time, but for now this information is sufficient to orient you with the following results:

appraisal results

Highest Scoring Male of the Day
Clover K Bubba - 89.2%
owned by D.W. Campbell and Colleen Grafton
Highest Scoring Female of the Day
KBK Zaria - 85%
owned by Joyce Gabriel
Dog of the Day
Clover K Bubba - 89.2%
owned by D.W. Campbell and Colleen Grafton

SHOW results

Best in Show
Paragon Naalia
owned by D.W. Campbell and Colleen Grafton
Reserve in Show
Clover K Bubba
owned by D.W. Campbell and Colleen Grafton
Puppy (younger than 12 months) - First Place
Outlaw Poncho
owned by Donny Thompson
Reserve Puppy (younger than 12 months)
ASKUWHETO Malice
owned by Mary Jones
12 to 18 Month Male - First Place
ASKUWHETO Mayhem
owned by Mary Jones
12 to 18 Month Female - First Place
Paragon Naaila
owned by D.W. Campbell and Colleen Grafton
24+ Month Male - First Place
Clover K Bubba
owned by D.W. Campbell and Colleen Grafton
24+ Month Female - First Place
Bandera Naartjie Zaylee
owned by Teri Herrera and Melissa Downum

paragon boerboels - appraisal and show results

We participated in both the appraisal and the show with four dogs.

All our dogs received good or excellent appraisal scores, which when combined with their successful health testing, helps to ensure that they all likely have a place in our program. Paragon Oso and Paragon Bunny, who we have introduced in other blog posts here on the website, both qualified for the breeding registry with their appraisal scores.

But two dogs in particular had exemplary results in both the appraisal and show, and it is worth calling out their achievements separately. Since we are running late with website updates, this post marks these dogs’ debuts to the larger world. But we hope to have full profiles published for them soon.

clover k bubba

Bubba is a three-year-old male, and we have owned him since he was one-year old. He has proven himself to be an excellent stud that outproduces himself, and he has played a vital role in our program. He has a commanding physical presence and is contrarily both a very serious yet playful and charismatic dog. As the above results detail, in the Appraisal he was Dog of the Day and Highest Scoring Male of the Day. Then in the show he went on to take Reserve in Show.

paragon naalia

Naalia is only one-and-a-half years old and we produced her out of Roxanne and Cain. Naailia’s mother, Roxanne, was not a SABBS-registered dog. So Naalia’s first appraisal was intended to place her in the development registry, a provisional status that allows worthy Boerboels to fully transition into SABBS.

The threshold for making it into the development registry is slighty higher at 80%, which helps ensure only higher-quality dogs are transitioning into SABBS. We were very proud to have Naalia attain a score of 82.4%. Since she is such a young dog with at least another 6 months to a year to reach full maturity, we expect her to still improve significantly, and hope to reappraise her at a future SABBS appraisal.

Equally noteworthy was her participation in the show competition, which was Naalia’s first show in any registry. She went on to take Best of Show out of 22 dogs. The judges noted her exquisite movement as one of the things that set her apart in the competition.

general photos - appraisals and show

We were very busy working with other SABBS member to manage, run, and coordinate the appraisals and the show. But we did manage to squeeze in a few snapshots that we are including here for all to enjoy.