The purpose of the ABMC Obedience Hall of Fame is to recognize dogs who have attained outstanding achievements in the sport of AKC obedience.
Obedience Hall of Fame requirements:
To be inducted into the ABMC Obedience Hall of Fame, a dog must have achieved any one of the following:
1. The dog is an Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH)
2. The dog is an Obedience Grand Master (OGM)
3. The dog has earned BOTH a Utility Dog Excellent 5 (UDX 5) AND an Obedience Master 5 (OM 5)
4. The dog placed in the top 10 overall (all breeds) at an AKC National Obedience Invitational
5. The dog placed in the top 4 of the Herding Group at an AKC National Obedience Invitational
In addition to achieving one of the above, all of the following requirements must also be met:
1. The owner of the dog must be a member of the ABMC, or have been a member of ABMC during the time the dog was being exhibited
2. Copies of the title certificates validating the dog’s achievements have been submitted
3. A copy of the dog’s AKC registration papers has been submitted
4. A photograph of the dog has been submitted
Inductions into the Halls of Fame are made at the National Specialty occurring in the following calendar year of the year the application was submitted.
Contact the Obedience HOF Chair Karen Shivers stonefox4085@gmail.com to apply. To have a HOF dog’s AKC titles updated, email a website volunteer with the dog’s AKC registration number and which Hall of Fame. AKC title updates are by request only.
Obedience Hall of Fame (dogs listed by date requirements met, from oldest to most recent):
OTCH MACH3 Noblesse Exuberant Explorer VCD3 UDX3 RN MXC MJC AXP AJP ROM II Owner: Barbara Benner
CH OTCH MACH2 Kanduit’s Fleuve De La Vie UDX2 MXS MJS Owner: Anne Paul
CH OTCH MACH8 Avonlea Love ‘Em N Weave ‘Em VCD3 UDX3 RAE MXC2 MJB3 AXP AJP MXF MFB TQX OFP Owner: Barbara Benner
OTCH20 Dune Von Schoerling UDX11 OGM Owner: Anne Paul
CH OTCH Crossroad’s Trew Legend UDX2 OM1 VER Owner: Teri Desrosiers
OTCH MACH Alouette’s Chase That Dream UDX4 OM5 VCD2 TD NAC HT RN THD Owner: Janet Doerer
CH OTCH MACH NATCH V-NATCH ATCH Carousel’s Pole Star VCD3 UDX2 OM3 RA MXS MJS MFG T2B CA ASCA-CD Can-CD Owner: Barbara Benner
GCH CH OTCH Carousel’s South Rim Echo OM1 HIAs HXA ROM I Owner: Anne Paul
GCH CH OTCH4 MACH PACH RACH2 Carousel’s Southern Cross VCD3 UDX7 OGM BN GN GO VER RM5 RAE5 MXS MJG MXP7 MXPG MJP6 MJPS PAX MFC TQX MFPS TQXP T2B3 T2BP2 CAA DCAT SWE SCM SIM SEM SHDE CGC TKA HOF Owner: Barbara Benner
GCHB TC Turicks Trifecta UDX2 OM3 RN TD HSAs HSBs HIAs HXAs Owners: April & Andrew Albert
OTCH Jana Ot Vitosha UDX5 OM9 BN GN GO VER RAE3 CGC Owner: Tracie Kolnsberg
TC Stahlrosenhof’s Torrential River UDX2 OM3 HSAds HIAds HXAs ROM I HOF Owner: Anne Paul
OTCH Carousel’s Call of the Wild UDX OM2 GN GO VER RN MX MXJ MJB Owner: Melinda Wichmann
RACH3 Jantra Van De Duvetorre UDX6 PUTD OM5 BN GN GO VER RM8 RAE17 CGC TKN Owner: Tracie Kolnsberg
OTCH Turick’s Covenant UDX3 PUTD OM5 BN VER RE MX AXJ MXP2 MJP2 XF MFP T2BP TKN Owner: Marti Touchstone
CH OTCH AGCH MACH5 PACH2 RACH Cairdean’s Contact Affirmed VCD3 UDX2 OM3 BN GO RM2 RAE2 MXS2 PDS MJB2 PJD MXP5 MXPS MJP6 MJPS PAX2 MFG TQX MFPB TQXP T2B5 CA FCAT SWE SCM SEM SBM SHDE CGC TKA HOF Owner: Barbara Benner
Hall of Fame
Conformation | Obedience | Tracking | Herding | Agility | Rally