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WITH DAVID AND STEPHANIE ABRAHAM, ALBERTO BERRIOS, HOWARD ENGEL, ANN GILBERT, THOMAS J LATTA, JANET AND LARRY SINCLAIR, SHARON K. STECKLER & JUDITH VORAN
THOMAS J LATTA
of Boxers for 55 years. In the early sixties, we purchased a female Boxer as a pet. We then became active in the Spo- kane Boxer Club where a member offered us a show potential Boxer on a co-ownership. This led to the beginning of being breeders, owners and handlers of Boxers. In the mid seven- ties, Larry became an AKC Licensed All Breed Professional Handler where he specialized in Boxers. In addition to assist- ing with all facets of showing Boxers, Janet was a Kindergar- ten Teacher. We retired from professional handling in 1998 and applied for judging. In addition to Boxers, we are each approved to judge three groups plus Best in Show. SHARON STECKLER
I live in Corder, Missouri. My wife Carol (who also judges Boxers) and I own a property management/real estate office. We also travel and vaca- tion as often as we can, with St. Croix USVI being one of our favorite spots. I’ve been showing dogs for 20 years and judging for 6 years. We started out as many others do with a Boxer as a
pet. Her name was “Brande”, and though she was certainly no show dog, she introduced us to a breed without equal in terms of companionship, fun and enjoyment! A couple years later we purchased male and female littermates from Pam Savoye of Omaha, Nebraska, both of which completed their championships. Seventeen of our Boxers have acquired their AKC Championships, two of which also earned their CKC Championships. Eleven of those were “home-bred”, but we have had the pleasure and opportunity to raise each and every one of our champions in our own home and adjoin- ing hobby kennel in Corder, Missouri. Carol and I joined the Heart of America Boxer Club in 1998 and I have served on the Board of Directors for much of that time in addition to terms as both President and Vice-President. We joined the American Boxer Club in 1999 and I currently serve as the ABC Regional Coordinator and as a member of the Judges Education com- mittee. Since being approved to judge Boxers in May 2010 and Dobermans in November 2011, I have had the opportunity to judge numerous all breed and specialty shows, including my personal highlight in judging bitches, junior showmanship and intersex at our American Boxer Club National Specialty in May 2016. JANET & LARRY SINCLAIR
I am a “naturalized Texan” having been transplanted from the midwest when I was a child and now I live in Houston. In my life outside of dogs, I am an attorney and a CPA and serve as Executive Director of a non-profit organization providing free civil legal services to low-income residents in my area. I have been “in dogs” since 1969, when I acquired my first pure-
bred dog—a Maltese. My love affair with Boxers began in 1984, when we brought home Gretchen, an adorable fawn puppy with the blackest mask I’d ever seen. When Gretchen was old enough, she producing a litter of six gorgeous fawn Boxers. We kept what we thought was the best one and he became our first champion, Ch. Ronard’s Kaiser Marshall. I began showing Boxers in 1989 and have been judging Boxers since 2007. Boxers are the great joy of my life and have been so for the past thirty years. I have been blessed with won- derful companions, who also became champions of record. The fun and camaraderie of competition with my Boxers has been a source of happiness for me for many years and I have had the pleasure of breeding and finishing eleven champions, including a dam of merit. In 1988, I joined the Bluebonnet Boxer Club and in 1991, the American Boxer Club. Through those memberships, I have had the privilege of serving the breed and the fancy I’ve loved for a long time. I have served Bluebonnet Boxer Club in almost every office and committee and am presently serving the American Boxer Club as trea- surer and director. It is my honor to serve as a board member of the National Animal Interest Alliance. Several years ago, I founded the Houston Animal Welfare Coalition to fight local legislation that would have eroded our rights as animal own- ers and as everyone in the fancy knows, the battle continues to preserve our rights as animal owners. It has been my plea- sure to judge numerous specialty and all-breed shows, both domestic and internationally and I look forward toe seeing the young Boxers that will be the continuing foundation of
We have lived in Spokane, Wash- ington, all of our married life. In our younger years, we spent a lot of our extra time camping in our motor home, boating, fishing and hunting with our two children. Now we are still involved with family and our three grandchildren and participate in many of their activities. During January and February, we leave Spo- kane for the warmth of Lake Havasu, Arizona, where we can relax and
enjoy the outdoors. We have also taken cruises to Alaska and the Panama Canal. We have been involved in the world
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