CH KOKODA ARTIC WHISPER Sheba 28-04-90 - 17-10-05 SIRE: NZ/A Ch Samways Be My Rockefella DAM: Kalisa The Cherubim |
1st Nursery Stakes APSA Champ (14) Judge:Mrs W Dines (NZ) |
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS 1x Puppy Of Group (All-Breeds) 2x Puppy In Show (Spec) 1x Junior In Show (Spec) 10x Open Of Group (All-Breeds) 3x Open In Show (All-Breeds) 3x Open In Show (Spec) 4x Veteran In Show (Spec) 3x Reserve Of Group (All-Breeds) 3x Best Of Group (All-Breeds) 4x Reserve Best In Show (Spec) 1x Best In Show (All-Breeds Open) 3x Best In Show (Spec) 1x Best Nursery Stakes (Spec) 2nd All-Breed Nursery Stakes 4th All-Breed Nursery Stakes 4th All-Breed NZ Bred Stakes 10th All-Breed NZ Bred Stakes 4x 1st All-Breed Veteran Stakes Sheba has earned 105 Challenges given by judges from Australia, Canada, Chile, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom and United States of America. In March 1998 she took the record for the most Challenge Certificates won by a Samoyed Bitch in New Zealand. Sheba has earned all the available certificates on offer: Bronze Certificate - 20 challenges Silver Certificate - 40 challenges Gold Certificate - 50 challenges Platinum Certificate - 100certificates Sheba is the first Samoyed in New Zealand to be awarded the Platinum Certificate. Well done, Sheba! Early in 1999 we tried to retire Sheba from the ring because she was often punished because of her age, but she hated retirement and we could not bear to see her suffering. Her daughter, Novas, and grand-daughters Saby and Deedee all had to beat her to gain their championship titles and her great-grand-daughter, Shayla, and great-great-grand-daughters, Trinity and Shiraz have also competed in the ring with her. SWEET DREAMS, DEAR SHEBA |
Puppy Of Group Judge: Mr R Bridgford (Victoria) |
Her 1st Best In Specialty Show APSA 20-09-91 Judge: Mr Vincent Buionello Junior (USA) |
Her 2nd Best In Specialty Show APSA 28-08-94 Judge: Mr Stephen Gabb (NSW) |
Reserve Best In Show SCI Specialty 28-05-94 Judge: Mrs Sylvia Gartner (NSW) |
Reserve Best In Show APSA Specialty 21-04-96 Judge: Mr Ivor Munday (UK) |
Her 3rd Best In Specialty Show APSA 25-03-00 was awarded by Judge: Mrs Betty McHugh (Canada) |
This page was last updated on: April 28, 2006
In Memory Of Sheba |
Well really do not know where to start in our tribute to Sheba. She seems to have had more than a life - a history in fact. She has been so much a part of our lives for well over fifteen years, and the longer your darling pets live, of course, the more of your life they have shared with you. Sheba was a beautiful bitch, inwardly and to look at, and was such a success in everything she did. There were no half measures in her life. Everything was handled in her usual manner "Get it done quick so I can get on with something else please". She had no patience, always liked to be the boss. But she was good, and she was methodical and, sometimes, just occasionally, she was even reliable. And, as those of us who have had Samoyeds know, they are never predictable if they are a typical Sam. They just have to keep you on your toes. So many times in the ring I called her McEnroe. Guess that is because they had the same star sign - they were quite alike. In the showring, if she liked a judge she behaved like a star, but if she didn't she really made you feel like creeping into a hole. Usually in a weekend you could guarantee one good showday out of the two. If that day happened on Saturday, you really never knew what she would do on the Sunday. She loved her kids, all her offspring, but if they stepped out of line, tried to go through a door ahead of her or even dare to look at her meal, they very quickly heard the wrath of her tongue and had not a hope of beating her. We have left Sheba's 15th Birthday Party page online because she shared the excitement of her birthday with the whole world, and no better tribute could be made to her than the many writings and accolades from judges and the tributes she has received from her wide circle of friends and admirers. You will live on forever in our hearts, dear Sheba, and in the looks, the mannerisms and the ongoing antics of your much-loved offspring. There is no doubting that any of the ones we have here are your descendants, and if you hear us yelling SHEBA loudly at any one of them you will know they are just doing something they shouldn't that you probably taught them and have just been blamed for. Fly free, dear Sheba, and give our love to the others. |
