07/13/2024
Canada's first Malinois (and first Belgian Shepherd of any variety) Scent Detection Grand Master Champion is..... Sumi!
While this has actually been a relatively short road for her for me it was much longer. I originally began chasing this with her mother, who earned 3 of the 5 required title scores with all the Gold rankings and judges she needed before the pandemic shut the world down. When life resumed we tried again, but her age and Cushing's meant it just wasn't possible to complete it.
Sumi however looked at me and said "Hold my beer" and hit the ground running with a 200/200 her first attempt. One year and 3 days later she wrapped it up with her 5th Gold score under judge Russ Fox today at a home trial. 3 generations of scent dogs, each of whom has made Canadian history in the sport. How lucky am I to have these dogs, and the best crew around us - Competitive K9s is truly a world I'm proud to be in and of course the always incredible Fire and Ice Team rocks!!
Thanks to Judges Julie, Russ, Doug, and a very special thanks to Sumis other favorite person Chris for each leg towards this!