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OFA Champions for Health Award

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The OFA has a parent club partnership program titled, “Champions for Health”. The concept originally began in January of 2005 when the OFA website featured the AKC/Eukanuba BIS winning Bloodhound, Ch. Heather’s Knock On Wood. “Knotty” had not only just won one of America’s most prestigious shows, but had a full complement of health certifications as well.. In 2006, the “Champion for Health” award was created and sponsored by OFA.

Each club that participates in CHIC is eligible to nominate three dogs for this award annually. The award will consist of an engraved silver medallion, and a $100 donation to the AKC Canine Health Foundation in the name of the honored dog. The award will be announced and given at the ABTC’s Annual Awards banquet.

Any AKC registered Belgian Tervuren can be nominated by its owner, breeder, or admirer.

Nominated Belgian Tervuren are evaluated by the American Belgian Tervuren Club’s Health Education Committee (HEC) with three dogs forwarded to the OFA. CHIC registration is highly desirable but not required. A nominated dog must hold some sort of AKC championship title along with at least one performance title, more are highly desirable. The ABTC HEC will forward the names and information of three dogs on to OFA with OFA having the final right to select who receives the award.”

Download OFA Champions for Health application form

 Year Registred Name
Call Name Owner
 2007 CH JAMAICA THE PAINTED PARROT UDT HSAs AX AXJ BIRDY HELEN HITTESDORF
2008 CH MACH5 SENSATION’S LAMBEAU LEAP UD RE TDX HIAds XF BROOKS SUE FREGIEN & JIM jOHNSTON
2009 DC U-CD WHYNOTTA TRUE RHYTHM CDX RE TD OA OAJ HXAds HXBds HTAD1 CGC TT TRUE KIM CASSIDA
2010 CH OTCH MACH JUSTNIMPRESION TOUJOURSJEUNE VCD3 UDX2 NJP GIANARTH PATRICIA BIGGINS
2011 CAN/AM CH REBECCA OF ANDUIN CAN/AM TD CAN CDX AM CD HCT  BECKY SANDY & PETER BLAZIER
2012 CH LABARGE’S OTHER KATIE SCARLETT NA NAJ BAR KATIE SHIRLEY & ROGER LABARGE
2013 GRCH (BRONZE) CHATEAU BLANC I’M COYOTE TROUBLE CDX TD RAE HT AXJ OA OF CA QUEEZLE KATE ELDREDGE & DEB M ELDREDGE
2014 AM/CAN CH LABARGE’S STRATE T’QUILA NITE CDX RE MX AXJ NAP NJP HSAs ASC OTDs CAN CD P-BAR QUILA JOANNA RIZZO & SHIRLEY LABARGE
2015 GCH PACH ZEPHYRE CHUTES AND LADDERS CD RE HSAS MX MXJ MXP4 MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX OF OFP CA CGC CAPER JONI FRESHMAN DVM & DAVID MORRIS
2016 CH MACH3 LABARGE N EPIC STILL STANDIN MXC MJB2 OF VINNIE SHIRLEY & ROGER LABARGE & JOANNA RIZZO
2017 CH MACH2 HERE COMES THE SUN OF ANDUIN CD RE PT MXG MJG MXP MJP XF T2B ELLE KARRI HIGGINS & MARK WILKE
2018 DC WTCH LABARGE N EPIC SOME GIRLS DO HXAs. HSBs. HSAc, HXBMd, HXAMd, OFTDs, RTDs TOULA JOANNA RIZZO & SHIRLEY LABARGE
2019 GCHB OTCH MACH STARBRIGHT CASINO ROYALE TDX UDX3 OM5 RE GN GO MXS MXF MXP MJP VEGAS DIANNE L. ALLEN
2020 GCH DC WHYNOTTA MEANT TO BE UDT BN RE HT HSAds HSBd HIAds HXBd KARMA KIM CASSIDA & JOE PALING
2021 GCH CH MACH PACH STARBRIGHT TRIFECTA VCD2 UD RE MXS MJS MXP4 MXPB MJP3 MJPB PAX XF TRIXIE DEBBIE DEUTH
2022 GCH CH CORSINI OBSESSION UD RA TDX NAJ SWE TKI BLISS ANITA ABORN
2023 GCHB CH MONARCH’S WISH UPON A STAR RN SWN SIA CGC TKN TWINKLE NANCY NCCLURE & BARBARA HOSTETTLER
2024 GCH CH MACH Kanna’s Night to Shine CDX RE MXB MJS MFB TQX HSAs CA BCAT DSA HDJ AS TKP FDC ATT CGC KALI REBECCA GRINSELL & ANGELA GRINSELL