Distinguished Service Awards

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The following dogs were honored for their actions as the recipients of these awards throughout the years:

2025
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award – 

2024
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award – 

2023
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award – Category 4
Karaboudjan’s For What It’s Worth (Şarki)

Award of Valor – Category 1
Horizon’s Delilah of Carpe Diem (DD)

2022
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award – Category 4
Lost Armadillos Amerikan Lale (Lale)

2021
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award – 

2020: 
Distinguished Therapy Dog Award – 
Tallis All Because of Bear CGCA RATN (Cypress)

2019: NO AWARDS GIVEN

2018
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award – Category 4
RBR Kasirga At White Star (Kevlar)

Outstanding Service Award – Category 6
Sakarya’s Guardian of the Relm at Loma (Cooper)

2017
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award – 
Birinci’s Mad Hatter (Chunk)

2016
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award –
Full Circle’s Akkadia “Karli”

2015:
Outstanding Service Dog Award – Category 1:
CH Panthera Tulliana of Cougar Ridge (Tulli)
CH Island Farm’s Kensington (Kenzo)

2014:
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award
Amerikan Mulayim (Fluffy)

2013:
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One
American Shakira

Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award
BISS Ch. Horizon’s Zafer (Rocky)

2012:
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: GCH Carpe Diem’s Old School (Gator)
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Two: Island Farm’s Hemmingway
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award: Lucky Hit Divakiz Rondo Alla Turca (Rondo)
Distinguished Service Award: GCH Full Circle’s Sasquatch

2011
Distinguished Service Award Category: CH Birinci’s Chocolate Frog
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Four: BA Birinci Cadde
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Five: CH Birinci’s Hurricane Agnes

2010: NO AWARDS GIVEN

2009
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: Carpe Diem’s Champagne (Anya) and Gerlach Zorlu Veli (Zor)
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Four: Birinci’s Sage
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Five: Pinarbasi’s Tamum (Charlie)

2008
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: Tamoora’s Amir
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Four: Night Watch’s Trip to Horizon

2007
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Two: Birinci’s Zira Grace
Distinguished Service Award Category Three: Birinci’s Dancing Banjo
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Five: Birinci’s Caesar Chavez (Murray)

2006
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Four: Golden Gate’s Island Snowstorm (Sasha)

2005
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: Birinci’s Puff the Dragon
Distinguished Service Award Category Three: Kandira’s Firtina of Sakarya
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Four: Birinci’s Big Green Toad

2004
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: Growlsburg’s Melek Kopek Yavrusu (Melek)
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: Daniska’s Fesat Fiona CGC (Fiona)

2003
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: Marshall
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Five: Ebeling’s Kasif (Casey)

2000 & 2001 & 2002: NO AWARDS GIVEN

1999
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Two: Mangham Manor’s Kayirici Yoldas
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Three: Birinci’s Alphie
Service Award Category Six: Full Circle’s Zoe Gizelle
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Two: Buyuk Hoja of Cankaya Tepe
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Two: Hat Creek’s I Feel Lucky
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Dog Award Category Five: Birinci’s Levi Strauss

1998
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Three: Alaturka’s Kafadar

1997
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Three: Sakarya’s Hasad
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award Category Five: Ebeling’s Texas Daisy

1996
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category One: Canon Creek’s Germek
Outstanding Service Dog Award Category Two: Birinci’s Raj
Outstanding Service Dog Award: Canon Creek’s Benim Kocaman Arkadas 1995
Outstanding Livestock Guardian Award: Kibar Kodaman Boaz
Outstanding Service Award: Clear Lake’s Lugenbach (Luke)

1994
Service Award: Ebeling’s Texas Bluebonnet (Sabu)

1993
Outstanding Service Dog Award: Cokely’s Nikita
Distinguished Livestock Guardian Award: Smoke

1992
Distinguished Service Award: Sakarya’s Akingi (Sport)
Service Award: Sakarya’s Manika CD, TDI
Service Award: Clearlake’s Bandera
Outstanding Service Award: B.A. Iron Eyes Cody

1991: NO AWARDS GIVEN

1990
Service Award Winner: Pinarbasi’s King