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
Amerikan 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