All years have their ups and downs and 2025 was no exception at Turick Malinois.  The achievements of our grown dogs is accompanied by the arrival, growth and development of our puppies, and often their is the anticipation of our next litter (sometimes realized, sometimes not). Regrettably, there can also be the passing of beloved companions.  The heavens welcomed three incredibly bright stars in 2025 from Turick Malinois and we thank these dogs for the love they gave their people, and to their people for the love they gave our dogs. Run free, you three: Carolyn Kaiser’s “Dare“ (May), Lisa Johnson’s “Bali” (August) and Laura Kelley’s “Amy” (December).

“Dare”
Reg. BISS GCHB DC Isell’s Itoby HSAds HIAds HXAds MX MXJ NF BCAT CGC ROM I HOF 

“Bali”
MACH7 PACH Turicks Kinetic Balance CDX RA MXB3 MJC2 MXP4 MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX MXF CA SCN CGCA TKP HOF 

“Amy”
GCHS CH Turicks The Power Of Amy’s Love HOF

December 2025
Congratulations to Carolyn Kaiser and her Singe (Mattis x Kami). Singe finished her HXAd in May, her conformation championship in July, along with a second advanced herding title, HXAs in August). After turning two years old this month she was old enough for her OFAs (hips Excellent, elbows and eyes Normal) the final requirement for her to be eligible for the Register of Merit First Class award from the American Belgian Malinois Club. Singe is Carolyn’s 26th ROM I dog since 1999.

Although Lisa Halpin’s “Bali” MACH7 PACH Turicks Kinetic Balance CDX RA MXB3 MJC2 MXP4 MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX MXF CA SCN CGCA TKP HOF (“Dare” x Raina) passed away this past summer, Lisa received Bali’s final AKC title certificate in the mail this month, an incredibly bittersweet “Special Award of Merit,” for Outstanding Performance in the Preferred Agility Classes as the Top Belgian Malinois in 2024. What’s noteworthy is that Bali only ran in Preferred for half of 2024 qualifying year, from July to December (after turning 10 years old at the end of June 2024). As Lisa wrote in the first post in this “News” section for 2025 (scroll down to the end of this page), Bali had ALSO received the #4 first round invitation to the Agility Invitational that same year, her fourth consecutive first round invitation.  “What made last year’s first round invitation so special for us was that in July 2024, at the end of the qualifying year, I had moved the just turned 10 year old Bali down from 20” to a preferred height of 16.”  However, she still had to jump 20” at the Invitational, and she was perfect!  Competing against approximately 180 dogs in the 20” class she ran clean run in all rounds and made the finals, at the end of the qualifying year, I had moved the just turned 10 year old Bali down from 20” to a preferred height of 16.”  However, she still had to jump 20” at the Invitational, and she was perfect!  Competing against approximately 180 dogs in the 20” class she ran clean run in all rounds and made the finals, placing 5th. When interviewed by ESPN, the reporter asked me if I was surprised to have a 10 year old dog running agility, and I replied “No, not at all!  But I was surprised that she made the finals in the 20” jump height class since for the last 5 months she’s only been jumping 16 inches.” Godspeed, dear Bali, with one more honor to your name.

November 2025
• Congratulations to Jennifer Biaocco  and her “Jayci” (Key x Eve) on their FCAT 18!    Wow, just wow! Jayci is Turick’s Journey By Design FDC NA AXP AJP OF MFP CAX7 FCAT18 ACT2 SWM SCME SEME TT RATO DDU DDPE CGCA TKA ATT FITG FTI (Key x Eve)

October 2025
• Three Turick dogs were listed in the AKC Belgian Malinois Obedience Rankings based on the number of the dog’s OTCH points through October 31, 2025  which were published in the ABMC’s Performer.  Huge congratulations go to #5 Barb Wirkowski and her “Luna” (Richter x Kava), #9 Shannon Shepherd and her “Zoey” (also Richter x Kava), and #10 Bonita Roberts and her “Slate” (Key x Eve).   Keep your eyes on these dogs in the 2025 year-end standings.
• Carolyn’s Kaiser’s “Teller” (Hans x Kami) and “Singe” (Mattis x Kami) were the top scoring AKC Herding Belgian Malinois through October 31, 2025, with points awarded by the number of dogs defeated.
• Turick dogs made a great showing in the Breed Power 10 for 2025 Through Q3, Bad Dog Agility’s PowerScore rankings for Malinois there were three Turick dogs in the top ten of the 20” regular class:  #3 Valerie Leab’s “Spyder” (Turicks Eyes On Ewe)  #5 Shannon Shepherds’ “Zoey”  Turicks In With The New and #9 Barb Wirkowski’s “Luna” Turick’s Over The Moon.  Spyder is Mattis x Eve and Zoey and Luna are both Richter x Kava.   In the 24” Regular class, Carolyn Kaiser’s “Kami” (Key x Kava) was #6.   In the 16” Preferred classes, #3 (at 11 years old!) was Lisa Johnson’s Bali (Dare x Raina) and in the 20” Preferred class at #4 was Valerie Leab’s “Nitro”  (Turicks Hot Pursuit, Dare x Kegan). Way to go!
• Marti Touchstone and her “Promise” earned their 20th Rally QQQ for their RACH title. Promise is now formally known as OTCH RACH Turick’s Covenant UDX3 PUTD OM5 BN VER RM2 RAE2 MX AXJ MXP2 MXPB MJP2 MJPB XF MFP T2BP TKN FTI HOF (Colby x Alli). Congratulations!
• Judith Roberts and her two “Wonder Pups” had a wonderful Scent Work weekend October 4 & 5, 2025 at the Susque-Nango Kennel Club Scent Work trials at Camp Sertoma, Kirkwood, NY. “Reva” Turick’s Encore NA NAJ SWN SCA SIA SBA CGC (Hans x Kava) took home six 1st places and “Kavi” Turick’s Genesis CDX BN RI OA AXJ OF SWA SCE SIE SEE CGC TKN (Richter x Kava) had two first places. Congratulations on a wonderful weekend!

September 2025
• Congratulations to Robin Viniski and her brand new champion “Javelin” after going 1/W/B/BOBOH at the West Central Oklahoma Kennel Club show in Elk City, OK under judge Larry Abbot. Young Javelin is now formally known as CH Turick’s Javelin Tip Of The Spear BN RI (Mattis x Kami).
• Congratulations to Carolyn Kaiser and her DC Turick’s Cast A Spell On Ewe HSAds HXAds AX NAJ TKN ROM I  “Teller” (Hans x Kava) on her Register of Merit First Class award from the American Belgian Malinois Club. Register of Merit (ROM) awards go to dogs that have “proven themselves to be outstanding “multi-purpose” dogs as evidenced by holding advanced titles and/or titles in a variety of events.” Teller is Carolyn’s 25th ROM I dog since 1999.
• Two more Turick dogs, both owned by Sheri Palko, have begun their agility careers! “Richter” CH Turicks Earth Shattering OF BCAT SAR-W CGC (Key x Eve) earned his Open Fast title and his son “Quen” Turick’s High Frequency CDX NF CGC TKA (Richter x Kava) earned his Novice Fast title. Congratulations!

August 2025
• Welcome home to Wildheart Alectrona at Turick, call name “Bright,”  bred by Melissa DeWitt (Balken x Brona) and co-owned by Carolyn Kaiser and Melissa.  

June & July 2025
• Carolyn Kaiser’s young Singe (Mattis x Kami) finished her conformation championship on with BOB and her first major on Friday, July 4 and BOS and her second major on Saturday July and is now CH Turick’s in the Crossfire HXAd BCAT TDN.   Congratulations, Team Singe!
• Crystal’s young “Kestrel” (Mattis x Kami) has earned his first two agility titles and is now Turick’s Blue Angels ACT1 ACT2J. Congratulations to Crystal Utz and Team Kestrel!
• HC Kami HXAdsc MX MXJ NF HOF (Key x Kava) was ranked 2nd in Bad Dog Agility’s  PowerScore 2025 Q1 in the 24″ Regular class, with speed of  6.14 YPS in JWW and  5.11 YPS in STD.  (Kami turned 4 years old on June 23rd.)
• Judith Roberts’ “Kavi” (Richter x Kava) and “Reva” (Hans x Kava) had a fabulous weekend June 7 & 8 at the Del Otse Nango Kennel Club’s (NY) Scent Work trials.   Both completed six element titles and Reva was awarded a High in Trial. “Kavi” is now Turick’s Genesis CD BN RI NA OAJ OF SWA CGC TKN and “Reva” is now Turick’s Encore  NA NAJ SWN CGC.  Congratulations!

April & May 2025
• Congratulations to Jennifer Biaocco and her “Jayci” (Key x Eve) on adding yet another FCAT – their 17th! – in late May up in Freehold, NJH. “Jayci” is now Turick’s Journey By Design FDC NA AXP AJP OF MFP CAX7 FCAT17 ACT2 SWM SCME SEME RATO DDU DDPE CGCA TKA ATT FITG FTI.

• At just over two years old, Carolyn Kaiser’s “Teller” earned her Herding Championship and Dual Championship May 16th at Central Bark in Central Square, NY. Congratulations to DC Turick’s Cast A Spell On Ewe HSAds HXAds AX NAJ TKN ROM I. Teller is the sixteenth Herding Champion and eighth Dual Champion in the Turick family, and with Mother Nature’s cooperation we hope she will soon bring into the Malinois world a sixth generation of Turick herding excellence.  

• On May 10th two Dare x Raina litter brothers were inducted in the ABMC’s Halls of Fame at the 2025 National Specialty’s Award Banquet at Purina Farms: Monique Buzzarté and her “Key” (BOSS GCH DC Turicks Wakiya UD TDX HSAds HXAds BCAT TT DS CGC ROM I) into the the Herding Hall of Fame and Jeni  Bauder-Heidt and her “Slash”  (AGCH MACH Turicks Red Hot World On Fire FDC MXS PAD MJG PJD MXP3 MXPB PADP MJP7 MJPS PJDP MFC T2B5 CGCU TKN) into the Agility Hall of Fame. Congratulations! “Key” and “Slash” join two their two litter sisters that were both inducted previously: Laura Kelley’s “Amy” (GCHS CH Turicks The Power of Amy’s Love) into the Conformation Hall of Fame and Lisa Halpin’s “Bali” into the Agility Hall of Fame.

• April and early May brought Utility obedience titles to two litter sisters from the Richter x Kava litter that turned three years old on January 1st. On April 18, Barbara Wirkowski’s “Luna” earned her UD title and first OTCH point under judge Larry Wilson in Allentown, NJ and is now formally Turick’s Over The Moon UD BN RE AX AXJ XF, while on May 4 in Denver, CO Shannon Shepherd’s “Zoey” earned her UD title and her first UDX leg under judge Leslye Pinnell. The next day, under judge Cheryl Tisdale, Luna was awarded HIT (from a 1st place Open run) along with a handful of OTCH points, and is now formally Turick’s In With The New UD AX AXJ XF. Congratulations to Teams Luna and Zoey!

March 2025
On March 3rd: Happy 13th “Dare”, how amazing you are GCHB DC Isell’s Itoby HSAds HIAds HXAds MX MXJ NF BCAT CG ROM I HOF Reg BISS whose Get accomplishments include (with just 7 dams):
1 Triple CH
2 Dual CH’s
1 AGGCH
12 MACHs
2 OTCH
4 GCHS
1 GCHB
8 more GCH & CH’s
3 UDs with CH’s
2 CDX
The Only NS BISS Dual CH
The Only NS BOSS Dual CH
Multiple BISS or BOSS winners
Multiple Group Placers
10 Hall of Fame
7 ROM I
6 non-Advanced Herding or Obed Titles
1 SAR HRD III
1 Service Dog

February 2025
• Three of the “Top Five” AKC’s 2024 End-of-Year PACH Belgian Malinois were sired by “Dare”, – #1, #2, and #4.  Now all veterans, they are still having a blast and doing so well.   #1 Bali & #2 Slash are both Dare x Raina, who both turned ten years old in June 2024; #4 Jax is Dare x Vida, who turned nine years old in September 2024.  
(Note:  since this listing wa spread over two pages, p. 6-7, the above graphic merged into a continuous list, and add the top header from p. 5.)
• The newest conformation champion in the Turick Family is “Kali” (a Richter x Kava daughter, Key granddaughter, “Dare” great-grandaughter) owned by Monique Buzzarté and Carolyn Kaiser. Kali left the snow, ice, and bitter cold of the Northeast far behind and headed south to the conformation shows in Florida (Brooksville, Ocala and the first day of Lakeland for that last point). Superbly presented by Trina Matteson, Kali became a new champion on February 13th, finishing with 15 points and 3 majors from 5 judges and is now formally known as CH Turick’s To Infinity BCAT. (Monique also owns Kali’s grandpa BOSS GCH DC Turicks Wakiya UD TDX HSAds HXAds BCAT TT DS CGC ROM I “Key.”)

January 2025
New Year,  New Idea!  
The first post of the first month of 2025 will highlight Dare‘s first litter (Dare x Raina, whelped in June 2014). Those nine puppies (3 boys, 6 girls) are now 10 1/2 years old and all dearly beloved family members who are cherished beyond all measure. “Harley” was placed as a Service Dog, doing real work for her young person (who’s now all grown up!) and another, “Rocket Girl,” helped raise a young family on both sides of the pond; while gone far too soon, she will be loved forever. The other seven have all been active in the dog world. To date their prefix titles include one GCHS (“Amy,” also multiple Regional Specialty BOSS ), one GCHB (“Taser”) and one GCH DC (“Key,” a National Specialty BOSS) along with two CH (“Alli” and “Tora”), eleven MACH titles (“Bali” with 7, “Tora” with 3, “Slash” with 1), one AGCH (“Slash”), and one PACH (“Bali”). Suffix titles from dogs without a prefix title in that sport include so far: in obedience, three UD (“Key,” “Taser,” and “Alli”),  one CDX (“Bali”) and one PCDX (“Alli”); in Rally, one RE (“Alli”) and one RA (“Bali”); in herding, one HXAs (“Alli”) and one HIAs (“Taser”); in agility, one MX, AXJ, MXP and MJP (“Alli”); and in tracking, one TDX (“Key”). Plus numerous other suffix titles as well. Three have already been inducted into the ABMC Halls of Fame  (“Amy” for Conformation, “Bali” and “Tora” for Agility) and two more will be inducted this coming May (“Key” for Herding and “Slash” for Agility).  Starting off series of occasional contributions from owners from the Turick brown dog family about their own dogs is Lisa Halpin, writing here about her “Bali”:

“Bali”
MACH7 PACH Turicks Kinetic Balance CDX RA MXB3 MJC2 MXP4 MXPB MJP4 MJPB PAX MXF CA SCN CGCA TKP ROM II HOF 
by Lisa Halpin

Bali is a wonderful companion and amazing competitor. This girl is happy, friendly and eager to please. She will go anywhere and try anything as long as we are together.  She truly enjoys teamwork!

Bali earned her first MACH just prior to turning 4 years old on on 6/17/18.  MACH2 came on 10/26/19; MACH3 on 7/7/21; MACH 4 on 2/24/22;  MACH 5 on 2/4/23;  MACH6 on 9/17/23; and MACH7 on 5/19/24.  Bali’s other agility honors include running at the 2022 National Specialty where she earned both the Agility High in Trial and High Combined Awards.  Also in 2022, Bali was the only Malinois invited to the 3rd AKC Agility Premiere Cup. With only 100 dogs in the country invited to compete, Bali ran all clean runs, made the 20″ finals, and placed 5th in a 20″ class that aside from her was comprised entirely of Border Collies. Now running Preferred at 16”,  Bali continues to love agility, still excels, and just earned her first PACH on 12/29/24.

Over the course of her agility career Bali has received many honors, including four consecutive years of first round invitations to the AKC Agility Invitational between 2021 – 2024. The top five dogs of each breed are invited to this event. In 2021 Bali was the #4 invite and with approximately 170 dogs in her 20” class she ran four clean rounds and made the finals, finishing on the podium in 3^rd place. In  2022 her invite was #3;  in 2023 it was #1, and last year, in 2024, it was #4.   What made last year’s first round invitation so special for us was that in July 2024, at the end of the qualifying year, I had moved the just turned 10 year old Bali down from 20” to a preferred height of 16.”  However, she still had to jump 20” at the Invitational, and she was perfect!  Competing against approximately 180 dogs in the 20” class she ran clean run in all rounds and made the finals, placing 5th. When interviewed by ESPN, the reporter asked me if I was surprised to have a 10 year old dog running agility, and I replied “No, not at all!  But I was surprised that she made the finals in the 20” jump height class since for the last 5 months she’s only been jumping 16 inches.”

In the years ahead, we plan to continue competing in Preferred Agility along with working towards our Obedience Utility title as Bali  earned her CD and CDX titles in three trials each, all with 1st or 2nd placements.