Breed: Rough Sable Collie
Born: June 28, 1994
Handler: Fleta Kirk
Certification: Wilderness, Urban, Disaster, Water Search, Cadaver Recovery, Article, Scent Discrimination, and Basic Trailing
Special Affiliations: (former) Texas Taskforce 1 — (former) 1st Special Response Group
Awards: 2004 AKC ACE Award for Search and Rescue, Oklahoma Veterinary Animal Hall of Fame, Recognized by Plano Police Department for his work in Children's Education
Email: sabershdlr@aol.com
Saber (AKC Kirk's Sassy Saber) is a male Collie, was MARK-9's first dog and is also known as "Knothead" or "His Majesty" depending on his mood. Trained in Urban, Disaster, Wilderness, Water, Cadaver, and Trailing, he was a dedicated search dog for many years. Retired now from active searching, Saber still represents the team at presentations.
But when he's off-duty, he's a regular boy who loves playing with his puff and sneaking drinks from the toilet when nobody's looking. Saber loves the spotlight and if given half a chance, will try to steal the show at presentations and children's education programs, even if he has to "cheat" to do it. This beautiful boy was certified by the Delta Society as a therapy dog.
Saber was bred by Douglas York, from a Ginger Chantelle x Laddie Leo II litter.