NS BIS GrCH rbsCH High Caliber’s Dark Knight, CGC, TT
sire: nCHptd Caliber's Strike Force of MaCree, CGC
dam: TD rbsCH Caliber’s Kiana Kulani of CJ, TT

formerly Mulberry Boy from our
Kiana/Murphy Litter, January 2010

Brutus is from the first litter born here at High Caliber out of our very own Kiana and Murphy. Brutus started life as Mulberry Boy, the runt of the litter of nine puppies. He was my husband’s favorite from day one and Mike would always be holding him and petting him. I had to keep reminding my husband not to get attached to him. After all, we were breeders in order to improve the breed, and keeping the smallest, most helpless pup just wasn’t the way to do that. Well, maybe all that love and attention was just what he needed, because soon little Mulberry Boy grew into the biggest of the bunch! I named him High Caliber’s Dark Knight because he seemed so noble and chivalrous to me, and of course because his coat was so black. We called him Brutus and he continued to grow into a dog befitting that name, weighing in at over 100 pounds at 7 months.

Brutus started his show career by winning Best Puppy in Specialty at the TSSR specialty in Brookville, PA. A few months later, we traveled to Ontario, Canada for the Shiloh Shepherd International Show and there he won Best Junior Puppy in National as well as Reserve Winners Dog against all the older Shilohs. A few months after that, Brutus won the title of Top Champion of 2010 with the NAKC followed by our first adult Best In Show win a couple weeks later. Both when he was only 10 months old. Great accomplishments for our little runt of the litter!

Currently, Brutus is a large, somewhat uncoordinated puppy who is gentle and kind to everyone: adults, children, cats and dogs. He is a handsome boy with a big, broad head, wide chest and tons of bone and is just the biggest sweetheart. He loves to jump in bed and cuddle up with us last thing at night and first thing in the morning. Having a big, furry, hunk of dog shoving himself up against me has earned Brutus the nickname “Snuggleupagus”. We are very happy we decided to keep Brutus, as he makes us smile every day.