He was proudly co-owned and handled with my father Col Chalmers, who sadly passed away in early 1992.
A beautiful headed dog, Rebl was also superbly constructed, always moving with purpose. He was once described by a highly respected All Breeds Judges as a 'stallion'.
Rebel provided us with many highs throughout his show career, including numerous All Breeds RUBIS, BIG, RUBIG awards, he was the 2nd highest scoring Cavalier in National Dog’s 1989 Australasian Top Dog Competition, Canberra’s Top Cavalier for many years, Toy Speciality BIS, Breed Speciality RCC & Class winner - collecting well over 1000 challenge points along the way.
The highlight of his show career would have to been when Rebl, handled by Dad, was selected by a panel of 3 All Breeds Judges as the
This competition was always hotly contested by many of the country’s top dogs and we were justifiably proud that Rebl was the first CKCS in Australia to achieve the status of 'outright winner' of such a prestigious All Breeds competition.