We were proud to call Ivo a member of our working Boxer family. Like our Grobi, he was bred by Udo and Ilona Schweers. Ivo was an extremely stable, strong nerved, high drive boy who loved to work for his handler George.   But he was also such a great overall companion. He loved to rest his head on Cathy's shoulder while she enjoyed her morning cup of coffee while sitting on the sofa. All the puppies loved him; he was so gentle and playful with them.

Ivo won the USA-BOX Working Boxer Championship of the Year trial four years.  He competed at the 2002 DVG National Schutzhund Championship; to our knowledge, the first Boxer to have ever done this. He competed at the 2004 Atibox Weltmeisterschaft, part of the first American Boxer team to do so.  He was 4th in protection at that trial. He was the first Boxer in America to earn all three titles of SchH3, IPO3, and FH2. Ivo was also certified as a police K9, with several arrests to his credit.  

The bigger and stronger the helper, the better Ivo liked to engage the fight with him, and he had a reputation for knocking helpers to the ground with his hard hitting engagement. (Check out his video below and see what we mean).
 
Ivo's titled children have included Hawk von Bachbett, SchH3, and U-CD Josephine von Bachbett, VCD2, UD, TD, RE, MX, MXJ, TD, BH