It wasn't until years later, when I had children of my own, that I got another Boxer. He was just a pet, but fantastic with the house full of kids. As all Boxer owners know, they absolutely adore children. I knew nothing of showing at the time.

Then, I met some people who were getting into showing themselves.. They invited me to a fun match and the bug bit and there was no looking back, I started breeding and showing in 1980.

I then was lucky enough to purchase Ch. Mauna Kea's Alii CD TT (Alii). The second love of my life. A side note on Alii, he and I started in obedience when he was six years old. By the time he was 6-1/2 he had his CD in three straight shows...You can teach old dogs new tricks.

The foundation of We-R Boxers came in the form of a Reverse Brindle bitch named Sonic Song of Mystic Hills POM (Susie). She was a Ch. Mosswood's Zinger Zapper SOM daughter. Paul Van Sinden found her for me, we co-owned her for her first litter. When bred to Ch. Merrilane's Knockout SOM, she produced Ch. Vandown's Laguna Rose DOM (Rosey). When bred to Alii she produced Am/CCh. We-R's Touch of Class (Missy)

Another daughter of Susie and Alii, We-R's Class Flirt (Dolly)(littermate to Missy) was co-owned with the Cantwell's. She was bred to Turo's Escappade SOM. This breeding produced Ch. Turo's Spellbound of We-R and a Japanese Champion, Turo's Sinsation of We-R.

Halston came from this line of breeding and was a C/Am. Ch. Ajay's Ralph Lauren SOM CSOM, son.

During this time, I had purchased a beautiful fawn bitch from Huffand Boxers. Huffand's Sweet Memory (Sweetie) a Ch. Huffand's Irish Rebel SOM, daughter. I waited two years for my special order to be filled. Sadly, she and Susie were both lost in an accidental poisoning, not long after Sweetie went Grand Sweepsstake Winner at EBBC.

Then, my youngest daughter decided she wanted to show horses, so the Boxer breeding and showing game went onto the back burner for about ten years, while we entered the Appaloosa World. Halston was always with me. A complete house fire in 1996, destroyed all pictures, this is why you see none until the new beginning in 2003. It is also, why Halston never finished his championship.

I was just coming back into the Boxer world, when a divorce, after thirty years of marriage took place in 1999. Therefore, the breeding and showing once again went on hold, this time, I thought for good.

Big life changes took place! A move from California, where I had lived all my life, to what felt, at the time, like another planet, Meridian, Idaho.

After being here a couple of years, things started to fall into place, as they have a way of doing (Life does go on right?). Halston was getting older and I was trying to picture myself without a Boxer. It wasn't quite happening. I started searching for that special little fawn bitch. It took a year.

A new world had opened up in the form of the interent...All these websites, surfing 24/7 at your finger tips. Google became my friend.

I came across a website with some cute puppies (I know, all puppies are cute). There were two little girls left, but this one in particular, even with her double white haws (wink) caught my eye. Into my life walked Butler's American Pie of We-R (Roxi aka Rockadoodle) that was 2003.

On March 23, 2006, Roxi presented me with my first litter of puppies in over ten years. We have We-R's Cha Ching (Chelsi) and We-R's Show Me The Money (Ashley), (Update: Ashley finished on July 13, 2008) both pointed from the puppy classes. Ashley went to the ABC this year (2007) and placed 2nd out of 36 in her 12-18 fawn class. She is co-owned with Keri Paulson of KP Boxers, in South Dakota. Thank you Keri! Chelsi resides with me. :) Update: On April 5, 2008, Chelsi finished to become Champion We-R's Cha Ching.

Sadly, in September of last year (2006) my beloved friend, Halston crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge, he was 13..Halston was and is my heart Dog. He's still with me every day in spirit.

Then, as life would have it, another surprise, this time, in the form of "The Boston Terrorist" as she's fondly known. However, we'll leave that story for another chapter. All I can say is, she's 15 lbs. of pure "pith" and vinegar and rules the roost.

So, wonders never cease, a new beginning...........Stay tuned!

My dogs are my four legged children, now that the human two legged ones are all grown up and out of the house. They live in the house with me, therefore, when I breed, I breed for that special little puppy for me to go on with....This means I breed on a limited basis, breeding for quality, not quantity.

To my Editor, Sara Mathews, of Farbeyond Boxers, thank you for all your time in proof reading on a constant basis for me. I raise a glass of wine to you, Cheers!:)

Last, but not least, my friend Toni in California, who was responsible for my temp page, while this site was being built. Thank You!

Toni is an artist in her own right, watch for a link to her webpage soon.