![]() She spent a week in April with Theo and at the end of the week they didn’t want to let her come home. One particular person who had shown and bred champion Boxers even felt the need to message me privately and complement me on Leah and her head confirmation and was very impressed with Theo as well. I posted our “match” on the site announcing an expected birth date and had a lot of inquiries. We also inspected each others health records. We compared papers, which in our case was really important because Leah was born about 40 miles away, and found no relation. The Surghoe family lives on an acreage in central Nebraska and have two young boys who are VERY involved in caring for the dogs and have the main job of socializing puppies. Theo was just as gently as Leah, he didn’t bark or jump at visitors and didn’t jump or rough house with his future canine girlfriend. ![]() We found Theo online (yes doggie computer dating) and in January, before Leah went into heat, we visited his home and introduced the dogs. One we could trust with our Leah for a week where she would be treated as part of the family and not just another “bitch” and kenneled. We were looking for a gentle male and a breeder family that had the same goals of matching pups to families who would appreciate the Boxer breed and personality. I wanted a match for her that complimented her coloring, body style and most of all her personality. So we started looking around for an AKC (American Kennel Club) stud Boxer and interviewing people on the local Facebook Boxer Classified page. The first thing we did was bring her to the vet had have a health exam, make sure she was current on all her shots, and get x-rays for hip dysplasia. People in our town would randomly come up to use when we took her for a walk and ask us if you ever breed her we would be very interested in a puppy. She is wonderful with kids, a friends six month old baby one day grabbed her jowls and literally put her hand in Leahs mouth and Leah doesn’t move. She rarely jumps, doesn’t bark, and won’t push you over when she leans. Supposedly Boxers are hyper, bounce a lot, are mischievous, and high maintenance. ![]() She is a four year old AKC registered Boxer and not only did people comment on how pretty she is, and what a nice confirmation she has, but total strangers come up to us and remark on how gentle and calm she is for a Boxer. ![]() We had been thinking about breeding Leah for several years, but didn’t want to breed her just for the sake of “experiencing” puppies, no matter how cute they are they are a lot of work. Not that I’m rushing my children, I’m just saying we’re ready. Our dogs have become much like our kids and they have actually given us grand-puppies, unlike our adult offspring. You see our two legged children are all grown, or mostly grown, and we are pretty much empty-nesters. We had Boxer puppies this summer, ok, our Boxer “dog” had puppies and now that our puppy grandchildren have pretty much gone to their new furever homes I have some time to sit down and write about our puppy whelping experience. ![]()
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