Intro: Raven

After a bit of a delay, here is Rubin's wee sister Raven.

Intro: Cleo

This is to introduce Cleo who joined Momma in the Burk family, she came with her cousin Cherish who lives with the Amen bunch. They flew to Medford Oregon from Salt lake city where Beth and I drove to collect them. They are 10 months old now.

Intro: Lily

Another intro today, of another lovely Boxer lady.

We lost Mz Petey back in October and about a month later were contacted by her rescue about a new young Female boxer. Of course we jumped at the chance so I would like to introduce Lily. She’s estimated to be around 2 now. She came into rescue with the tick borne disease (anaplasmosis) and was discovered to have a genetic liver disease (hepatic microvascular dysplasia). Of course that did not stop us from bringing her home and as long as we keep her on a low protein diet her disease should be manageable.

Jack, our little chihuahua, was excited to have a new big lady to follow around. They have become quite companionable.

Lily is all boxer and has no problem stealing my chair.

She loves everyone but, sometimes, finds it hard to get everyone in her loving embrace. Here she tries her hardest with my husband (left) and uncle (right).

She also has the boxer drool down pat.

Intro: Schatzie

We got a new to us rescue last October. She is related to our guys, her grandmum was Zito's mum's sister. Both nice German girlies. She is what I think is called Red Stag and a totally beautiful color.

She came with a reputation for being a bossy girl and true to form walked in the front door, lined the boyz up and told them she was the boss. They just looked at her and shrugged and said "ok, job's yours". I think she was prepared to have to "campaign" for the job, not with our two guys, they were missing their previous girlie boxer boss.

Her first formal picture......Left to Right: Zito, Ule and Schatzie. 

We had to find a name for her, her German name was a tongue twister for us, it took all of us about a week or so to understand each other. Third one is her and Ule "sharing" a sun spot in the living room, they are both into getting their Vit. D the easy way.

They also have become tight pals and do the boxer wrasslin thang. They take turns "killing" each other, bouncing around and making loud, vicious sounding noises. One gets to bite the leg of the other, the other chewing on the neck of the leg biter. They then reverse positions and biting attacks. Good thing they are best buddies. Zito has been pretty much sitting out this action while he didn't feel good, but is now bouncing around a bit with them. He did miss the photo ops though.

The Blog I Didn't Write

It's been forever since I wrote anything here, although not quite nearly so long as I've been writing this post in my head. That's been since last October when my handsome and beloved Brindle left me. He was a fabulous boy and we had so many adventures together on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

He wasn't really a show off but if I gave him the chance he could demonstrate he was a smart guy. Even as he got older he just got more handsome with his distinguished white face.

My friend Lorena took this photo of us just over a year ago, I can't thank her enough for this.

Another favourite photo is from not long before he was gone. Typical Max, owning the couch, wrapped in his blankie.

Of course I brought him back home where he resides alongside Wee Max and Spencer. Never forgotten, always loved.

In something of a postscript, I took this quote to heart: "When I die please don't say I'll never have another dog. Search for the ones who are abandoned and forgotten, give them a second chance and let them take my place. Honour my life by saving another."

She was at the shelter before the Brindle died, I brought her home as a hospice case in his honour. She decided she had things to do before she died and she's still here. Her name is Nora and of course she's Brindle.

Who IS that???

Just a quick little update to show everyone that our favourite dog handler is growing into quite the young lady. Jordyn doesn't just show her Honey's Boxers any more, she's in high demand to show for all kinds of people.

And we can say we knew her when...

Half a Year

Back in the summer we got a look at Kirby as he was getting big. Well he's six months old and we have another update.

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At 6 months he is “wide open” and full of mischief!!! He is progressing well after just 2 weeks of working on his separation anxiety with the assistance of the trainer.  We are  having daily “missions” and he is a good student.  He is the most hyper boxer I have had (and I though Murphy was bad)!!  But with time and patience I hope he will become a happy and well balanced boy!

Mz Petey's Gotcha Weekend

It's been a while and what better way to fire the blog back up then a big celebration? Mz Petey and her family wanted to share.

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Mz Petey came into our lives on October 3, 2005 when we adopted her from Boxer Friends in south Florida.  She was under a year when we adopted her but she came with quite a bit of emotional/physical issues. She’s come a long way in 10 years and has certainly made a big impact on our lives.

 #2 – She has learned to deliver subliminal messages such as “feed me” through her big brown eyes.

#3 – She is very attentive to rustling sounds coming from the kitchen.

#4 – She patrols the yard daily keeping us safe from the likes of opossum, armadillos and cats.

#5 – For the last 3 years she’s had a constant shadow who worships and adores her to the point of irritation at times.

#6 – Mz Petey has an inoperable malignant mast cell tumor growing on her side.  We’ve opted to let her enjoy her remaining days doing what she enjoys most.  We do not know how many days she has left but, for every one she does, she will be loved and cherished.

Looking For Foster Angels

Cookie sent us an update to post. She's so happy she wants everyone to be Foster Angels so lots of Boxers can be saved. If you are in South West Florida and might be interested in fostering check out the Boxer Rescue Angels of Florida website.

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Cookie here! This week was more fun adventures for me. I now get in the car on my own. I had a playdate with another girl boxer. She was young and so much fun to play with. I would LOVE to be in a home with another dog. Any dog will do as long as they are laid back. My foster fur brother doesn’t like to play much but he lets me lay right next to him and I like to paw his face and give him kisses in the morning to wake him up because I love him.

My favorite thing to do is go on walks. Sometimes when we first go out I will lay down on the grass and you may think I don’t want to go anywhere but then I start rolling around because I am just so excited. I am great on the leash. I don’t pull. I like meeting new  humans on my walks but I like meeting dogs even more. I am just so friendly and everyone says how cute I am.

You KNOW you want to be a Foster Angel.

Paint me like one of your French girls...

Sadly, since I received this update Cookie's fur foster brother has passed away. While he wasn't a BRAF dog he was the foster brother to our first rescue and deserves to be recognized for the great job he did teaching Cookie that the world was a good place to be. Run free Tamaki, you will be missed.

Cookie and Tamaki

Kirby Growing

A while back I posted an introduction of a cute young man by the name of Kirby. Kirby is growing, as puppies do, and we have a report from his mama.

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He is now 13 weeks old and the typical “goof ball” boxer puppy.  Full of energy and lots of fun!!  Keeping me busy.  Crate training going ok.  Still a work in progress!!!!

C is for Cookie

Cookie the Boxer that is. Cookie is Boxer One for the rescue I blogged about the other day, Boxer Rescue Angels of Florida.

Cookie, an 18 month old Brindle girlie, was found as a stray in Miami and when a volunteer went to pick her up it was noticed that ticks were falling off of her. At her first vet appointment they counted more than 150 ticks! Sadly Cookie was diagnosed with Anaplasmosis, a tick-borne disease, as well as testing heartworm-positive.

On a happier note Cookie is doing very well in her foster home. She loves her foster brother, and apparently cookies. She's being treated for the Anaplamosis and will be re-evaluated at the end of July to see if she's ready to start heartworm treatment. This treatment is very expensive and as BRAF is a new rescue they would appreciate any donations to Cookie's You Caring fundraiser to help offset that cost.

I told one of my friends who is a volunteer with BRAF that if they were hoping for a face for their new rescue they couldn't have asked for a prettier one than Cookie. I hope you enjoy her photos.

Pretty girl.

Cookie snoozing with her foster brother.

Cookies for Cookie.

Toys!

Just look at that face

Go Girl and The Angels

I've been helping out a new rescue group lately, Boxer Rescue Angels of Florida. In fact if you would like to help them out too please click here to drop by their Facebook page so you can like and share it. They had their first event recently where they set up their info booth at an event put on by Go Girl Cycling.

A friend of mine who is an avid cyclist and Boxer mama sent me some photos. Added bonus, if you recall Hannibal's story, she's his mama and these first couple of photos are typical Hanni.

Hanni, Spokes Dog

Hanni has to explain to the young'un why "fat is awesome"

The rest of these photos were taken by my friend with her helmet camera and I just love the perspective. It was so kind of her to share them with me, and all of you.

Agility Variation

Here's a cute twist on the agility tunnel.

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Here are some pictures I took of one of the dogs I puppy-sit for. I am teaching him some agility with Rubin's help. He has Rubin completely confused on how to do the tunnel. He will run on the top of the tunnel, while Rubin runs through it. I have never had a dog do this, he makes me laugh.

Introduction - Kirby

This wee man is so new, he's still hanging out with his mama and siblings. I'm not sure there is much cuter that a four week old Boxer puppy...

Introducing - Gabriella

Today's post is in response to my recent "Announcement".

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In keeping with the foster failure theme...meet Gabriella  "Gabi".  She was named after a very special boxer boy that came into rescue that we named Gabriel.  Sadly, Gabriel didn't make it but we honor him with Gabriella.

I wasn't going to adopt again after losing Zach last May.  Gabi came into rescue and couldn't be spayed because of kc and then went into heat while having kc.  She came home with me as a foster until we could spay her and the rest is history. :-)

The picture of her and Zeuby in the window is what I come home to.