Naturally reared Boxers in Southeast Michigan
Preserving
the past
Preparing
the present
Protecting
the future
Preserving
the past
Preparing
the present
Protecting
the future
CH CR-Newcastle’s Bird In The Hand, TKN
Hunter
After losing both Hugo and Linus within a few weeks of each other, we were without a male Boxer in our home for quite some time, and sorely missing it! We had a houseguest for the summer, Cole, but he was always meant to be a temporary resident and soon enough was needed at his new home. We had long planned on keeping a male puppy from Emma’s or Evie’s first litters (or both!) but a series of missed breedings had us feeling pessimistic about the whole thing. At about the time that we’d found out that Evie’s breeding didn’t take, and we weren’t yet sure if Emma’s breeding did, Rick and Cindy Walunas at CR Boxers offered us a male puppy from their Abe-Lily litter.
After some discussion and reflection, we decided to accept their generous offer, figuring that we’d be foolish not to take an exceptional puppy that we knew was available, and instead wait perhaps another two years before we had one from our own breeding to keep. Hunter has fit into our home with ease and has that typical “Abey-baby” temperament that we so love! We’re very excited to see how he matures – Hunter is from a repeat breeding of Ch. CR Belle of the Ball, who won her class at the ABC National her first time in the ring (at six months, four days old) and finished her Championship with two Specialty majors just out of the 12-18 class. Hunter didn’t have quite the career his big sister did, but he finished at 21 months with a Specialty major win and several major/Specialty Reserve wins!
Of course Hunter’s registered name pretty much chose itself – a “Bird in the Hand” decision if ever there was one! We have had some questions about the name, as some have interpreted it to imply we were “settling”. Nothing could be further from the truth! If we hadn’t thought Hunter was an outstanding puppy, it would have been easy to wait for one of our own. We do have a sort of history of “tongue-in-cheek” names; after all, Hugo was named “Coals to Newcastle”, a phrase which describes something that is completely unnecessary (and obviously, we didn’t acutally feel that way about Hugo!). Hunter’s call name goes back to some of the suspected origins of the phrase, as a caution both to those who hunted for birds and those who hunted with them.
Hunter is co-owned with Cindy Walunas and Ginger Johnson.
Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
~ John Heywood, Dialogue on Wit and Folly, c. 1530
Pedigree
CH Weston’s Cry For Freedom, SOM
CR One Hot MaMa
CH Cameliard’s Shadow Walker
Cameliard’s Satin N’ Lace
Am/Can CH BJay’s Traveling Man, SOM
Sierra’s Enchanted Dream
Cameliard’s Crimson Knight
Starjax Shameless Of Cameliard
Cameliard’s Jack Of Diamonds
Chance’s Sassy Girl
CH Bayview Strides Ahead, SOM SOMC LOM
CH Skidoo’s Special Blend of Cabernet
CH New Dawn’s Hercule Poirot, CD
Bayview California Dreamin’
CH LSF Showdown Of Touchstone
CH Cameliard’s Morgana Le Fay
CH Starjax Wildfire
Starjax American Maid
CH Cameliard’s Tribute To Starjax
Cameliard’s Magic Of Merlin
CH Echo’s Aerosmith
Chances Are II
CH Bridgewood’s BK Kahuna, SOM SOMC LOM LOMC
CH Glennroe Tequila Sunrise, DOM
Am/Can CH Bayview Clean Sweep, SOM SOMC
CH Skidoo’s Sincerely Yours, DOM
Am/Can CH Fiero’s Tally Ho Tailo, SOM SOMC LOM
New Dawn’s Christmas Dasher
CH Bridgewood’s BK Kahuna, SOM SOMC LOM LOMC
CH Glennroe Tequila Sunrise, DOM
Progeny
CH Fast ‘N Furious In My ’57 Chevy
x CH Cameliard’s My Pleasure
Breeder/Owner/Handler – Kim Greulich
GCH Newcastle’s Twitchy Witchy Woman
x CH Cameliard’s My Pleasure
Breeder/Owner/Handler – Kim Greulich
GCH Sassy Lane’s Fancy Don’t Let Me Down, CAX OAP NJP
x Cameliard’s Radiant Crystal of Sassy Lane
Breeder/Owner/Handler – Sue Stevens-Schultz
CH Newcastle’s Shame On The Moon At Cameliard
x CH Broadway-Just-A-Wyn’s Night Moves At Cameliard
Breeders/Owners – Ginger Johnson & Jennifer Walker & Jerome Ledford
CH CR Iron Eagle
x CR Rising From The Ashes
Breeders/Owners – Rick & Cindy Walunas
U-CH Newcastle’s What’s The Hold Up?
FDC CGC CAX TKP RATI ATD ADPL3 PKD-N PKD1-FF PKD1-UN DPUK-UECL1
x Newcastle’s Phoenix Song At Shaeward
Breeders – Jennifer Walker & Alisha Mobley
Owner – Jennifer Walker
U-CH CR-Sassy Lane’s Ziva Diva
x CR Rising From The Ashes
Breeders – Rick & Cindy Walunas
Owners – Jeff & Sue Stevens-Schultz