After raising her first litter of puppies Leah was a pro. We again used Theo as the stud. I will always remember this litter with sweet memories. For a couple of reasons.
One it was a very unusual very early spring. So even though they were born at the end of February the warm spring of March and April brought them outside to play early.
Second Litter Statistics
Birthday- February 22, 2016 (7 Pups – 3 fawns, 2 brindles, 1 white)
The second reason I will remember this litter is because of the friends we made. Julie brought her friend Penny to pick out a pup the first week they were born.
For the next eight weeks, we had “puppy visiting day” every Saturday and it was so much fun. I looked forward to our Saturday afternoons under the tree in the backyard.
It was love at first sight for Penny and Rocket. Who would have known he would grow up to weigh 85 lbs.
When her youngest son first came to visit he was scared to death of dogs. They had never had a dog yet Dad had grown up with Boxers. Their son was only about four years old and even docile Leah scared him.
It was remarkable to watch the confidence grow over the eight weeks. By the time they took Rocket home, he was running with the puppies and seemed to have matured right along with them.
The sun flooded the puppy nursery every day and gave me wonderful light for photography. I have never used newborn puppy collars, although many Boxer breeders use them for identification.
Leah would never leave them on, Lady won’t either. I have been lucky that each of our pups has unique enough markings to identify them.
It can sometimes be difficult in photos to tell them apart, but the one with the wider stripe is Mumford, the brindle pup on the left is Spencer. We had three flashy brindle pups in this litter and Brandy was the girl and had a distinctive dark lip “mustache.”
Another reason I will always remember this litter is that Boreas my grandpuppy was born. My son Nathan lived in Chicago at the time and really wanted one of Leah’s pups.
Boreas was named for the Greek God of the North Wind and Winter. Since he started his early puppy months in Chicago, and he was white, this was appropriate.
Being a Boxer breeder in the Midwest several of our pups stay local. Spencer went to Oklahoma and joined a multi-generational Boxer family. In fact, Spencer’s “human” Uncle is the Dad to Lucy from Leah’s first litter.
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