My name is Brenda Nelson.  My husband, Mike, and I live in Laguna Beach, California.  WoodsCove (beach) is where our Boxers play and get into condition to show. My very first Boxer, Ginger, was bought from a pet store....Yes we did! We had to buy her.  Her eyes told us "Take me home" and she stole our hearts the first day we had her. We lost Ginger (Grandma) on October 2, 2003 at 11 years of age. She was bred once and whelped seven puppies.  From this litter we kept Cinnie, a plain red fawn bitch who we hoped would be our first show girl. She really did love to show, but only took two reserves and alot of first place ribbons. We bred her to a Jet Breaker son from Hallmark and kept her son, Woods Cove Sunset Breaker.  Shocka, as he is called, is now 6 years old and in good health. Sadly, Cinnie passed away on November 22, 2003 at nine years old. She had been so healthy all her life and just quit eating. Maybe she was grieving for Ginger, her mom. The vet said IBS and was treating her for that, including a transfusion. So, that leaves us with four Boxers....Shocka, Kameron, and Emily, Kameron's daughter.And now Ruby we got her from my good friend Sandy Greene of Luton Boxers. She is a plain deep red red fawn with beautiful lines. She will be showing more soon. Kameron, CH Barbary Lane Raspberry Beret, our one and only champion to date, is almost 4 years old. Gary Steele insisted we take her home with us, saying "She will win for you". I think he was tired of us losing and win she did, finishing her championship at 14 months and 4 days old. Her wins, all from the puppy classes, include:

• 34 First places
• 10 Reserve Winners
• 4 Best Puppy in Sweeps
• 6 Best of Winners
• 11 Best of Opposite Sex, 3 at Specialties

I would like to thank our esteemed handler, Gary Steele, his wife Michelle, and their daughter Kimberlie, as well as Amanda Giardino for always being the best you can be and making our dream of a champion come true.