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AMITY HALL BOXERS!

                                      ( Ch. Amity Hall's Record Braker, CGC, TT )

        Welcome to Amity Hall Boxers!  Amity Hall Boxers was originally started by my father's family in the late 1940's. Some long time breeders may remember my grandmother, Marion Henderson, and my uncle, Merle Henderson.  My Uncle Merle started out as a Junior Handler and went on to become a professional all breed handler until he entered the military in the 1960's.  I remember as a small child going to visit my grandmother at her home in Grosse Point, Michigan and being smothered in kisses by her beautiful boxers. My grandmother stopped showing her boxers by the early 1970's but I was still hooked and knew that someday when I had a family of my own, a boxer would be a part of my life!

       In 1987, when my son was 2 years old, I purchased my first boxer. She was just a pet, not a show dog, but she was a very loved member of our family.  Her name was Chelsea and she and my son bonded and could not be separated.  She slept in bed with him every night and was there for him whenever he needed her. When he would get upset, he would hang his head and say, "Come on Chelsea" and she would follow him faithfully to his room where he would hug her and bury his face and his tears in her soft warm body.

      I decided in the early 1990's I wanted to start showing and breeding well bred boxers and follow in the footsteps of my grandmother.  I began talking to breeders and attending shows and joined the Talbot Kennel Club in Cordova, MD.  In 1994 I bought a very sweet 10 month old brindle boxer girl from Connie Haywood of Wits End Boxers as my foundation bitch for my breeding program. Her registered name was Philamalie at Wits End but we called her Molly.  I called my grandmother on the phone and told her my intentions and asked her permission to use Amity Hall as my kennel name. Her response was, "I wouldn't expect you to use any name BUT Amity Hall!".  

       In 1995, I bred Molly to Ch. Omega's Solid Gold who was owned by Jim and Lucille Jackson in Oakton, VA.  That August 2nd, Molly gave us 5 beautiful puppies, one was a striking flashy fawn boy who I held in my hands when he was just hours old and told him he was going to be my first show dog.  He was born the same month and year that Cal Ripken of the Baltimore Orioles broke the record for most consecutive games so my irresistible little boy was officially named Amity Hall's Record Braker but we called him Cal.  Cal is the dog pictured in the frame at the top of this webpage, and he did listen to me that day, as he went on to grow into a lovely show dog and my first champion!

       In the Spring of 1996, Cal was Reserve winners Dog from the 6 to 9 month fawn puppy class at the American Boxer Club's National Specialty in Frederick, Maryland!  How exciting!  My dream was coming true and I was proud to not only be Cal's owner but his breeder as well!  Cal was handled and finished by Stan and Jane Flowers and is now proudly titled, Ch. Amity Hall's Record Braker, CGC, TT.  Coincidentally, Stan Flowers also handled some of my grandmother's boxers in the 1960's!

       That summer of 1996, our beloved Chelsea who was now 9 years old, had developed a brain tumor.  One warm July morning she had a seizure that would not stop.  It was time to let her go.  Tearfully, I drove to the baseball field and my son, who was now 11 years old, was told the news.  Hurriedly, he walked off the field, leaving his game to go and say goodbye to his dear friend.  It broke my heart to see my young son laying there on the floor of my vet's office in his baseball uniform tenderly holding Chelsea, kissing her, loving her, and saying his tearful goodbyes. After an hour, we told him it was time and we lovingly sent Chelsea to Rainbow Bridge where she was freed from her pain...

       Two months later on November 29, 1996, Molly whelped her second litter. She had been bred to another of the Jacksons' dogs, Ch Omega's Hellfire. This litter of 6 gave us Anna, Amity Hall's Wild Angel, who my son loves and adores.  She became his dog.  I kept Anna to show and tried her in the ring but true to her registered name, she refused to cooperate. In the end, she was not to be a show dog and we had her spayed.  To this day, she is the center of my son's life.

       Sadly, on May 7, 2006, my beloved Cal passed on to the bridge taking a large part of my heart with him.  He would have been 11 years old that August.  Cal is missed terribly but I was blessed to have shared my life with him and will always cherish the memories he left behind. 

       I am currently a member of the American Boxer Club, Maryland Boxer Club, American Boxer Charitable Foundation, and Talbot Kennel Club.

       This has been the story of my beginning with the boxer breed and I am happy to be able to have shared it with you.  Please take your time and enjoy my website and the boxers I love!