About Bishop's Boxers

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We have been a Boxer-loving family since 1987. Our love for the breed began with our first boxer, Chesty. Purchased from a California pet store, Chesty was extremely intelligent and trained closely with military police dogs, becoming highly skilled in search and rescue.

After losing Chesty to cancer and knowing we didn't want to experience life without Boxers, we purchased a striking 8-month-old fawn male Boxer from Crossroad Boxers in California. We named him Bishop. Little did we realize that he would be the beginning of our kennel, Bishop's Boxers.

Bishop participated in many dog shows while we had time in graduate school, but then came four children and 16 years of active duty military life. Having the desire to have a puppy from Bishop and the determination to uphold and improve the standard of the Boxer breed, we bred Bishop and kept a puppy, Lady, from the litter in February of 2005. Lady produced two wonderful litters of puppies with Telstar Boxers. We continued our breeding program with Telstar Boxers and Eve, Lady’s daughter, until we retired from the military in 2016.

As we transitioned back into civilian life, we paused our breeding program for nearly five years and are pleased to introduce our two new Telstar females, Callie and Prancer. Our goal at Bishop’s Boxers is to be dedicated to breeding and raising healthy, beautiful dogs with affectionate temperaments and sound structure in accordance with the AKC Boxer breed standard. The health and well-being of all our animals from birth until they leave with their forever family--and beyond--is critical to us. We utilize current recommended health tests before breeding to provide our puppies the best opportunity for a long, healthy life.

Our puppies are raised by our family with children and other dogs. They play an active and very important role in caring for, preparing, and socializing the puppies for their future families. As a result, the puppies leave our home with a clear advantage in adapting and transitioning to their new families.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Eukanuba's New EXCEL Dog Food

We get a lot of questions about what we feed our puppies. There is a marketing war out there to convince you that certain foods will be the best for your growing puppy.  There is suddenly a need for antioxidants, fruits, and vegetables, because after all, if they are good for human health, they must be good for dog health as well.

We feed our all of our puppies and dogs Eukanuba EXCEL Large Breed puppy food.  Eukanuba recently launched (maybe rebranded is more accurate) EXCEL dog food, which contains no corn meal (which is typically used as a filler in lower quality dog foods because it is less expensive; it really provides no nutritional value) and no chicken by-product meal  ("by-product" means it contains parts of the carcass, which are not easily digested).

Our dogs have thrived on Eukanuba.  It is a well balanced food, which promotes good muscle tone, Eukanuba EXCEL comes in chicken, lamb, and salmon flavors. Unless your vet suggests changing your puppy's food for some reason, we do not recommend changing it. Here is a link for more information:  Eukanuba EXCEL Large Breed Puppy Food


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Our first boxer Chesty. He wasn't the most beautiful boxer, but certainly well-loved!

Bishop at 9 months

Bishop about 1 year

Our last picture with Bishop (July 2008)

Lady