Chance

Shandown's Speaker O'The House x Shandown's Center-Fold
Whelped: October 7th 1995

~Pedigree~

Standing naturally...September 7th 2006

For as long as we can remember, he's stood out in a crowd....

Saturday, October 7th 1995, still seems as if it was last week instead of 11 years ago. I'd promised just about everything to our mentor if she'd breed Bunny, the beautiful and showy Shandown's Center-Fold. After more than 40 years and hundreds of AKC Champions, Shan was finished with showing and breeding. With Bunny nearing 4 years the dream was fading fast. But persistence still pays off, and even though it didn't go down exactly as I'd envisioned back then, Bunny was bred. My heart was set on a bitch and if she looked just like her dam I'd be in heaven.

Much to my delight there were two dark brindle bitches, a dark brindle dog, and then, to everyone's amazement, this stunning red dog came out talking. No reviving needed; just a bit of drying off. I remember handing Chance to Shan with a sheepish grin saying, "I'll take him, too."

She grinned right back with, "He's not going anywhere."

My husband and I were busy with other pups, but I kept glancing across the room at Shan with Chance--watching her fingers move along the shoulder angle and then down the neck to the withers, down the topline and then along the turn of stifle. I understood then about evaluating newborns before they're completely dry.

Given the parents were darker brindles, both born in all-brindle litters with only one fawn grandma in the mix, Chance was truly the icing on the cake. As a youngster he was shown fewer than a dozen times by Jack and Bridget Brown always placing first or second in his class, but the show ring wasn't his destiny.

To this day Chance hasn't disapointed us. Like many of the boxers behind him, he matured slowly--only improving with age. He loves other dogs of all sizes, shapes and genders and is still a peacemaker after all these years. He's as curious as he was the day he took his first step and is still a toy fanatic. Actually, a gray-face puppy might be the best way to describe him.

While he's worn well, his greatest strengths remain his outgoing and happy, rock-solid temperament and his amazing energy and will to survive.-- Click here to read about Chance's Amazing survival, which details his strong determined spirit and why we are so grateful to have this great old boxer with us today!

October 15, 2006…Still keeping pace with niece Poppy who’s less than half his age

Almost 11

Lizard hunting...a Chance favorite.

Happy 10th Birthday!

...and for DB, closer is better!

Puppies have always been drawn to Chance...

A talk with nephew Duncan…10 years

The daily tug-a-war with daughter, May…

Still recuperating, but busy as ever…

-Click to view Chance's Show Record-

Our greatest desire at Landfall is to produce boxers who are a pleasure to live with – Boxers who will live healthy, long lives and whose temperament, conformation and beauty embody the Boxer Standard. Because of this priority and due to his age, Chance will be used sparingly with select girls. Chance is still murmur free and SAS cleared via Doppler at 9 ½ years by Dr. K. Meurs. Hip testing at 7 years by Dr. Robert Horne, BC Orthopedist -- OFA Good. Full thyroid panel is Normal at 10 years, and single PVCs remain remarkably low for a boxer of his years.

Still on the move...