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DOB 11/28/2005

Winners Dog, November 9, 2008, American Boxer Club   Regional Specialty

Bodie with professional handler, Jorge Pinzon, presenting their Winners Dog Awards at the ABC 50th Anniversary Regional Specialty in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 9, 2008.  Thank you to Judge Maureen Boyd for recognizing our gorgeous boy!

Bodie was owner handled by Dr. Daniel Still through his Singles.  A big thank you goes out to professional handlers and our friends, Jorge Pinzon (Breeder of Bodie's Sire, "Draco") and Michael Todd, for helping us work with Bodie at the 2008 ABC Regional in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Bodie took 1st Place in the American Bred Class and went on to win Winners Dog for a 5 point Major on Sunday, being expertly handled by Jorge!  Another special thank you goes out to professional handlers, Terri Galle and Lori McClain and all the other handlers and folks that helped Bodie capture his' final Major on December 10, 2010, at the Lone Star Classic in Dallas, Texas.

December 10, 2010 Picture Coming Soon

Bodie's Health-Testing:

OFA Cardiac (12/2007)-NORMAL-No Murmur detected (Charla Jones, DVM, MS Diplomate ACVIM, Specialty-Cardiology).  BX-CA1476/24M/C-PI 

24 hour Holter monitor ( /    )-COMING SOON

ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy) DNA Test (9/2010)-NEGATIVE (-/-) (Kathryn Meurs, DVM, PhD Diplomate ACVIM, Specialty-Cardiology).

OFA Hips ( /    )-COMING SOON

OFA Thyroid (4&5/2008  2 1/2 years old)-Clinical Findings Normal / Blood Results-Positive Compensative Autoimmune Thyroiditis (14% T4 normal / 14% T3 high Autoantibody)-Due to Bodie's slightly low T4, Free T4, Free T3 and slightly elevated T3 Autoantibody, we have been instructed by his veterinarians to add a thyroid supplement to Bodie's diet.  (Julie E. Striekert, DVM & Larry Wood, DVM)  This will insure that Bodie has appropriate thyroid levels in his body for normal metabolism and fertility and to help avoid muscle breakdown and arrhythmias associated with low thyroid levels.  Interestingly, T4, Free T4, and TSH can be normal during the early onset (animals approximately 1-4 years of age) of primary hypothyroidism.  This makes it important for breeders to retest their boxer's thyroid at age 5 years or older if looking for accurate thyroid function.  We feel, having detected this thyroid disorder early and treating it with thyroid supplementation, Bodie will be able to live a long, happy, and healthy boxer life!  Although this is considered to be a genetic trait passed down from a parent, there is still not much known about what pups may be affected in any given litter, and management of symptoms is as easy as giving thyroid hormone tablets daily to an affected boxer.  With Bodie's other health testing being so impeccable, we have decided to keep him available as breeding stock.     

OFA DM (Degenerative Myelopathy) DNA Test (5/2009)-NORMAL homozygous N/N (CLEAR).  BX-DM255/41M-PI

DNA Profile # on file with AKC.

Health-Testing Documents provided to potential breeders under agreement, upon request to BlueCollar Boxers (Daniel and Wendy Still - San Antonio, Texas). 

Bodie is available for live breedings or fresh chilled / frozen semen available to approved boxer ladies.