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October 2005 - Roller almost 6 years. What a distinguished looking Grandpa !
Here is Roller on his 10th Birthday, February 18, 2010.
Okay, I am ready for my present now.
Ahhh, It's good to be King. 
This one's mine.
Molly, your birthday was last week.
Our Foundation Stud, Roller
"Roller" (aka "Let The Good Times Roll") came to
BlueCollar Boxers from Cajun country, Luling, Louisiana, just outside New
Orleans. Doug and Rhonda Ellis had saved this puppy as pick and we
were lucky that they decided to place him in a loving show home.
Memorial Day weekend 2000, we found him on Sunday afternoon, decided we
couldn't pass up that top line and tailset, and started our non-stop, 29-hour,
round trip, express drive from San Antonio to New Orleans at about 8pm Sunday
night.
This was our first show dog, and we had more to learn than
we could imagine! Roller was very patient with Dan as they both
rambled around the show ring. Special thanks to Owen and Gina Proctor
of Virgo
Boxers for all their selfless guidance past and present. With
their help, Dan and Roller earned several points together, then when the
time was right, Roller was expertly handled through his major wins by
Professional Handlers, Terri Galle
and Robert Chaffin.
Roller
exemplifies the breeding philosophy here at BlueCollar. Temperament
first, he possesses steadfast courage,
unquestioned loyalty, wariness of strangers (then melting into a
spine-bending wiggle the second the stranger is invited in as a friend!)
Currently training in agility and obedience, his willingness to please his
handler is amazing! I wish our other boxers were this attentive!
Roller's conformation emphasizes bite and headpiece, strong, short back,
high tailset, strength and form maintained during movement, and medium size.
We believe in testing our breeding boxers for boxer
cardiomyopathy, hip dysplasia, degenerative myelopathy (as of Summer
2008-now that we have a DNA test for it), and thyroid abnormalities.
Roller's
Health-Testing:
Cardiologist Auscultation/Echo
(3/2008)-NORMAL Flow Rate (Aortic Valve):
1.9
Possible innocent flow murmur -no visible lesion or heart enlargement. Pulmonic Valve Flow Rate-NORMAL: 0.8 m/sec Average Aortic Valve Flow Rate-NORMAL: 1.85 m/sec (Min 1.7 m/sec - Max 2.0
m/sec) No
SAS detected upon Echo (Charla Jones, DVM, MS Diplomate ACVIM, Specialty-Cardiology).
24 hour Holter monitor
(8/2002)-GOOD-revealed only 5 VPC's (no runs or pairs) (Luiz Braz-Ruivo, DVM
Diplomate ACVIM, Specialty-Cardiology).
24 hour Holtr monitor (12/2007)-GOOD-revealed
only 64 VPC's (no runs
or pairs) (ALBA Medical).
ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy)
DNA Test ( / )-COMING SOON
(Kathryn Meurs, DVM, PhD Diplomate ACVIM, Specialty-Cardiology).
OFA Hips (3/2002)-GOOD (Larry Wood, DVM).
BX-2620G25M-PI
Thyroid tested (7/2002)-NORMAL
(Peter Hey, DVM).
Thyroid tested (4/2010)-NORMAL
(Julie Striekert, DVM).
OFA DM (Degenerative Myelopathy) DNA Test (8/2008)-CARRIER heterozygous A/N.
BX-DM79/101M-PI-CAR
DNA Profile # on file with AKC-#Vxxxxxx.
Health-Testing
results provided upon request to BlueCollar Boxers (Daniel and Wendy Still -
San Antonio, Texas).
Roller has frozen semen
available to approved boxer ladies.
Anything you can do, I can do better!
Now why was I trying to out-run Molly
and that deer?
Oh well, a nap does sound like a
good idea Mom!
Beeville 2004, 7 of Roller's pups were at
the show! 4 went on to finish their championships!
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Oh
there you are!
Give me my duck!
