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Bred by Shaun & Andri Graham (Bassanova) and owned by Shaun and wonderful families all over

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Bassanova Boxers

 

Bassanova Boxers

What a year this has been with its ups and downs. Campaigning our team this year has been somewhat challenging, to say the least. I think it goes without saying how much respect Team Bassanova has for the show-holding committees that have endured extremely difficult times. Issues like Covid, power failures, and travel restrictions just seem to make holding a show impossible, yet they have succeeded.

We have, however, managed to finish our first Boxer Champion under our Bassanova prefix, which was very exciting and, of course there`s the phenomenon that was Reagan, who just absolutely exceeded our expectations of him. Reagan flew through his Junior of Merit and has some extremely impressive wins under his belt. The critics told us local Judges would never recognise his qualities, well I guess they all underestimated the quality of our local Judges!

Having produced a number of litters, now, and having built various relationships with the owners of the puppies, it is extremely encouraging to me that (most) new puppy owners have a mindset of engagement and are extremely willing to discuss issues such as training, nutrition, and other aspects that really develop the breeder-owner relationship. As I sat back a few days ago and sipped my coffee, I came to the stark realisation that my priorities and goals had changed. We had changed from newbies trying to build a winning Boxer Kennel, to a Boxer Kennel that is focusing on building families.

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