Firebrand Boxers

07/29/2024

💖🧜🏻‍♀️🔮 Gypsy is: 💖🧜🏻‍♀️🔮
Siglow & Firebrand’s Lightnin Strikes…Maybe Once

She is by and out of:
GCH Encore’s Propaganda CA SOM x RBISOH BISS Am CH GCHB UKC/IntCH Firebrand & Soleil’s Unsalted at Siglow AOM TKN CGC FDC BCAT

Owned, loved and co-bred by:
Jessica Englund (Firebrand Boxers)

Bred by: Theresa & Kevin Mitchell (Siglow Boxers)

11/18/2023

I’ve been asked about Canon’s bite. He’s very wide, balanced, tight and straight. Perfect minor tooth placement? Maybe not, but very happy with it. ❤️

CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Fire In the Hole

10/06/2023

I don't typically do "health brags", mostly because I think that great health should be assumed within our breeding programs... But now that I'm going on my third generation of Firebrand Boxers, it's satisfying seeing it all in one place, so I figured I'd share it here!

Residing at Firebrand:
Luna (Age: 6):
Soleil's One...Two...Five! At Firebrand DOM RN TKI BCAT CGCA FDC

Health Testing:
ARVC: 2018: 0; 7/11/19: 2 singles; 2021: 0; 2022: 0; 2023: 0
SAS: Normal echo, flow rate: 1.8/1.15
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Negative 2022
OFA Hips: Excellent
DM DNA Result: Carrier
Allergies: None other than one reaction to bug bite
*One MCT removed at 5 years of age
*Bred twice, now retired.
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Hatch (Age: 3):
CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Batten Down the Hatches AOM TKN

Health Testing:
ARVC: 2021 & 2022: 0 VPCs, 2023: 3 VPCs
SAS: Normal echo; 1.72 flow rate
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Negative, 2023
Hip Dysplasia: OFA Good
ARVC DNA: Clear (n/n)
DM DNA: At Risk (dm/dm)
Allergies: None other than one reaction to bug bite
Bred once.
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Canon (Age: 2):
CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Fire In the Hole

Health Testing:
ARVC: Clear; 3 singles, 9/26/23
ARVC 1 & 2 DNA: Negative
SAS: Clear, 1.7 flow rate
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Normal, 2023
Hip Dysplasia: OFA (scheduled first week of Jan)
DM DNA: Carrier (dm/n)
Allergies: None
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Gypsy (Age: 5mos):
Siglow & Firebrand’s Lightnin Strikes…Maybe Once

Health Testing:
ARVC: *Holters, when old enough*
SAS: *Echo when old enough*
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: *By TgAA when old enough*
OFA Hips: *When old enough*
DM & ARVC1 Clear
Allergies: None
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Firebrand Boxers loved & residing with others:

Erie (Age: 3):
BISS RBISOH AKC GCHB CH UKC CH Firebrand & Soleil's Unsalted at Siglow AOM BCAT CGC TKN FDC

Health Testing:
ARVC: 2021, 2022, 2023: 0 VPCs
SAS: Normal; 1.6 flow rate
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Negative, 2023
Hip Dysplasia: OFA Good
DM DNA: Carrier
ARVC 1 & 2: Clear/Hetero
Allergies: None
Bred once.
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Minnie (Age 3):
CH Firebrand & Soleil's First Light

Health Testing:
ARVC: 2021: 0 VPCs
SAS: 1.8 Flow Rate, no murmur
Hip Dysplasia: OFA Good
DM DNA: Carrier
Allergies: Bee stings, none others

10/05/2023

Best of Breed 4-6 Mos Puppy, Boxer Club of Arizona under James Moses at 5 months of age

10/05/2023

⚓️💣💥Canon💥💣⚓️

CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Fire In the Hole

DOB: 10/10/21

By and out of:
GCh. R and G N Belmar’s Take It To The Max x Soleil’s One…Two…Five! At Firebrand DOM RN BCAT CGCA TKI FDC

Bred by: Jessica Englund & Katrina Sun

Owner/breeder handled exclusively.

Grand Championship points: 3

Finished from the AKC Bred-by Exhibitor Class with 4 Majors under Judges Butch Schulman (5pts, Best of Opposite over Specials), Doris Cozart, Faye Strauss and Bob Busby.

Health Testing:
ARVC: Clear; 3 singles, 9/26/23
ARVC1&2 DNA: Negative
SAS: Clear, 1.7 flow rate
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Normal, 2023
Hip Dysplasia: OFA, scheduled: 1/4/24
DM DNA: Carrier (dm/n)

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10/05/2023

Select Dog, Boxer Club of Arizona, under esteemed Judge James Moses, 2023

08/02/2023

💖⚓️🧜🏻‍♀️ Meet Gypsy! 💖⚓️🧜🏻‍♀️

Siglow & Firebrand’s Lightnin Strikes…Maybe Once

She is our very special puppy back out of our co-bred litter with Theresa & Kevin Mitchell of Siglow Boxers in Ohio.

Her parents are Erie x Rico:
GCH Encore’s Propaganda CA SOM x RBISOH BISS Am CH GCHB UKC/IntCH Firebrand & Soleil’s Unsalted at Siglow AOM TKN CGC FDC BCAT

She represents the next generation here at Firebrand and is the grand-daughter of our foundation bitch Luna. We have high hopes for her in Conformation and for our breeding program.

Look for her in the Conformation ring with her mamma Jess this fall!

04/21/2023

BISS RBISOH AKC GCHB CH UKC CH Firebrand & Soleil's Unsalted at Siglow AOM BCAT CGC TKN FDC

Owned by: Theresa & Kevin Mitchell & Jessica Englund

AKC Championship:
2 5pt Majors under Judges Paula Nykiel and Jay Richardson and 1 3pt Major under Judge Susan Godek.

AKC GCh. Points:
93, with Five Majors, Several Working Group wins, one RBISOH

No. 2 Ranked Owner Handled Boxer in the United States for 2022

Ch. Ohana Laki’s Far Beyond Driven SOM TKI CGC TC x Soleil’s One...Two...Five! at Firebrand DOM RN TKI CGCA BCAT FDC

Health Testing:
ARVC: 2021 & 2022: 0 VPCs
SAS: Normal; 1.6 flow rate
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Negative
Hip Dysplasia: OFA Good
DM DNA: Carrier

04/21/2023

04/21/2023

New CH Minnie in Palm Springs! Happy breeder moment for sure!

04/09/2023

Pleased to announce our upcoming litter with Siglow Boxers! Show, performance and companion puppies anticipated. Parents fully health tested. Hard copies available upon request. Due May 5th. Contact us or litter owner, Theresa Siglow-Mitchell for additional information.

03/13/2023

CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Fire In the Hole

DOB: 10/10/21

By and out of:
GCh. R and G N Belmar’s Take It To The Max x Soleil’s One…Two…Five! At Firebrand DOM RN BCAT CGCA TKI FDC

Bred by: Jessica Englund & Katrina Sun

Owner/breeder handled and finished exclusively from the Bred-by Exhibitor classes.

AKC Majors Under Judges Butch Schulman (5pts, Best of Opposite over Specials), Judge Doris Cozart, Judge Faye Strauss and Judge Bob Busby.

Health Testing:
ARVC: when old enough
SAS: when old enough
Autoimmune Thyroiditis: when old enough
Hip Dysplasia: OFA, when old enough
DM DNA: Carrier (dm/n)

01/09/2023

💣💥⚓️
It is through happy tears that I post that one of my and Kat’s biggest dreams as breeders has now been met.

With Minnie finishing her AKC Championship, our girl, Luna is now an American Boxer Club Dam of Merit. What makes this achievement extra spectacular is that she did it in only one litter—in her breeding to Darrell (CH Ohana Laki’s Far Beyond Driven SOM TKI CGC TC). Kat and I are eternally grateful to Shannon and Shawn for allowing us to bring our lovely half-German girl to their handsome boy!

Luna is now (pending AKC approval of Minnie’s CH):
Soleil’s One…Two…Five! At Firebrand DOM RN TKI CGCA BCAT FDC

Her Champion kids are:
- RBISOH BISS Am CH GCHB UKC CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Unsalted at Siglow AOM TKN CGC FDC BCAT (owned & handled by Theresa & Kevin Mitchell and Jessica Englund)
- CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Port of Call TKN (owned by Katie & Eric Barrie and Jessica Englund, handled by Mandy N Rick Justice)
- CH Firebrand & Soleil’s Batten Down the Hatches AOM TKN (owned by me, and handled by myself, Marianne and Wendy)
- CH Firebrand & Soleil’s First Light (owned by Katrina, and handled by Sonda)

A HUGE thank you to all of her kids’ dedicated owners, handlers and amazing Judges in having them shown, finished and their quality recognized! As well to all of the amazing and dedicated breeders who have carefully and painstakingly built Luna and Darrell’s lines. We are so thrilled to be a small part of it!

To say we’re proud of our little turd is an absolute understatement. She’s made this breeder-team’s dreams come true!

12/19/2022

Updating beebee Canon’s album! 💣💥⚓️

12/19/2022

Updating OHRBIS BISS GCH Erie’s album! 🌊⚓️💜

12/19/2022

Updating CH Hatch’s album!

12/09/2022

Happiest of birthdays to our fabulous Darrell x Luna litter of ten! Today these kids are THREE years old and we’re so proud of all they have accomplished!

Hatch, Gambit, Sailor, Phoenix, Charlie, Anchor, Erie, Minnie, Kadie and Captain, we hope your day was full of cake and pressies and tons and tons of back scratches and belly rubs! Whelp mamma loves you all!

💕💕💕

10/22/2022

So incredibly proud of this handsome young man and his owner Amy for achieving their CGC! Even more special, it’s Bronx’s very first title! 🥰🥰🥰

Bronx will now be known as:
Firebrand & Soleil’s Rip Current CGC

09/10/2022

On the topic of other awesome health results, Erie wrapped up her core health tests with a result of OFA Good!

Here at Firebrand, we test to rule out known causes of health problems in boxers prior to breeding, and throughout their lives.

This includes:
- Annual 24 hour holter monitoring to screen for ARVC
- Echocardiography/color flow Doppler to screen for Sub-aortic Stenosis
- Annual TgAA screening for Autoimmune Thyroiditis
- OFA Hip Radiography to screen for Hip Displaysia
- DM DNA Buccal Cheek Swabbing as puppies to monitor DM pe*******on and prevalence in our lines and breed away from the At Risk DM status.

We use the data from these tests as a part of the overall picture for temperament, health and conformation to make appropriate pairings in an effort to create balanced Boxers in all areas.

09/09/2022

It’s that time of year again! The holter train has arrived at the station.

Results:
Luna (5.5 years old): 0 VPCs
Hatch (2.5 years old): 0 VPCs

A gold star for both kids!

Canon will board next year’s holter train! 🥳

09/09/2022

Erie and Theresa win BOB under Butch Schulman! 💜

09/09/2022

Erie and Theresa win RBISOH in Madison, Ohio under Judge Paula Nykiel!

08/13/2022

Look at Gambit goooo! First time off the docks and fearless. Good girl, Gambit! 💖

Gambit is:
Firebrand & Soleil’s Starboard Gambit ORT NW3

All credit is due to her awesome mom, Mandy!

06/28/2022

WD/BOS, 5pt Major under Judge Butch Schulman at 7 mos of age.

Firebrand & Soleil’s Fire In the Hole

06/20/2022

7 months old

04/30/2022

03/04/2022

Done bein’ show dogs. 💕

02/21/2022

Not to be outdone by big brother Hatch, our baby Canon (Firebrand & Soleil’s Fire In the Hole) and Nauti (Firebrand & Soleil’s Feelin’ Nauti) went Best of Breed Puppy and Best of Opposite in their very first show in the 4-6 mos Puppy Competition among a lovely group of puppies both days at the SNBC/BCOA Combined Specialties! Can’t wait to see what the future holds for these young stars! 💖