For the Love of a Boxer Rescue & Sanctuary - Michigan

For the Love of a Boxer Rescue & Sanctuary - Michigan For the Love of a Boxer Rescue & Sanctuary, Wallace, Michigan - was founded in 2013 as Ruff Start Boxer Rescue. Our dogs are NOT PETS. They have never been pets.

We are a PUPPY MILL ONLY or HIGH MEDICAL NEEDS ONLY rescue. We save boxers and bostons from puppy mills, dog auction houses and breeding farms who are being sold, given away or retired as they are no longer deemed productive or wanted. Never been loved, and many harbor mental repercussions of such treatment. For this reason, each and every one of our dogs is individually evaluated to see what type

of home they need. What things they are capable of doing, and hopefully able to learn. This is why COMPANION DOGS are required for 99% of our dogs. Dogs are who they have loved and lived with, and who they trust. Humans are who has betrayed their love and trust while locked in the cage for years and years. This is also why PHYSICAL FENCES are required. To keep these puppy mill survivors from running away from US, the humans that never loved them, and thus have no bonds/attachments to. :(



These dogs all receive full vetting, after years of never seeing, nor being visited by a veterinarian. They slowly learn to trust humans, and interact with us. This can take several weeks, or up to a year! Each dog has its on ability to interact and trust, and each dog is given that time needed here. We believe in , and all dogs deserve to live a warm, comfortable life with lots of love and understanding. Our mission is be try to save as many as we can from life in a cage as a puppy machine.........All for the LOVE of a Boxer......and Boston!


“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” ― Emma Lazarus

I will ALWAYS be their voice. I will NEVER be silenced. I do not care if you disapprove of my voice, as I will STAND for those locked in cages as prisoners of GREED. I will never STEP BACK or BACK DOWN. These dogs deserve to be treated as pets and not as PUPPY MACHINES. This is my MISSION and I will never, ever stop defending the misuse of the boxer breed. I will FOREVER expose the abusers and CONTINUE to defend the innocent animals who have no voice.

Another........HUGE "Thank You!" this time to Alumni BROOKLYN & HANK's family for sponsoring these two lucky boxers in h...
12/05/2025

Another........HUGE "Thank You!" this time to Alumni BROOKLYN & HANK's family for sponsoring these two lucky boxers in hopes they find homes for the Holidays!

Rileyand Blossom are now fully sponsored and have no adoption fee associated with their placement!

All fence/companion/application restrictions still apply. 😉

Apply online at www.fortheloveofaboxer.org/adoption-app

HUGE "Thank You!" to Alumni HILDE's family for sponsoring these two lucky boxers in hopes they find homes for the Holida...
12/05/2025

HUGE "Thank You!" to Alumni HILDE's family for sponsoring these two lucky boxers in hopes they find homes for the Holidays!

Clover and Casey are now fully sponsored and have no adoption fee associated with their placement!

All fence/companion/application restrictions still apply. 😉

Apply online at www.fortheloveofaboxer.org/adoption-app

12/05/2025

So I had the great joy in reuniting these 2 sisters recently, and I wanted to share their story with you...........

Back on 9/27 we saved little BEAN from the dog auction in Missouri. Then on 11/15 we saved little CHERRY from the dog auction in Missouri.

I knew Bean's complete paperwork, as she had been spayed in late October, and then celebrated her birthday on 11/25, turning one year old.

When Cherry came in, we all commented how much she looked like Bean. But she was larger than her, and alas from a different 'seller' in the catalog, so no connection was made.

Until Wednesday.........when I started writing up my vetting orders for Cherry. Low and behold, she had the same owner/breeder than Bean did, but different sellers! So I don't know where they were before, but they are here together now!

And mind you sibling / littermate syndrome and same s*x boxers too close in age can be all wicked equations. But for now, they play! And they are overjoyed to have each other again!

Welcome to freedom Bean and your sister Cherry!

P.S. This video was taken Wednesday p.m. as right now Cherry is on crate rest post spay restriction!

P.S.S. This is Casey in the video for a minute with them. ;)

Casey………still waiting for a forever home.
12/05/2025

Casey………still waiting for a forever home.

12/04/2025
Aila update! Weight gain EVERYDAY this week!!!!
12/04/2025

Aila update!

Weight gain EVERYDAY this week!!!!

12/03/2025

This is Piper again.

Today she is loose with Roxy. She’s never played with Roxy before. But LOOK at the confidence that another dog gives her compared to yesterday’s video when she was alone!

THIS IS WHY COMPANION DOGS ARE REQUIRED FOR OUR PUPPY MILL SURVIVORS.

And why we won’t budge on our policy. 😍

2 more of our mamas are now available for adoption!
12/03/2025

2 more of our mamas are now available for adoption!

This will be my last DOG AUCTION FUNDRAISER of the year!!!!I will let the catalog do the talking on this auction sale.4 ...
12/03/2025

This will be my last DOG AUCTION FUNDRAISER of the year!!!!

I will let the catalog do the talking on this auction sale.

4 puppies, and a special needs mama. Be sure to read the catalog details on Dog #173.

You can donate via Facebook by simply clicking the DONATE button on this post.

To donate via PayPal:
Paypal.me/fortheloveofaboxer

To donate via Venmo:


Our profile pics is a senior white & fawn boxer dog and our last 4 digits of our phone is 1911 and we have 324 friends! (beware of a scam account on venmo!)

As always, your donations are tax deductible, as we are a 501.c(3) non-profit.

NOTE: Our legal IRS name is RUFF START BOXER RESCUE and when you donate it might show up as that -- Don't Fret! It's us!!! 🙂 Recent changes to FB show our LEGAL IRS name now!

12/02/2025

This is Piper.

She is a six month old boxer puppy from the dog auction last month in Missouri.

She was not handled enough, she was not loved by humans as she should’ve been. Therefore look at her. This is the reality of what we deal with on an every day basis.

This girl needs a companion dog in order to be confident and move about without being afraid. Her body language in this video is heartbreaking. She is simply afraid to even move about the building or the room she’s in.

This is why companion dogs are so intricate as a part of our puppy male rehabilitation process.

I will post a video tomorrow of her with another dog in the same area so that you can see exactly how she responds to having a friend giving her confidence to move about and explore her surroundings.

This is not how a six month old puppy should be acting when let out of her kennel. But for Piper, the kennel is all she’s ever known. And everything outside of that kennel is terrifying.

This is why fences are so incredibly important in keeping these dogs safe and from running away from us. If this dog got loose outside in the big bad world, we’d probably never see a glimpse of her again.

So back when I first started saving the puppy mill dogs, I would do a year end video of each year's saved boxers.But as ...
12/02/2025

So back when I first started saving the puppy mill dogs, I would do a year end video of each year's saved boxers.

But as you can imagine, as we grew, and more and more dogs were saved, it got harder to do this! I would love to be able to still find the time to do it, and I swear I will one day!

But here is one of those videos I made. 7 years ago. Most of the dogs in this video are now passed on, which makes this even harder for me to watch, and for many of you that might remember them........or have adopted them. For I honestly remember each and every dog that I've saved.........and each one takes a bit of me with them when they go..............

But THIS is why we sing. THIS is why we fundraise! To give them the lives they deserved and should have had from the beginning!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9TVnicz3MA&t=8s

I can't post for funds on this video, as FB doesn't allow videos to be fundraisers. But.............

To donate via PayPal:
Paypal.me/fortheloveofaboxer

To donate via Venmo:


Our profile pics is a senior white & fawn boxer dog and our last 4 digits of our phone is 1911 and we have 324 friends! (beware of a scam account on venmo!)

As always, your donations are tax deductible, as we are a 501.c(3) non-profit.

NOTE: Our legal IRS name is RUFF START BOXER RESCUE and when you donate it might show up as that -- Don't Fret! It's us!!! 🙂 Recent changes to FB show our LEGAL IRS name now!

A video of the dogs we've saved from the mills so far.....

Today is GIVING TUESDAY. Today is a day that usually accounts for our year ending above water. And this year, we've be...
12/02/2025

Today is GIVING TUESDAY.

Today is a day that usually accounts for our year ending above water. And this year, we've been drowning in boxers most of the year.......and drowning in bills, too. 😭

And now I have more dogs to save.........5 boxers at auction this weekend. 😭 I was soooo hoping this last dog auction of the year would not have boxers, but alas, there are 5.

So my job is not done. OUR JOB is not done! We have lives waiting for our help!

I pulled up a few of our more popular and memorable dogs we've helped and posted them below. Do you remember who each is?

Do you know that without YOU, these dogs would not have had a chance?

So PLEASE, with the possibility of Meta matching our GIVING TUESDAY funds today, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE donate today to help your favorite breed in need!

You can donate via Facebook by simply clicking the DONATE button on this post.

To donate via PayPal:
Paypal.me/fortheloveofaboxer

To donate via Venmo:


Our profile pics is a senior white & fawn boxer dog and our last 4 digits of our phone is 1911 and we have 324 friends! (beware of a scam account on venmo!)

As always, your donations are tax deductible, as we are a 501.c(3) non-profit.

NOTE: Our legal IRS name is RUFF START BOXER RESCUE and when you donate it might show up as that -- Don't Fret! It's us!!! 🙂 Recent changes to FB show our LEGAL IRS name now!

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