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My name is
Kerry Jones, I live in Wallkill New York on
Pheasant Hollow Lane (hence the name of our
kennel). I live in the beautiful Hudson Valley
region with my husband, Al, of 35 years. We have
4 beautiful grown children who bless my life
every day! Most of them live close by. Of course
they all have a Boxer or 2. As you know the
breed is infectious! You cannot imagine how
thankful I am that my family has put up with me
for all these years and our home filled with
dogs throughout the years. Many who have slept
in their beds.
Our home
and boarding kennel, Affordable Grooming and
Boarding, is situated on 60 beautiful wooded
acres. Our property in the Hudson Valley area of
New York state is nestled between Newburgh and
Walkill, 60 miles north of New York City, right
off of the NY state thruway at exit 17. Our land
has been owned by our family for almost 100
years.
Our home
and property is set up for the health and
comfort of our dogs, who are, our constant
companions and best friends. Our dogs have 3
fenced in acres to run and play and every one of
them live in our home not in the kennel. They do
occasionally like to drop-in to our kennel’s
store to shoplift yummy goodies off the shelves
of the dog boutique!
When we decided to start breeding and
showing our dogs, and after going to look at a
few other breeders set ups, I knew I could not
breed in the conventional way. I was thrown back
by the conditions of some of the places that I
visited and how some fellow breeders house their
dogs ... Not ALL but many. And it was not for
me. It absolutely broke my heart to see
beautiful Boxers with hearts of gold, living in
kennels or basements or in small crates and in
sub-par conditions. I made a promise to myself,
that every Boxer that I own or have bred, or had
anything to do with would always be BEST IN HOME
first and BEST IN SHOW second. All of the homes
that we place our dogs in would be carefully
screened before any dog that I have bred leaves
the comfort of my home, knowing they are always
welcome back to my home at any age, no questions
asked. Our dogs do not live in kennels, each and
every Boxer that lives with us is a part of our
family. They sleep on our beds and share our
home with us. I think they own the place more
than we do, at least the bed, couch and
recliners anyway. It is not unusual to have a
paw in my ear while I’m sleeping and before I
know it I'm falling off of my small spot on the
bed while my dogs are sprawled out.
At this
time we have 7 Boxers who live with us in our
home. Not 1 of our dogs live in a kennel. We
also have a live-in nanny for our dogs! She
lives in an apartment in our home working full
time to help with the care, maintenance of our
dogs, and the whelping and caring of our babies.
She also is a wonderful assistant to me,
providing friendship and love to all who live in
our home, to all of our dogs as well as to the
many people who inquire about our dogs, and of
course, she has Boxers in her bed too!
Our dogs
are our best friends. They come in the car with
us and are truly part of our family, every last
one. They even snowbird with us to Florida in
the winter. I have always vowed never to keep
more Boxers then I can manage in my home because
they do not deserve to be kennel dogs or live in
cages. Each and every dog gets a fair amount of
love and attention. Boxers are free loving
spirits who deserve to run and play, not live in
a jail cell. I have been blessed with many great
dogs, great co-owners and puppy buyers who have
made our lives and the lives of our dogs, great
ones. They have enabled us to continue to breed
and place our dogs in great forever homes.
Together
our family has been breeding Boxers for 25
years. Working diligently to improve our own
dogs as well as the Breed as a whole. Our
breedings are selective and limited. We only
breed our females 2 times, carefully, using the
formula that Temperament-Health-and Conformation
must be carefully screened prior to making any
BREEDING decisions.
Proudly,
after many years of hard work, we are now known
as noted, reputable Boxer breeders throughout
the world, not only as ethical breeders with
integrity but for the contribution we have made
to the excellence of the breed as well as the
quality of our dogs. We are AKC ‘Breeders of Merit’ and
participate in AKC’s ‘Bred With H.E.A.R.T.’
program for the continued work on the health of
our breed. I am proud to support the American Boxer Charitable
Foundation who has raised thousands and
thousands of dollars towards the health and
research of the breed and its many health
issues. I have had Boxers my entire life and
grew up with them by my side, from the time I
was born. My husband and Fran, my mother in-law
(who is sadly now deceased), also had Boxers all
of their lives. Fran was breeding and showing
Boxers before I was even born. Combined, we had
75 years in the breed. When I look back I cannot
remember a time that a Boxer was not part of my
family or my memories.
Our youngest daughter, Allison, and I
began showing dogs when she was 8 years old.
Allison competed in Jr Handling , and won the
honors of Top Boxer handler and Top Doberman
handler, and competed and placed at Westminster.
She shows most of the dogs we breed as well. She
is now 28 and has owner-breeder handled and
finished almost 50 Pheasant Hollow Boxers to
their championships and Grand-championships
since then. We campaigned and showed our first
home bred, a Best in Show Specialty winner who
became a Top 10 Boxer in the country. Allison is
now a professional handler and is married to a
fellow handler and Doberman breeder. Together
they show dogs for a living (with much success I
might add). I could not be prouder of them both
as I am right now!
We
continue to breed and show our dogs. Ali and
Hernan live in Florida. Al and I live in NY
three quarters the year and in Florida the other
quarter. We manage to get together very often
and continue our passion for breeding, showing,
and enjoying every minute with our Boxers and
the friends we have made through the breed. We
always strive to breed healthy, beautiful, good
tempered, long-lived Boxers. Making our priority
the betterment of the breed we love so much,
hoping in some way we will make a difference in
the breed, particularly in the longevity and
their very flawed health, as even with proper
health clearances, on both parents and longevity
in both lines a Boxer can still succumb before
they’ve reached their prime of 1 in 5 of the
most common health problems; Boxer cardio
diseases, cancer, DM, JRD etc.
As my
friends can tell you, I could talk all day about
my dogs, about pedigrees, the standard, about
issues that affect the breed and about how we
can try to reverse the decline in the longevity
of our breed, as it is my life’s work to give
back to the breed as much as it has given to me.
Boxers are a special breed of dog! They are the
world’s best kept secret and most owners who
have experienced their love would agree that
once you own them (or they own you) you will
never have another breed of dog. Every Boxer I
have owned has taken a piece of my heart with
them when they leave this world. Leaving my
heart just a little more empty when they go, I
will never get used to the heartache of losing
one of my best friends. I only can hope there is
a special place in Heaven where they all will
wait to see me again.
BUT...In
hind sight...If I could do it all over again...I
would not change one thing. At ALL! Please take
some time to enjoy the slide show of our Boxer’s
home and grounds and the way they live here with
us. Read and learn about our philosophies in the
link below and some of the facts about the
breed, and know what to ask a breeder when
looking for a puppy. Anytime you’re in our neck
of the woods you are welcome to come by to meet
us, and the best friends we call our BOXERS and
my life's work and passion. Without each and
every one of them, I would not be the person I
am today...They are…Who I Am.
Some of the accomplishments of Pheasant Hollow
Boxers include:
- Being featured on Animal planet, pictured on
Royal Canin Boxer Formula bags, on Eukanuba
Boxer in the UK, and in many commercials for
Ford, Intel, Valentino Shoes, NY State lottery,
Frontline.
- Closing in on 50 home-bred
champions and grand-champions thus far
(01/31/17).
- Winning 10 Best in Shows and 3 Reserve Best in
Shows in 2016. Qualifying in the Top 10 Boxer in
the country for the past 2 years with the
beautiful MBIS MBISS GCH Vixayo's Golden Hammer.
We will compete in the 2017 Top 20 at ABC.
"Thor" is shown by my son-in-law, Hernan
Pacheco, and my daughter, Allison Pacheco. We
have had the wonderful honor to campaign and
show this beautiful dog who truly is my vision
of the ‘Perfect’ Boxer.
- Campaigning 2 Top 10 Boxers in the US,
competing in Westmister, and winning Winners
Bitch there. -Winning the Best Stud Dog in the
US at the American Boxer National Specialty 4
times. Next year if Kryptonite wins, he will
break the record and be the top winning stud dog
of all time, recognized by our Breed Club, at
our nationals, holding the record of the stud
dog with the most wins for his excellence in
producing consistently.
- We have 2 Sires of Merit (CH Pheasant Hollow's
Macho Camacho SOM & CH Pheasant Hollow's
Kryptonite SOM. CH Pheasant Hollow's ASureBet
and CH Pheasant Hollow's All Time High only need
1 more champion (each) for their SOM title.
- We won Best Puppy in Futurity in 2015, Reserve
Puppy in Futurity, Best 9-12 in Futurity, and we
have broken the American Boxer Club's record of
winning the most class wins by one breeder,
taking 6 first place wins in one show and 5 the
year prior at the National Specialty.
- We have won the Bred By class at ABC (a very
competitive and difficult class to win) at least
6 times. - One of my biggest thrills was winning
Winners Bitch from the 6-9 puppy class and
Reserve Winners Bitch with a litter sister at a
pre-ABC Speciaity under the respected judge Mr.
Bill Shelton, garnishing a 5 point major. I will
not soon forget the feeling of that wonderful
day.
- We have had top placements and wins at
National and Regional shows including Award of
Merits, Select Dogs, Best of Opposites, 6
Regional Winners Bitches, 3 Winners Dogs 2
Reserve Winners Bitches at our National and a
magnitude of placing Boxers.
- 8 of our dogs can currently be seen as
examples of outstanding breed type and head type
on Boxer expert Judy Horton's educational site ‘The World Wide Boxer’.
And we go
on… Thank you...Please read on...Stay AWAY from
BACK YARD BREEDERS AND PUPPY MILLS WHO ARE
DESTROYING OUR BREED.
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Kerry judging Sweepstakes at
the Michigan Boxer Club.
The dog is Shadigee's Sequel To
Legends.
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