FORTRESS BOXERS HISTORY
Fortress Kennels, established 1986, is a small Kennels in the rural Southland town of Gore, South Island, New Zealand.
We have had the good fortune to have owned and bred some very lovely Boxers with good temperament and sound construction.
We purchased our first Boxer in 1984, a big plain red dog called Blackmans New Boy In Town (Rocky) as a pet. Some-one told us we should try showing and we did and immediately were bitten by the 'show bug'. We decided then to purchase a bitch and were lucky enough to get a red puppy Beamis Justa Delight (Tara), a daughter of Ch Denem' Sprees Delight, a son of Ch Assisi Sprees Mr Magic owned by Mr Colin Bradley of Denem Kennels.
As time passed we decided to take a litter off Tara and again were fortunate enough to be able to use a very nice dark brindle dog - Ch Denem Dressed 'T' Command (Commando). Commando's mum, Marbelton Fortune Cookie was imported from England by Colin Bradley while in pup to Eng Ch Marbelton Dressed to Kill. The Commando - Tara litter was lovely and we kept two of the puppies Fortress High Voltage (Jay) who was a great showman with plenty of attitude, and Fortress Avenging Angel (Angel) who was an excellent brood bitch - she wasn't so keen on the show ring but her many strong qualities are still stamped on the younger generations here at Fortress Kennels. Angel produced four litters and everything bred here since has her in their line.
Ch Fortress Stormbringer, Jerry was to become our first Champion - he also won 2 BIS and 1 RBIS, with his last big win being BEST IN SHOW at the age of 7 years and 4 months. Jerry has produced 3 lovely litters and we have kept one offspring from each litter, Ch Fortress Firestorm Tori, Ch Fortress The Hurricane Baxter and Ch Fortress Matawhero Magic Rana.
In 2003 Norman passed his first Judging Exams and has been promoted to the NZKC Judges List. |
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