Combining, Substance, Elegance &Temperament
Bokson Boxers are situated in Perth, WA
Owned and run by Brian & Sue Mckie
ABOUT USMy husband Brian and I have always had a great love of animals, particularly dogs and so as soon as we were able to purchase a home of our own back in 1973 a puppy and a kitten were purchased and became our family.
Some 5 years later we purchased our first boxer puppy, "Elsa" and she and our daughter, Sara, who was only 9 months old at the time formed a great bond.
In 1983 we decided to breed with Elsa and so, through the breeders directory in the Canine Association of Western Australia’s Canine News we found a suitable stud dog and hence our first litter of boxers were born. The owner of the stud dog had recently had a litter himself and was interested in showing and so we decided we would also give it a go and so kept one of our puppies and went along to a couple of shows and were of course bitten by the bug.
In 1984 we were lucky enough to be able to acquire a lovely red and white male – Ch Foxfire Khashoggi – “Khash” from Jim Black in South Australia. Khash was joined a few months later by a pretty young bitch who became Ch Gumbrae Jitterbug – “Jitter”. These two dogs took the double at the Perth Royal Show in 1984 – Khash taking challenge dog and best of breed and “Jitter” taking challenge bitch and runner up of breed. Needless to say we had a fantastic day.
In 1985 we were more than fortunate to be able to purchase the pick of litter from Tony & Jo Van Rhoda – Gumbrae Boxers, her name was Ch Gumbrae Duet – “Bonnie”. During her show career Bonnie attained well over 1000 challenge points which is no mean feat particularly for a bitch, however this was in the days before Grand Champion status was recognised. At the America's Cup Western Classic Championship show in 1987, with international judges, Bonnie was Best Exhibit in Show with an entry of over 1300 dogs. On the same weekend she took Best Exhibit in Show at the Utility Dog Club Championship Show again under international judges. At the first Boxer National in 1988 Bonnie was first in Open Class and went on to take Challenge Bitch and Runner Up in Show. At the second Boxer National some two years later, and with 12 week old pups at home, Bonnie again took the Open Class and Reserve Challenge Bitch. She was certainly a force to be reckoned with.
