Following a series
of whelping problems in previous litters, Sue and
Les Drinkwater decided to buy in a well bred bitch
from good whelping lines to start their breeding
programme afresh. They found her in a daughter
of the Top CC winning red male Ch. Rayfos Cockrobin
out of a Ch. Faerdorn Pheasant Plucker bitch. Her
name was Faerdorn
Whatever Next and she was destined to become
a star both in the show ring and the whelping box. "Donna" became
their first Champion in 1989, and is behind most
of their winning dogs today.
Photo: Sue's first show
dog Max with her two young daughters.
Boss won
his first CC at ten months of age at Richmond Ch. Show
under Peter Baynes and was shortlisted down to the final
six in the Working Group. He was also the "Cover
Boy" for Joey Royle’s book "Boxers Today".
Frozen semen from Boss was sent over to the Boxerhaven
kennels owned by Cecile Stromstaad and Henning Lund in
Norway. From the resultant litter of eleven puppies,
one of them became Nor. Ch. Boxerhavens
Guanerius, and
there were also three other CC winners. Guarnerius is
also the sire of CC winners himself.
Charlie was
Top Sire in 1993, and sire of the top winning bitch Ch.
Time to Dance at Manic and Irish Ch Benton Rob Roy. Charlie
was bought by Julie and Mick Cook of the well known Manic
Boxer kennels in the West Midlands.
From Donna’s second litter
to Ch. Bitza Shout and Roar came "Sparky", Sulez
Whatevers Best (3 Res CC) and "Sally", Sulez
Whatever Will Be for Manic. Sally won well
and was in the last four for the CC at Crufts on
one occasion when handled by the very young Claire
Cook. She was a very useful brood bitch and is
behind some of this kennel’s top winners.
From Donna’s third litter to Ch. Bitza Shout
and Roar came "Kate", Sulez
Whatever Goes to Bitza (1 CC) owned by Pat
and Andrew Varney.
Photo:
Julie Cook (Manic Boxers) and Sue with "Boss" and "Charlie" on
their 10th birthday.
Donna's
fourth and last litter was sired by Ch. Norwatch Sunhawk
Wanneroo. From this litter came "Benni", Sulez
Wannerbeloved.
"Benni", Sulez Wannerbeloved
was only lightly shown as she was rather plain but had
excellent conformation, so she was mated to Rujo Road
Warrior who was by Ch.
Sulez Whatever You Want for Manic, and a full brother
to Ch. Time to Dance at Manic. The result of this mating
was a beautiful brindle and white bitch named "Libby", Ch.
Sulez Labelled With Love (11 CC , 17 RCC’s).
Libby was awarded UK Top Boxer 1997.
A repeat mating to Road Warrior produced
a dog that was sent to Norway which later became Nor.
Ch. Sulez Sugar Daddy.
For
her last litter Benni was mated to Ch.
Sulez Whatever You Say, and a bitch called
Sulez Insatiable from this litter was sent to Northern
Ireland where she won well for the McElveens.
Sulez
Whatevers Best, "Sparky" was mated
to Ch. Bucksteps Charlie Brown as it was felt
that she needed a bit more size and substance.
They kept a B/W/B who was later to become Ch.
Sulez Shockwave, "Georgie" (5 CC,
4 RCC). Georgie was awarded a Working Group 2
at the Bath Ch. Show.
Photo:
Sulez Insatiable.
Ch.
Sulez Shockwave in turn was
mated to Sulez Bundesign and
produced the Group winning dog "Buster", Ch.
Sulez Sonicboom (4 CC, 4 RCC), winner of the Working
Group East of England Championship Show 2002. Shortly
after winning the Group Buster inhaled an ear of corn
whilst out exercising (only a Boxer could do that!).
It embedded itself at the bottom of his right lung causing
him to continually cough up blood and pus for almost
two months. During this period of illness, he remained
his normal cheerful self apart from his awful hacking
cough which seemed to bother his owners more than it
did him! All attempts by one of the top soft tissue specialists
to remove it failed, so a decision was made to remove
a third of his lung. All went well and he never looked
back. He had a lengthy period away from the showring
but returned to take his title at Paignton Championship
show 2005. There was hardly a dry eye at ringside!
From a repeat mating of Ch.
Sulez Shockwave to Sulez
Bundesign a brindle bitch named"Jemma", Sulez
Caprice (3 RCC) was retained to keep the
line going. Caprice was awarded BIS at the
British Boxer Club Open show in 2005.
Meanwhile, to further strengthen the bitches
in their kennel, they bought another brindle
and white bitch in from the Faerdorn kennels "Cher",
who was to become Ch.
Faerdorn So Glad for Sulez (3 CC, 2 RCC).
Photo:
Nor. Ch. Boxerhavens Guanerius
Cher was
by Ch. Glenfall the Gladiator out of a daughter of the
Spanish Ch. Janos De Loermo of Lynpine. Even as a young
puppy she had the most lovely head which never changed
or coarsened with age and had the most amazing temperament
with a tail that never stopped wagging!
Cher was bred to Ch. & Ir. Ch. Blueprint
Beern Skittles at Walkon and produced
"Yumyum", Sulez
Bundelicious (3 RCC) and "Desi", Sulez
Bundesign. Although Desi won well,
he had to make way for his son out of Ch.
Sulez Shockwave, who
was later to become "Buster", Ch.
Sulez Sonicboom. Sulez Bundelerius went to the
Sandyne kennel and Sulez
Fair Share went to live at
Merribox.
Yumyum was mated
to Ch. Showbiz for Faerdorn, and she produced the beautiful
headed bitch "Fizz", Sulez
Limelight. Fizz in turn was mated to Ch. Lanfrese
Surething at Manic and from this litter produced a smart
B/W/D named "Todd", who was
later to become Ch. Sulez
Shorenuff.
For her second litter, Fizz was
mated to Berwynfa Bootlegger at Headon , and a B/W/B
is currently being run on named "Tipsy", Sulez
Moonshine.
For her last litter Cher was
mated to Ch. Makeneys Magical Moments. Sue and Les fervently
hoped for a red bitch as they knew that Cher could
produce reds. In fact she did have two plain red bitches,
which was rather disappointing, but there was an outstanding
dark brindle and white bitch which showed great promise.
She did not disappoint! This outstanding bitch became Ch.
Sulez Blackmagic (54 CC, 33 BOB, 28 RCC). Please
see Magic's
page for details of her
impressive show career. Magic is a multiple Best In Show
winner (All Breeds and Specialty).
