RADAR
(4.10.09) Ray (Radar) has been an awesome dog. We often wonder how anyone could have given this little guy up. He is a very sweet and is always trying to please. We are working on building his confidence back up since he always thinks he is in trouble. The thing is he does nothing wrong at all. We are even to the point where he does not go in his crate when we leave the house. We can trust him to not get into anything or have an accident. I am going to take his crate down. He enjoys going everywhere we do, and rides in the car great. We go for long walks in the woods and a leash is not required, although I use one in the neighborhood. He still tends to not like strangers so we watch him the first few times he is around someone. But for the most part, he is Mr. Happy Go Lucky and seems to know that he is going to have it good from now on. I attached a picture of Him with his favorite rabbit. That pretty much shows how he looks most of the day. He gets up to play real hard for about 30 minutes then back for a good nap. I would swear he is part cat. --- Dan (5.4.09) How are you all? Hope this finds you well. We are doing great. Radar “Ray” is still as sweet as ever. We just took him to get his nails filed and he weighs 60.2 lbs. Dan says he is getting round, but I think he looks very healthy. He is our baby for sure! He loves to get in bed with Hanna when we are reading books at night. He enjoys playing with the neighbor dog, a basset hound named Kalvin. He loves all the neighbor kiddo’s and wants to be outside playing whenever they are. He does not like thunder storms and needs to sleep with us when it is storming outside. Ray loves car rides! Ray enjoys walking to school with Hanna and enjoys running along side me for exercise. We just ran/walked about 4 miles today. He has been such a joy to have in our family. We will send you some pictures as soon as Dan get’s them on the computer. Hope you are doing great. Sincerely --- Shawna, Dan and Hanna
(10.22.12) Hi! I don't know if you remember, but my husband, daughter and I rescued Radar (aka rayray) about 4 years ago from you and we just wanted to let you know how much he means to us! We love him so much! He has brought so much happiness to our family, I really do not know what we would do without him!!! He is such a sweetie! He loves to cuddle and follow me around everywhere. He sleeps with our daughter every night. He is the neighborhood doggy and is well liked by the kids. I remember he held a special place in your heart and just wanted you to know how amazing he has been. He is so smart, knows many tricks and is very friendly with kids and other dogs!! We are getting ready to celebrate his 6th birthday. Thank you for your love and devotion to these sweet boxers!! Shawna B.
ROXIE
(11.17.10) Roxie is doing good. She is loving her new home. I emailed you guys a few months ago about her excessive licking and urinating in the house. Both have seemed to get better as time progressed. Lucy, her sister loves her too. They are buddies and even sleep next to eachother at night. My girls love her and she is very gentle with them :) We are still going through the "puppy" phase of chewing. We provide her with lots of toys to chew and I rotate them. I am guessing (hoping) her chewing will calm down. We run at least 3X a week and walks others, or she gets her exercise with our other dog and our neighbors dog. Thank you again for checking in on her. We love her very much! --- The Rupps
(12.2.10) Roxie is doing well and is getting BIG. I made a grooming appt. for them both this weekend so I will get a little weight on her. She has definitely filled out :) She is beginning to "calm" down a little and her excessive licking is getting better for the most part. I think she has found her place in our family. Here is Roxie sleeping next to her "sister", Lucy. Lucy is our dog that we found 8 years ago. Now, they share a pillow or should I say that Roxie shares Lucy's pillow. We love her!
RUDY
(11.19.10) Dear HBR,
First of all, we want to thank you for the support in our search for our new family addition. We met numerous Boxers in our search, and even attempted to adopt one from another organization. However, we found HBR to be outstanding in support and care for the all the dogs we met. Not to mention, the people of HBR were the best to work with; and to be around.
I raised hunting dogs for most of my young adult life, but had never heard of "rescue". When Nikki mentioned searching for our dog through rescue, I was confused and a bit hesitant. After witnessing the difference HBR makes in many lives, I will never again search breeders. Although we took, for what must have seemed like forever, we finally adopted RUDY. As I indicated earlier, I have raised and trained many dogs, but have never owned a Boxer. So, I've had many I called the best. I'm having to go back on that now ........ Rudy is, hands-down, the best ever. He's truly like our child at this point, and we're so happy to have found him.
When we first met him, he was very stand-off-ish with men, but once we decided he was the one, it was like he knew he had to change his behavior. He immediately became comfortable, finding his way around our little puppy, Sam (Brussels-Griffon), and seems to now be the leader and big brother. He plays with Sam and, although he's not into toys, he will run around the yard with Sam and wrestle with him. Of course, like most folks, we started with the "no dogs on the furniture" rule but now that Rudy is family .... it doesn't bother either of us .......... it's his furniture as well ! Not to mention, he came to us with the learned habit of respecting the home .................... thanks to HBR ! We have had four female fosters in the past few months and he has never had any problems with them. He seems to be ok with sharing his home and his family.
We cannot imagine life without him ..... thanks again !
Here are some photos of Rudy's new life ................... as Nikki would say, "Lazy Bum!". In one of the photos he and our recent foster were found lying in our bed. When they got caught, neither of them moved and simply seemed to pose for a picture. Rudy is allowed on our bed and that is where he can be found most of the time, which is why Nikki calls him a lazy bum.
Have a great week,
Jay & Nikki Grimes - Pearland, Texas
