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Katrina, Richard & 12wk old Cassius ('02)

Katrina w/ Cash, Nik, Bru & FuFu ('08)

  

Who We Are:

We are Katrina and Richard Sun.  The name "Soleil" comes from our last name, but fits well as "soleil" defines our dogs perfectly... and of course it means SUN!"   We had always had dogs growing up, but in our 3rd year of college, we felt that it was time for a dog of our own.  It didn't take us long to decide on getting a boxer, seeing as how we both had always admired the breed.  The more we researched the more we fell in love with the breed.  Before we truly committed to purchasing our first puppy, we looked at every website possible and attended as many local shows as we could in order to absorb as much information as possible on the breed.  One memorable Saturday in July of 2002, fate would have us meet for the first time Maribess Johnson of Shelterwood Boxers.  Maribess would soon become our breeder and mentor to the competitive world of dog shows.  We cannot thank her enough for trusting us, "a couple of college kids" and allowing Cassius to be our very first boxer. Not long after, we were back at Maribess' picking up our second boxer Nikki!  Cassius and Nikki are the beginnings of Soleil, and what better way to pay tribute than to use their silhouettes as our logo - Nikki on the left, and Cassius on the right. (logo designed by our friend Paige Powell). Without Maribess' help, we would be without  two joys of our lives, and not be invovled in the fun, competitive world of showing dogs.

It did not take long for us and our families to be won over by this amazing breed, infact Richard's parents were so taken, that they insisted on taking NIkki's son, FuFu, the all white pup from our first litter. We could not imagine our lives without this wonderful breed.  They are truly amazing animals- fun, happy, easy-going, playful, calm (and crazy), empathetic, protective, lovers of life and family. 

On May 22, 2009, a picture perfect day in Sonoma, California Richard and Katrina finally tied the knot at Viansa Winery. With our closest friends and family surrounding us, we all celebrated the 7yr courtship, and toasted a wonderful new chapter in our lives. We look forward to a long and happy life together. We may not be certain what adventures our future holds (be it new careers, kids, or any challenges life may throw us) one thing is certain, our boxers will always be by our sides, and perhaps even another type of breed mixed in every so often!

-Katrina &Richard Sun
         Soleil Boxers est. 2002
 
   

Our Goals: Healthy, Long-lived, Well-Tempered Boxers who meet the American Boxer Club Standard

We at Soleil do not take breeding lightly, nor do we plan on breeding often, as space will limit the number of dogs we can keep in our home.  Our dogs are family first (we consider our pets part of our family), show dogs second.  They are on our couches, in our beds, and they often share bites of our food too!  Our dogs are a part of our family; they go everywhere with us, and we would not have it any other way.   That being said, our goals when we do decide to breed, is always to better the breed.  We hope that with each breeding, the next generation, will be better than the last.  Careful planning goes into each litter, taking into consideration all aspects of a well-rounded boxer. (Health & longevity, temperament and conformation.)  We breed in hopes for our next generation of show pups, (conformation and obedience/agility), not to fill a public need for boxer puppies .

 Realistically, not every puppy in every litter will make it to the show ring.  Those puppies will be placed in carefully screened pet homes on spay/neuter contracts and limited AKC registration ("limited" meaning no offspring will be eligible to be registered with AKC).  The reason for this being there is an over abundance of boxers in rescues and shelters in need of homes.  We do not want any dogs we produce to end up in rescue, or their offspring for that matter.  All puppies that leave our home, show or companion, will also leave on the understanding that if for any reason, the original owner can no longer care for their Soleil boxer, they will make every effort to contact us first, and return the dog to us. Puppies bred by us will leave with either a spay/neuter contract (for companion pups), or show or breeding contract for those that will be intact. Pups to remain intact will likely remain co-owned with us until said dog is retired and altered. Please feel free to contact us if you have more questions about why we have these contracts in place, and also what they are specifically.