Alerissa Boxers

The stories of Joe, the boxer that my husband had as a child
led me to my first Boxer, Bach. In 1996, Bach entered our
lives and my heart was captured. Bach a big lovable
brindle male brought us to love the breed so much that we
decided to find a place to be able to have more. On a
summer's afternoon and a drive in the country we
discovered a place where we could have our dream. In 1998
Willow Wood became ours. Willow Wood is the name of our
property, the home of the Angel Baby Boxers and the place
where it all began. We had the vision that our registered
name would be Willow Wood. When we found out that AKC
would not let us register this name we decided on Alerissa.
Alerissa was chosen for our grandchildren, Alex and
Marissa, our hope for the future.

I have to believe everything happens for a reason. We plan
the course of our lives, we learn, we are challenged and we
follow that path. The path takes us through many obstacles.
The path is never clear and always changing and
sometimes not as we had hoped.

Hope enters my life and touches my soul. The story of Hope
has changed my life. She is my Angel. Hope loves so
unconditionally, she seems to know all my feelings, and she
challenges me to be a better person. In my younger days I
was physically fit and as I grew older I became lazy. Hope
and I began the game of agility. The training wasn't
suppose to be for me, but for some reason Hope trained me.
I grew stronger as a person because of this game that Hope
loved so much. I knew I could never be without Hope.
Knowing that a Boxer does not live to be as old as human
souls I knew I had to carry on to always have Hope.

I should have known that Hope would never let me choose.
On my birthday she brought us Faith. A singleton puppy to
carry on and so she became Willow Wood's Faith. Even
though she was suppose to be my birthday present Faith
became my husbands special girl. Faith was not like Hope,
in looks but glimpses of that wonderful personality were
there. Faith is her daddy's girl.

And so my journey of Hope begins again. I used to sit
under the willow staring at the beautiful blue sky
dreaming, praying and being thankful. We were blessed
with a second litter from Hope. This time they were 4
puppies, but only two survived. It was a complicated birth
and this became Hope's last litter. A stillborn came first,
not even fully developed. It was miracle that the two
survived, Sky and Stormy. Hope's Angel died 3 days after
birth; she was the one that looked like Hope. Stormy was a
white puppy that had a smile planted upon her face. And
Hope gave us the Sky. Never will we be without Hope.

Willow Wood is home to Charles (Chico) and Rebecca Kunz.
It is also home to Chico's dad Charlie. Our Boxer kids are a
part of our family and will continue to grow old gracefully
with us.

We strive to raise healthy, loving Boxers with great
temperaments that will always be a part of a family. We
Hope that you find that special bond with your chosen
companion. We will always be there to answer your
questions concerning the Boxer.

We show our Boxers in AKC and UKC Conformation and
AKC Agility. I am a member of the Scott County Kennel
Club, UKC Ilowa Kennel Club, the Midwest Boxer Club and
the UKC Great Lakes Boxer Club. (visit links page for links
to these clubs)

Now to meet our Boxers visit their individual pages listed
on our Home page or listed at the bottom of this page.
When you see an underlined name within a page it is a link
to that sire or dam's web page on their owners web site.