All about us..... In 1989 we purchased our first show hopeful.....a  flashy brindle  dog which we believed with our "untrained eye" would  be our first champion. We  wanted to do everything "right" so first we  had to come up with a kennel  name......we thought of about eight or  nine names but we wanted a name that  nobody else would try to copy.  We came up with the name Caldora......one which  we felt would be  ours because we took the first three letters Cal from our last  name,

  Calbert then we took the last four letters from my maiden name of  Doran.  Thus giving us the name of Caldora....... Now that we had a  kennel name, we  needed to name our new puppy. We tried to think of a  name fitting a beautiful  flashy brindle male that showed "promise".  After several weeks, we came up with  the name Caldora's High Flyer  for the reg- istered name. We then gave him Ace  for his call name. We  were on our way! We had a lovely brindle male who seemed  to love the  show ring and everyone associated with showing. He really had   personality. We started showing him at the age of 6 months.

We really  didn't know  that we were technically "spinning our wheels". After a  couple of months, we realized that we had just given him the best  experience he could get. He was shown  consistantly those first couple  of months and became a real "ham". Ace would get  so excited about  going to a show that all you would have to do is say "Ace, want to  go   to a dog show?" and he would race up the stairs to the bathroom and  jump in  the tub and sit and wait for you to come up to give him a bath.  Ace had a nice  show carreer (we as beginers were excited about it). He  has to his credits 4 Best of  Breeds, 3 Best of Opposites, 5 Best of  Winners, and numerous Reserve Winners.  During his show carreer, he  was expertly handled by several handlers. They are  Pam Kunke, Harold  Tippie, Johnny Johnson, and was finished by Genine  DeMasso. Ace was  3 1/2 years old when he finished. He was shown selectively  when he  matured.

     We are sorry to say we lost our "beloved" Ace 1 month before his 12th birthday to Degenerative Myelopathy. He made us proud and gave us many years of happiness and "unconditional" love. His daughter Fergie, was 2 months short of her 13th birthday when we "helped her to the Bridge". Fergie was as "playful as a puppy" until just a couple of days before she left us.
We have come a long way in 28 years.  Most of our knowledge came from  "hands  on" experience. We have been very  blessed with healthy dogs,  and have  struggled and sacrificed alot to fulfill our passion for the Boxer breed.

    We are proud of our accomplishments however small they may be,  and we are  always aiming to produce the "most perfect specimen" we  can possibly produce  without sacrificing temperment and health. In fact  temperament is a key factor in  our breeding program. If we were to find  unsound temperment or ill health in a  dog, it would absolutely not be  bred.

    As far as our future, we are still striving for excellence. We are planning breedings that hopefully will give us the "ultimate specimen".