Our love for Boxers had an early start. Jack's parents had a plain

brindle female which he grew up with. It wasn't long after our

marriage in 1972 that we got our first two Boxers. We tried showing

but learned very quickly we only had very nice pets. Since we

really wanted to show, we sought out Don and Pat Starkweather

of Raineylane Kennels. We persuaded Don to sell us a promising

young male that went on to become Champion Raineylane's Beau

Brummel, a noted dog for the wins he garnered with the help of

Peter Baynes, a well recognized Boxer handler. In 1978, Jack became

an A.K.C. licensed handler himself, but pursuing this profession was

put on hold from 1981 to '88 so he could devote more time to our

young family.

  When Jack resumed showing, he first acquired a flashy brindle

male, Von Schaum's Midnite Edition, who in time completed his

championship. In 1990, a Cherkei fawn bitch puppy joined the

Brown household, later making her mark as a A.B.C. Dam of Merit.

Also that year, opportunity arose for us to acquire two littermates

three years of age. Raineylane's Paladin, the male, finished and

became Sire of Merit. The ten years following us taking over the

Raineylane line has proved to be productive. This certainly would

have made the ailing Don Starkweather  proud. Jack became a full

time handler and has bred over 20 champions, besides finishing

many more for his clients.