DOB: September 15, 2002
Owner: Jenifer Sarnosky
Breeder: Joan Carcasole, HiTimes Boxers Reg'd.
Sire: Am.Ch. EinVon's Dock of the Bay
Dam: Ch. HiTimes East of Eden
To date Romeo has 1 Best in Specialty Show, 21 Group placings including 2 Group 1st, 50 Best of Breed, 1 Best Puppy in Show and 8 Best Puppy in Group. In 2 weekends in the US during 2004 Romeo earned both majors and a total of 12 points. Romeo returned to the US in June of 2005 to finish his American championship with a second 5 point major.
Romeo was holtered at 1 year and again at 2 years, both monitors were 0 PVC's. He will continue to be monitored yearly. Romeo has been cleared of SAS with aortic flow velocity of 1.28 and Pennhipped 80th percentile. His sire Dock has been fully health tested and his dam Eden is the 4th generation of health tested Boxers for HiTimes Reg'd. Romeo is available to approved, health tested bitches. Frozen semen available.
Between Christmas and New Year's in 2005 Romeo was diagnosed with an aggressive melanoma. We did surgery on the initial site and followed with chemo therapy treatments. We had a brief remission over the summer and the treatment gave me some quality time with my boy. On December 18, 2006 my beautiful special boy lost his battle with cancer.
I was standing on a hillside,
In a field of blowing wheat
and the spirit of a Boxer
was laying at my feet,
He looked at me with kind dark eyes
An ancient wisdom shining through,
And in the essence of his being
I saw the love there too,
His mind did lock upon my heart
As I stood there on that day,
And he told me of this story
about a place so far away,
I stood on that hillside
In a field of blowing wheat
And in a twinkling of a second
His spirit left my feet,
His tale did put my heart at ease
My fears did fade away
About what lay ahead of me
On another distant day,
I live among God's creatures now,
In the heavens of your mind
So do not grieve for me, my friend
As I am with my kind,
My collar is a rainbows hue,
My leash a shooting star
My boundaries are the Milky Way
Where I sparkle from afar
So when your life on earth is spent
You can stand at heavens gate
Have no fear of loneliness,
For here, you know I wait.
-Author Unknown-