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06/02/2026

🖤 Luna Update 🖤

For everyone following along and eagerly awaiting news, Luna is officially in season!

At this time, we are expecting breeding to take place later this week or early next week, depending on how Mother Nature decides to cooperate. As always, timing is determined by progesterone levels and reproduction rarely works on the exact schedule we’d like it to.

The planned sire will be announced once breeding has officially taken place. Until then, we’re keeping our fingers crossed, watching progesterone closely, and letting biology do its thing.

As a reminder, all updates will be posted as they happen. If there hasn’t been an update posted, there simply aren’t any new developments to share yet.

We know many of you have been patiently waiting for news on this litter, and we truly appreciate the excitement, support, and trust you’ve placed in our program.

Now we wait for the science, the timing, and Mother Nature to agree with each other.

Stay tuned!
Dark Horse Boxers

05/29/2026

My perfect girl with a perfect heart!!

Gambit saw the cardiologist today for her echocardiogram and passed with flying colors.

No issues noted, flow rate of 1.15 🎉🥳

Her Holter has been submitted & I am anxiously awaiting those results. Thyroid panel is tomorrow. 🤞🏻

AKC CH UKC CH NC Venician’s Check the King POA ATT FDC DCAT - “Gambit”

ARVC1: Negative
DM: Clear
Echo: Normal; 1.15 Flow rate
24hr Holter: Pending
Auscultation: Clear
Hips (OFA): Prelim – FAIR
Elbows (OFA): Prelim – NORMAL
Thyroid: Pending

Sire: GCH FarMore’s Justifiable
Dam: GCH Venician’s Summer Breeze
Pedigree: https://boxer.breedarchive.com/animal/view/venicians-check-the-king-3675b599-c497-4361-ab6c-54f5a220f21f

Bred by: Janice Boess-Solas
Owned by: myself & Venician Boxers Jan

05/27/2026

“What is Gambit wearing, and why is she wearing it?”

This is called a 24-hour Holter monitor vest.

The vest holds a portable cardiac monitor in place while electrodes attached to the skin record every heartbeat over a full 24-hour period as the dog goes about normal daily life — sleeping, playing, walking around the house, being a dog.

In Boxers, this test is extremely important because the breed is predisposed to a heart condition called ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy), also known as Boxer Cardiomyopathy.

One of the scary things about ARVC is that many affected dogs appear completely normal:
• No symptoms
• No murmur
• Normal energy levels
• Normal physical exam

…but they can still have dangerous abnormal heart rhythms occurring intermittently throughout the day.

That’s why a standard vet visit or quick ECG often isn’t enough. A Holter monitor allows veterinary cardiologists to evaluate the heart over thousands and thousands of beats across a full day instead of just a few minutes in an office.

And importantly:
A normal Holter one year does not guarantee a Boxer will always remain clear.

ARVC can develop later in life, which is why responsible breeders repeat cardiac screening annually and track long-term trends within their lines instead of treating health testing like a one-time checkbox.

So while Gambit may look a little silly in her “heart monitor sweater,” this is actually a really important part of responsible health testing in the breed.

05/27/2026

I know a lot of people are very excited about the planned litter from Gambit. This is a highly anticipated pairing that we believe has very strong potential for both sport and conformation prospects, and we’ve already had a significant amount of interest surrounding it.

For transparency’s sake, we do want to be upfront that our priority for this litter will be:
• Experienced/proven conformation homes
• Experienced/proven sport homes
• Local Central Texas homes willing to allow us to show their puppy
• Guardian homes with a show/breeding agreement
• Active AKC Junior Handlers looking for a show prospect

Pet homes may absolutely still be considered — and are always important and needed — but the intended focus of this pairing is preservation, structure, workability, and long-term program potential.

At this time, we are expecting this pairing to produce fawn puppies only (no brindle).

Gambit will be completing her remaining health testing this summer and is currently expected to come into season around October/November 2026, which would likely place puppies arriving sometime in January 2027.

As always, all timelines are ultimately subject to change based on Mother Nature and reproduction timing.

If you are seriously interested in this litter, please reach out to us directly through the Dark Horse Boxers page or email us at [email protected] so we can begin discussing what type of home you may be looking to provide.

We truly appreciate all of the excitement and support surrounding this planned litter and cannot wait to share more as things progress! 🥰

05/26/2026

A quick Luna update for everyone following along and excited for upcoming litters 🖤

Luna is officially starting to show physical signs of coming into season, and at this time we are expecting a mid-June breeding. As always, timing with reproduction can shift a bit depending on what Mother Nature decides to do, but things are moving in the right direction.

The stud will be confirmed and publicly announced once breeding has officially taken place. Until then, we won’t be announcing pairings prematurely.

We know there’s a lot of excitement surrounding upcoming litters, and we truly appreciate the interest and enthusiasm more than you know. That said — we are ultimately at the mercy of dog biology, hormones, timing, and nature itself. Unfortunately, there is no way to rush the process or guarantee exact timelines before things happen naturally.

As always, all updates will be posted as they happen. If no breeding update has been posted, there simply are no new updates to share yet.

Thank you all for your patience, understanding, and excitement while we let Mother Nature do her thing 🤍

05/26/2026

More of Gambit doing what she loves to do: RUN!!

Pictures from the 4/25/26 FastCAT event where she earned her DCAT title.

AKC CH UKC CH NC Venician’s Check the King POA ATT FDC DCAT - "Gambit"

Sire: GCH FarMore’s Justifiable
Dam: GCH Venician’s Summer Breeze
Pedigree: https://boxer.breedarchive.com/animal/view/venicians-check-the-king-3675b599-c497-4361-ab6c-54f5a220f21f

05/26/2026

Happy FIRST birthday, Morrigan! 🩷

I knew you were mine from the moment I met you 🥹 My sweet little birthday twin, I can’t wait to see what we achieve together!

Dark Horse’s What Lies In Wait - “Morrigan”
Vlad x Ellie - 5/25/25

05/20/2026

Good Golly, Miss Molly 😍😍
Dark Horse’s Graveyard Whistling - “Sigil”

GCHB Venician's Wooda Shooda, BCAT CGC TKN - "Woody"
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UCH Lieben’s Tennessee Shine - "Luna"

DOB: 12/12/25
ARVC1: Clear (by parentage)
ARVC2: TBD*
DM: TBD*

Bred/Owned by: Dark Horse Boxers / JoAnna Stern

05/15/2026

No matter where I stand, what angle I use, or who I’m trying to photograph… Rivet will be in the frame.

Like some kind of brindle cryptid that appears in every photo against my will. 😭

Close-up? Rivet.
Background? Rivet.
Over the shoulder? Rivet.
Getting licked mid-photo by another dog? Also Rivet.

I don’t take pictures anymore. I just document Rivet sightings.

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