Our journey into this wonderful breed came with the purchase of a Christmas puppy, we named him "Hooch". Although Hooch was nothing like the Boxers we have today, he taught us to love this wonderful breed. In 1994 a club was formed in the East Tennessee area and that got us involved in the world of competitive dog showing. We went to our first dog show in the Fall of 1994 in our hometown of Knoxville, TN and knew that Hooch didn't measure up to what we were seeing at the shows. So, we had to have a show dog :) We purchased Ry-Neal's Super Trooper 'Trooper' from Mike Neal in Virginia. He was to become our first show dog, but Trooper had other ideas, he hated to show. So instead he became more or less the foundation for Blue Monday Boxers. To date Trooper has sired 5 champions and two more are pointed. So we are striving to make him a Sire of Merit. We hope you enjoy your journey into Blue Monday Boxers, we certainly enjoy visiting you.