About Us

I have been a dog-person since childhood, I like most dogs of any breed. As a teen, my parents raised a couple of Golden Retriver litters from a retired show girl they acquired after attending a dog show at McCormick Place, and I loved assisting with those babies. I fell in love with a neighbor's fawn Boxer, Lady, who sold me on the Boxer's intelligence and loyalty . . . I attribute my love for this breed to her.

In the mid 1980's my husband, Richard, and I moved to Valparaiso, Indiana. Shortly thereafter I acquired our first Boxer, Lucy, Moonstruck's Lucinda's Aurora. It would be about a year later that I acquired our Holly, who went on to be our first champion and foundation to our breeding program.

Richard went from never having a dog in the house, to sharing his household with numerous Boxers -- never complaining, always there to offer a helping hand during whelping, showing or just caring for and letting them in and out.

Unfortunately, Richard departed this world unexpectedly and without illness that we knew of on Friday, December, 2003 (not waking up the morning after Christmas). Having assisted me in this endeavor for nearly twenty years, he will be sadly missed, and I doubt that I will raise another litter of Boxers. I am sure he was met at the Pearly Gates my many of our previously departed Boxers -- especially his favorite Duke (not that they all did not share a special place in our hearts).

He will not only be missed by us Boxer people, but also by all of those who depended upon him to keep their cars running and their computers functioning.

Pictured below is Richard with two of my special home-bred boys, Ch. Moonstruck's Skies the Limit (Skie) and Moonstruck's Dreamin da Dream (Dreamer).

In the meantime, however, I fell into the spell of many other Boxerly people and found myself wanting a French Bulldog. Shortly before Richard's death, we acquired our second Frenchie, Pineflats Moonstruck Harvest (Gizmo) . . . thus I will probably be seen sometime in the future with a Frenchie in the show ring, and surely with a litter from to time.

News Update: Being a widow is a lonely and boring existence after having someone around to do things with, thus I was fortunate to meet a SECOND wonderful man in my life! On May 1st of 2007, I married Charles Dane Stinnett . . . who, of course, also LOVES dogs! For the first time in his life, he saw newborn pups. He took our Gizmo into the Vet's office for a C-Section--got to see her babies BEFORE me!!! Of course, they went on to be spoiled rotten . . . now for a Boxer?

Back to the Boxers, we will be forever grateful to Cheryl Colby and Leon DePriest (Hollycrest Boxers) . . . one who sold me Holly when I was in the right place at the right time, and the other for being my mentor and friend. It was this meeting that produced our ownership of Holly, who went on to be our first champion and foundation to our breeding program under the direction of Leon . . . our Ch. Hollycrest's Ain't Misbehavin.

I remember the day Holly finished her championship in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I could not get in touch with Leon, so I took her myself to enjoy the cluster and spend time with friends. As luck would have it, Leon was at that show. I recall him barking out directions to me as I showed her myself, him even having to tell me the judge selected her. I was a nervous wreck about having to take her back into the ring for Winner's Bitch, however, that was short-lived as Leon came up to me and took the arm band from me and took her back in himself. The rest is history!

Leon has since departed this world too, and my last two Boxer litters were ones he did not get to see and assist me with my selection of the next Moonstruck show-prospect.

I am on the Internet to showcase our "kids", share stories and experiences about them, to help others understand our breed, and to help YOU find your "special Boxer", or answer questions you might have about one you already have.

We had limited litters and I do not have any more breeding intentions at this time with the Boxers, however, I will frequently make referrals to others who might have puppies. Once in a while we met a person who ONLY wanted one of OUR puppies after meeting others from our breeding -- even waited year or more until we had one available. I am still associated with the Mid-West Boxer Club and other breeders, thus making referrals or assisting your Boxerly search is not a problem. I may, however from time to time, have French Bulldog puppies (believe it or not, these little guys rule the Boxers, of course, my Boxers "let them") . . . so keep me in mind.