September 9, 1999 - October 19, 2006
Ch. Cameliard's Tribute to Starjax x Cameliard's Nivetta le Fay
Pedigree
Progeny

The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal,
and I am determined never to reckon upon any other.
~Horace Walpole

On October 19, 2006, we lost Hugo to complications following a bowel obstruction surgery. Following is the announcement we made to the Boxer community. The rest of Hugo's page remains as it was the day he died, as a reminder of all that we lost, and a guiding light for our future.

He's gone....

My beautiful baby boy, born into my hands, my first champion from my first litter. He should not have been my first to die.

Hugo, who had never before ingested an inappropriate object in all his seven years, had surgery at the emergency clinic last Friday to remove an obstruction, which turned out to be a pair of nylons, in his small intestine. He was progressing amazingly well, and was acting almost like his normal self by Wednesday. On Thursday morning he was lethargic, not really interested in eating, so off to the vet he went. After a couple of hours there and with no improvement he went back to the emergency clinic. He continued to deteriorate, they were able to treat him and see some mild improvements but only temporarily, so they wanted to go back in and clean out what they thought was an area of infection around the intestinal resection.

They never even got him into surgery - his blood pressure kept dropping in spite of the different medications, he started having trouble breathing, he stopped producing urine - he was heading into organ failure, he was unaware of his surroundings, and in spite of three vets working on him trying everything, he kept getting worse. We decided to end his suffering - I'll be haunted the rest of my days as to whether that was the right decision, but the vet couldn't give me any hope - it wasn't really a matter of if he would die, but when. Necropsy showed a pocket of infection in the mesentery, and 50% infarction of his kidneys, with infarctions in his pancreas and spleen as well. It was a senseless death, and I'm still struggling to come to terms with it. The world is a darker place, today.

He was my heart, and I loved him so.

We will miss you, big kid, and we love you.


"...very sound, pretty head, proper slightly sloping topline, very
masculine...great energy and style....a good-moving dog."
~Judge Stephanie Abraham

"...good head and side gait."
~Judge Norman L. Herbel

Pedigree
Health Test Results

Hugo is our first homebred puppy, and he takes after his half-brother, Linus, in that he is also a clown! He loves to hop around the back yard for no reason at all, then run inside and lick your face as hard as he can. He has also lately taken to carrying my shoes around the house - no chewing, no slobbering - he just carries them around. At just a few days old, Hugo could be found sleeping on his back, legs sprawled, completely relaxed and without a care in the world (a trait he retains to this day). A typical Boxer male, Hugo is incredibly sweet and laid-back, and extremely patient and gentle with puppies.

Hugo began showing in spring 2000, with consistent class wins and placements. He absolutely loves showing, and won't let me out of his sight on the mornings of a dog show, to be sure I don't forget him. (I don't even need to leash him on the grooming table these days - in fact, I have a hard time getting him off of it!) Once he matured, Hugo quickly came into his own, and in just three weekends of showing picked up 10 points (including both majors) and 4 major Reserves. After the winter break, Hugo finished his AKC Championship on February 8, 2003 at the Central Indiana Boxer Club Specialty.

Hugo has been retired from the show ring, save the occasional local Specialty, where he still holds his own. At the Michigan Boxer Club Fall 2003 Speciatly Show, judge Mrs. Stephanie Abraham awarded Hugo Best of Opposite Sex over seven other Specials, four of whom were ranked in the ABC Top Twenty for 2003. Hugo also garnered 8 points in Canada, however scheduling conflicts have prevented him from crossing the border to finish his Canadian Championship.

Hugo's first litter of puppies was whelped on August 3, 2002. We co-own a bitch from that litter, Xena (Newcastle's Crown Jewel of Randolph), and we own a bitch from his second litter, Evie (Newcastle's Vision of the Past).

Health Testing

Hugo's Win Pictures
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	Michigan Boxer Club September 26, 2003 Best of Opposite Sex Judge Mrs. Stephanie Abraham
	Pontiac Kennel Club September 7, 2003 Best of Breed Judge Mrs. Judith Voran
	Pontiac Kennel Club September 6, 2003 Best of Breed Judge Mr. Bruce E. Voran
	Central Indiana Boxer Club February 8, 2003 Winners Dog 5-point major Judge Mr. Bruce E. Voran **New Champion**
	Greater Muskegon Kennel Club November 8, 2002 Winners Dog 2 points Judge Dr. Robert D. Smith
	Sturgis Kennel Club November 1, 2002 Winners Dog 3-point major Judge Mrs. Dorothy O. Hutchinson
	Mid-west Boxer Club October 5, 2002 Winners Dog 5-point major Judge Mr. Bruce E. Voran
	Saginaw Valley Kennel Club September 7, 2002 Winners Dog 1 point Judge Dr. J. D. Jones
	Michigan Boxer Club May 31, 2002 Reserve Winners Dog Judge Mrs. Phyllis Rader
	Detroit Kennel Club March 17, 2002 Winners Dog/Best of Winners 1 point Judge Dr. J. D. Jones
	Ohio Boxer Club Puppy Match February 20, 2000 1st Place 4-6 Month Puppy Dogs

On his sixth birthday, with the present he picked out.


8 weeks old