Erwin O. Freund

Mr. Freund was another Boxer devotee and very important to the development of the breed in this country. As early as 1909, as a youngster, he was already showing his own English Bulldogs. In 1936, the Freunds acquired their first Boxer, who was registered under their own name, though Mazelaine bred, as Tweedle Dee of Tulgey Wood, a son of Dorian out of Dagmar of Mazelaine.

The Freund's venture into Boxers was deliberate and the result of searching for a breed that was a loving companion, a courageous guardian of children and a discriminating watchdog. They found all of this in the Boxer. The establishment of the famous Tulgey Wood estate gave Mr. Freund the opportunity to really branch out in his favorite breed, and he purchased and imported in rapid succession the great Lustig v Dom, Pitt vd Wurm and several bitchs including Lisl vd Blutenau, Dolly v Golmer Berg, Xanta v Germanenstolz, Jolli v Hager and others. These-- and the progeny they began to accumulate-- were all housed in a most modern and scientific kennel, embodying such innovations as air conditioning, duplicate sets of removable wooden gratings for the floors of the interior pens and wind breaks for amacite runs. Tulgey Wood campaigned its own dogs until the US entered the war in 1941. In all, some forty dogs carrying this kennel suffix acquired championships. Records indicate that Mr. Freund became a member of the ABC in 1936, and continued as such until his death in November, 1947.