My partner, Bob Blumberg, and I had a vision of what might be done to improve the lot of the Boxer in this country. Often dying far too young of various cancers (such as lymphoma, hemangiosarcoma and osteosarcoma) and ARVC (boxer cardiomyopathy), the state of the breed inspired us to look to the concept of general longevity in the pedigree when making breeding decisions. As Dr. Robert Bezel said once in a television interview: