I had the pleasure of growing up with a Boxer during my childhood and teenage years. She wasn't just my best friend, she was my protector and my sister. I was 8 weeks old when she was brought home at six weeks and she lived to see my 21st birthday. Lots of stories I could tell about Willow.
The Boxer is like someone got a Pit Bull and told someone to add a bit of Rottweiler to make it a bit larger, more protective and to calm it down just a bit, then took the dog to a Doberman Pinscher's stylist to ear crock and tail dock. When satisfied with the result, they then said to make more. They are so awesome!
This is very informative, however I have had eight boxers and my extended family has had countless more. The issues mentioned here? All we have ever seen was cancer, and that IS a real problem. The other issues? I would say are not common. They say the average life span is 12 years? Only one of ours, including family owned boxers, is 8 to 10 years.
Boxers are good little dogs, but they need someone who's going to be home all day or a daycare. I got a 3 month old in front of a shelter, because she was out of control. It was young lady and I'm guessing Fern was in a kennel all day. She chewed her tail hair off(it took a few months to stop that) & she was snarling & bitting me😄😭 at first. She needed an outlet for her energy. At 2yrs she's a great dog, good watch dog and very enteraining. The are athletes for sure.
I remember, back when I was in 8th grade, a girl at my school told me that her family owned a boxer. One Friday night they all went to the movies. When they got home they saw the house was a wreck with almost all the furniture torn up and knocked over. They immediately called for their dog. There was no sound. The Dad had them go outside and wait. He grabbed a shotgun from the coat closet and searched the house. When he got to the family room their dog was dead with gunshot wounds. The window was broken and two people were also dead. The dog killed two would be thieves. Their bags were still empty and on them. From that day to this, I've loved boxers!
Which is why preservation breeders are so important. They don't just slap two dogs together to breed them, they take a lot of time to plan out a litter to make sure that only the healthiest dogs are being bred in order to lessen the chances of breed related health issues being passed down.
also known as the GERMAN BULLDOG. if you want a REAL Boxer, with the real bulldog look. bite, temperament, intelligence, and strong workability. go to western Europe. or have one shipped to you from there. around $2 grand you will be paying.
European dogs are so overhyped when in most cases they are not better than american lines, and sometimes even worse. Like European show doberman, which have the shortest lifespan of all doberman, and european cane corso, which have one of the shortest lifespan of all breeds (3rd shortest).
@@TheBurrito171 I STAND BY MY COMMENT. about the European lines from western Europe. Germany/there home in particular. and with the cane Corso, the BIGGER the breed. the shorter the life span will be.
@@mysticakhenaton1701 A decade ago the cane corso had a reputation for being healthy, long-lived, and athletic compared to other mastiff breeds. Now, Euro corso don't even live longer than great danes or english mastiffs. It's not the breed, it's the bad breeding decisions that emphasize size and a single phenotype which are propagated by euro breeders to a degree that is probably worse than american breeders do. Euro breeders producing something better and healthier than american breeders is the exception rather than the rule.
They aren't bred to have few teeth, but are bred to have an undershot jaw. This is because Boxers are catch dogs, bred to catch and hold game. The jaw and short nose allows them to lock on and still be able to breathe out of their nose.
Meh, I grew up with an uncropped but a docked Boxer and I personally think they look better cropped and docked. Boxers have very thin tails and once they break it, it's extremely difficult to near impossible for the tail to heal.
