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So my sweet Katie Jo is great at home with our two dogs and up until recently was great with other dogs in public (i.e. Pets Mart) with the exception of being overly playful with smaller dogs. But now she is being aggressive! We have been in a training class at Pets Mart and we go every week but...

In our household our boxer baby, Katie Jo, is the twice (3 times is probably closer to the truth) bigger than our dachshund and our terrier. Anyway, we bought Katie a rope toy which she absolutely loves to play with. When the other dogs are outside (Katie spends a lot of time inside until we get...

Thanks... None of our dogs are outside alone when we are not home...but I am glad you pointed this out...you never know what could happen! However, recently I discovered that Katie is not climbing the fence...she is flying over it!! I thought if I went out with her she would not 'climb'...

Bitter Apple... I don't know if this will work on clothes (and before you try it on something like your wife's work clothes you may want to test it on old clothes) but Bitter Apple is great for stuff like this! Its a spray we picked up at PetsMart and it tastes nasty (just ask my hubby - he...

So our boxer Katie has recently decided that climbing our chain link fence is good fun. She had been doing it for a while along our back fence because there was a pole missing but we had piled a ton of limbs there to keep her from doing it and that worked. Now she is climbing the gate. The good...

Hello! Hi and welcome from Katie Jo and I!

Welcome Welcome from Katie Jo and I. Katie is my first boxer too and she has been the biggest joy! I am sure yours is too!

Tree is fine but... Katie Jo won't leave the presents alone. She keeps trying to take the bows off (and on smaller ones takes off with the whole present) AND keeps trying to pull out the tissue paper from the bags! And on top of that, she was playing with her bone and throwing it in the air and...

"Eye Boogers" My vet has always told me (with all of my animals) that the eyes clean themselves and when your eyes are closed (such as when you are sleeping), that everything the eye is cleaning out is pushed to the inner corner of the eyelid. Humans get this too which is why in the mornings...

Welcome Welcome from Katie Jo and I in Oklahoma!

So much great advice! Our trash can has a lid but I will have to check into the the sealable kind. I have never heard of those. Thanks for all of the suggestions!

Thanks! I will check that out. That is a great idea! She doesn't like loud sounds so a sound one would probably work!

We have tried everything to keep Katie from getting in the trash can and nothing has worked. We have very limited storage space in our house so putting a trash can under the sink won't work because all of our cleaning supplies have to go there. Just yesterday I tried the Bitter Apple Spray. I...

It Will All Be Okay! Just wanted to welcome you and Maggy! I am new to boxers so I don't know anything about having to keep them confined but as spastic as Katie can be sometime I can only imagine! I am sure that Maggy will heal quickly and be able to return to her usual self in no time!

Welcome Hi! Welcome from Katie Jo and myself. I am new to boxer's and to this site too so it will be fun to be able to exchange stories/pics/advice with you!