Recent content by MaryinVa

The book is available on Amazon.com too, for 6 dollars less....

Welcome! Hi, welcome to boxer world!! I am a Virginia native but moving to Winston-Salem in a month and a half. We have two boxers - a nine month old female fawn named Chesney and a ten week old brindle male named Spencer.

When I took Chesney in for her hives, our vet told us that sometimes dogs get hives from an infection. These hives area smaller than allergic hives and they end up crusting over - sounding like what you are describing. She told me that an antibiotic was required for treatment. Chesney's hives...

So last week Chesney broke out in huge hives all over her body. We gave her benadryl and put her to bed but unfortunately in the morning, she was even worse. I took her to the vet and they decided to start her on steroids and give her a steroid shot IV in the office. Within one minute or...

Anybody got a good vet in Winston-Salem? Thanks!!

The little guys get tuckered so quickly...

Posing for a picture...

Thanks :) It is so fun having a puppy again... and it's even better this time around when Spencer has a big sister to help raise him. Chesney is so good with him - if he's playing with something he's not supposed to be, she'll take it and bring it to me. She's just so happy to have another...

Letting the little guy win

Just an update - we brought Spencer home and they are doing great. Chesney is a little jealous and acting out a bit, but she's GREAT with the little guy. Plays gentle and even lets him win sometimes :) I'm uploading pics of the new little guy....

Hi - we have a seven month female fawn named Chesney and on Saturday we're getting a little baby brindle boy named Spencer to join the family. My question is, should we make a policy of doing everything with both pups or should we try to spend alone time with each? Chesney and I have a lot of...

Thanks! Thanks for the great welcome yall! You're absolutely right about tired pups - we actually decided to get Spencer because Chesney spent some time with my husband's family's boxer and we realized how much happier she was - and by extension how much happier we were :) Hopefully they will...

Here's Ches where you'll almost always find her... on the couch!

Hi everybody, I'm a new member from Virginia. My husband and I have a seven month female fawn boxer named Chesney who is the light of our lives. We've recently made the decision to add a new little one to our family - Spencer, a male brindle puppy, is joining us in less than two weeks! I'm...