Recent content by Mike69

Hi guys I in need of a little help. My 8 month old bitch Shankly seems to be doing a lot of scratching for no apparent reason. It seems to be worse when she first gets up in the morning she will have a good old scratch for a couple of mins. The areas she goes for are at the back of her front...

Hi guys just wondering if you could shed any advice on a strange habit one of my friends dog has. Firstly I'll give you a bit of background info. I have a eight month old red bitch (I'm from england we say red you guys say fawn)called Shankley my friend has a two year old dog called Chester. The...

Well Shankley is due to come into season for the first time round about now. I was just wondering if I can doing anything for her or if there is any advice out there that I may find usefull. Thanks Mike

Hi guys just wondering if any of you can give me any suggestions as to what I can add to Shankleys food to encourage her to eat it. Some days she will eat all her food without any problems on others her breakfast will still be there at tea time. I've recently started picking up her food after 10...

Last night my girlfriend and I were sat on the sofa watching tv and Shankley my 6 1/2 month old boxer bitch was fast asleep on her bean bag. Suddenly she jumps up wide awake runs towards the back door and starts growling in a really low deep growl. She then ran back in the lounge and looked at...

I have a 6 month old red bitch I just want to know roughly what size/weight she should be. She was not the runt of the litter or anything but she seems to have stopped growing or really slowed down but as of yet she is still quite small. I know that I'm probably over reacting but I just want...

My dog always pooped in her crate every night without fail and then I got a piece of advice which I followed and she never did it again. I simply got a large cover and put it over the top of the crate when she was it and at night I pulled it right over so she could not see out. It worked for me...

I'm from England where as you know the cropping of ears is banned. I just want to know why you think that cropped ears look better, I for one think that boxers look so much better with natural ears. I'm not trying to start a argument I just want to see what everyone else thinks. Also if it is ok...

Hi guys and a specal thanks to all of you who responed to my last question it has really put me at ease. Anyway here is the next question. My 5 1/2 month red boxer called Shankley after Bill Shankley the old Liverpool Football club manager (I'm from england in-case you haven't guessed) goes...

I have a 5 1/2 month red boxer called Shankley, she is a fantastic friendly dog who loves to play with anyone who will play with her, however I do have a slight concern. Over the last month or so she has become a bit funny over her food. Sometimes you can feed her and she goes straight to the...