Recent content by MissyElliott

Can anyone suggest how I can stop my poor little (well not so little) Missy from losing her lunch in the back of my car? Even on short journeys, she sometimes heaves - the quickest yet is 4 minutes !!! I don't think I'm a bad driver (before you lot say anything!!!) It seems she get just a...

Jumping We daren't let our Missy off the lead yet but we are activly socializing her around other dogs & people. She does tend to jump up at the other "bigger" dogs - hopefully in play. So far this week she's beaten up a German Shepard and intimidated a Collie! It seems some other dogs are...

Crate is Great Our dog Missy loves her crate but during the day she is confined to the kitchen for up to 6 hours a day - we can't fit out crate in there so she sleeps in a large fleece dog bed. As soon as we let her back into the rest of the house she goes straight for the crate.... she's there...

Progress! Further to my last post & in response to Stephan & Louise501, Missy is 18 weeks on Thursday. I took Missy to the park this week and she walked!!!! Still won't follow my lead & wants to go her own way (typical Boxer?) But it's a start...... AND she beat up an German Shepard pup...

Bless her... Our Missy just won't walk on the lead. She just digs her heels in and refuses to budge. We've tried harnesses, treats, encouragement and even just plain old dragging her till she gives up! She is a stubborn thing. This is our first Boxer.... is this normal? HEEEELP!

Hi, I would like to say how relieved I am to find this site. We have a 17 week old brindle called MIssy and she is absolutly lovely. Having a small amount of trouble, but I'll cover that later. In the mean time - Thanks for letting us join and hopefully be getting to know some of you soon.