Aggressive Boxer

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Abby Angel

Boxer Booster
Your puppy may be needing more attention from the family so she is trying to get it from your golden. Please bring your babies inside by your family. By bringing them in to just warm up and putting them back out can make them very sick. Boxers need the human companionship as does your golden. They will be so much happier. I hope it works out for you. Good luck and keep your babies comfy cozy!
 

clopez

Boxer Pal
yes it's normal and why outside?

I agree with the the normal puppy behaviour.

I feel the same about what was said about boxers being sensitive to extreme weather. I'm curious too about why you keep your pets outside. I'm sure we all hope to hear your answer. To me your schedule should be the opposite. That is, keeping the dogs inside and taking them outside for an hour or so. Boxers are simply not outside dogs. Please take the advice from everyone and consider keeping both your dogs inside.
 

ELubas

Boxer Insane
He is 8 weeks. Eventually he will be an outside dog along with Ruby when its not 0 degress outside anymore. Our daily schedule is to let Ruby inside for about 30 mins - 1 hr a day to just be in the family room and warm up. We try to give Vargas as much exposure time to Ruby as we can because we want them to get along when they are permanently together....


Any advice would be great
Thanx

-BoxerStyle

Been following this thread to see if perhaps you might want to rethink this. What does Ruby DO all day outside? Could she be in the mudroom, porch, etc? You know a Boxer cannot be outside in cold weather, right? The interaction between the dogs is normal but I hate to think of these two outside :(
 

NJBoxermom

Boxer Booster
Ita 150%

That is completely normal puppy behavior, and not aggression at all. He is trying to get her to play with him. It's also normal for Ruby, an adult dog, to be extremely tolerant of a young puppy's antics. Once he gets older she will most likely stop putting up with it and correct him, or "put him in his place." Or maybe she never will. Either way, once he gets a bit older all the puppy nonsense will stop.

One other thing that I must add is that boxers are NOT suited for outdoor living at all. Their short coats offer no protection from the cold, insects, or heat (a dog's undercoat actually helps keep cool in hot weather just as much as it keeps them warm in cold weather). Their short muzzles make them even more prone to heat stroke. Besides physical factors, if left in a yard they will become very bored and
it would be best to keep this puppy indoors -- even when he's grown.

Boxers are not outside dogs, period.
 

nikasha

Boxer Pal
Some dogs can handle extreme temperatures outdoors. Boxers are not one of them. I know you have gotten a lot of input here regarding this issue. Even if you have a safe outdoor environment for your golden, she no doubt needs companionship. Dogs naturally live in packs, and when they live in your house with you, your family is their pack. Boxers are also extremely sociable, and very needy in terms of human interaction. Ours even get sad and confused if we don't let them in the bathroom with us!

Our Niko once got accidently left out for much of a cold night by an irresponsible roommate of my husband's. He was very traumatized by that event- about 4 years ago. Since then, when he would get let out to pee, he would go out only far enough to pee, and then immediately run back inside, even with our other dogs in the yard with him, and even in the summer. He could no longer enjoy the outdoors unless there was a person outside with him. It is only within the last 9 months or so that he has begun to hang out outside for about 5 minutes at a time.

One other warning story I would like to share- in regards to dogs that can handle the weather. I don't know how much snow you get in Ohio, but it is a possible danger. I couldn't find the actual story right now to verify details, but it was about some men in a remote area (I think they might have been military, or scientists, or something) with some huskies or malamutes- they may have been sled dogs. One of the men felt bad about the cold and let one of the dogs in the tent/hut to warm up for a while before going back out for the night. Well, in the morning that dog had died, because the snow drifted over him, and the extra heat he had from being inside made it melt. Then it refroze into ice, covering his nose and suffocating him. The other dogs were fine, because they had been outside the whole time. The organization these men were with then made a rule that the dogs were not allowed inside at any time, because it was cruelty to animals.

Basically, the gist of the story being, there are times that certain dogs can be outside dogs, if they are in a pack. They should in that case be exclusively outside or they should be inside dogs. Boxers cannot at any time be an outside dog. I feel bad for your dog to be exclusively outside, by herself. For a pet, it is hard to get anywhere near the amount of attention and affection living outside as it is inside. If your boxer is an inside dog, and your golden is not allowed to be inside, it would also be possible for her to develop jealousy/aggression towards him for getting treated differently/being given a higher place in the family.
 
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