My boxers aren't cuddle bugs. We got Sullivan as a pup and he shared our lives and hearts for 8 1/2 years (until he died). The closest he ever got to cuddling was laying his head on our foot. If I sat on the floor to cuddle with him, he started bouncing and playing and would NOT lay down and cuddle for more than a minute or two at best. Murphy was a show dog and kenneled for the first four years of her life. When I try to cuddle with her she gets that scared look -- eyes kind of rolled back -- and resists with every muscle in her body. She's been with us for four 1/2 years so I guess she'll never be a cuddler. Last August we adopted Tucker, a year old pixer (boxer/pix bull mix), and HE'S a cuddler for maybe five or ten minutes. Then he gets tired of cuddling and wants us to play, play, play.