being with your boxers

[trice]

Today at work I speaking to someone,
and they asked what I was doing this weekend.
I said I'll be busy with my sweet boxer boy.
Weeeeell! Their remark was that is not healthy that
you are always with your dog!! Well ya know
what I rather be with Jude than do anything
else. At times I am a litllte too much. For instance, on
work nights, I will not go out for the night because he has
been alone while I am at work. Secondly, on weekends
I make sure he gets a real good run(off lead) and then will
only leave him alone 5hours max on saturday, and 5 on Sunday!!
Now am I the only crazy one who lives for their boxers, and feels
guilty leaving them home? I do alot of activities with him, Obedience, walk, dog parks, TTouch etc. But I must
say I have no social life, because I always want to be with him.
It is just the two of us, so I can not go out and leave him. Some people are fortunate to have several family members in the household, to relieve them I would be grateful for your responses.

A boxer Addict,
Patrice

 

[Austin's Mom]

I don't work but when I do go out I feel guilty leaving Austin home alone. Even on weekends I don't like to be gone to long. I know he's probably sleeping all day but I still worry about him. Aus is better company than most people I know. If someone doesn't like the bond I have with him, well that's just too bad!

 

[AMANDACAUSTIN]

You are not alone!

I am the exact same way. I refuse to go out on a week night because I cannot make my baby go back in his crate after he has spent the whole work day in there. The same for the weekends, I try not to be gone to long because I feel so guilty. People think I am crazy, but I can't help it.

It is a joy to be owned by a boxer!!!

 

[None-removed]

There's an old saying that fits me to a "T":

The more I know about people, the more I like my dog!

'Nuff Said

 

[buddy'smom]

Ditto here!
Kailee has a way of making me feel guilty when I leave her. The look gets to me everytime.
As for spending time with your boxer and people saying it is not healthy..... well
Since becoming a first time boxer owner 8 years ago now, I have learned to see life in a totally different way, and it is through boxers I found this.
Instead of making the hustle and bustle of daily life my focus, my time with Buddy, and now Kailee makes me see the simpler things that are right there in front of our eyes, and things that as I child I saw, but tended to ignore as I grew up. When I am out with Kailee I notice the little ladybug she has decided to torment, I watch the worm as it crawls back into the ground, I see the leaves blowing in the trees, the squirrels gathering nuts, the list goes on. In essence, I see life for the beauty it was intended to be, and it took their eyes for me to find it again. Now I don't know about you, but I find this to be extremly cathartic, I come back from my time with her totally relaxed and rejuvented. So how can that be unhealthy?

Some would argue that it is an isolated life spending all your time with your dog, but hey, have you ever spent an afternoon at a dogpark with other dog owners? It makes for a wonderful day, with some really nice people, and I especially love the fact they are not looking to see what designer label my outfit might be, just good fun with really nice people, doing what we all like best. It is an equal boundary there with other dog owners.
Yes I still like to see my friends and have some social time outside of the home, but I truly love the welcome home I get from Kailee upon my return. I can honestly say, through the eyes of my boxers I have found my inner spirit, and I love the feeling

Jean

 

[Mandy1155]

Me too!

I am feeling so guilty right now because I am in volleyball leagues two nights a week! I haven't started yet, but I have already started visiting dog day cares for those days that I won't be home. The games are only 1 hour, but that puts me out of the house 2 hours with driving etc. Luckily, my boyfriend will usually spend time with her when I am not there. I always want to get home to the dogs. Some people see it as a bad thing, but I don't and THEY don't and that is what matters.

 

[Rowdy Boys]

You're not alone.

Boxer books will tell you that boxers must have human companionship, so if you're a person with a non-stop lifestyle where you work all day, go out all night and are gone all weekend - all the time, then a boxer is not the dog for you.

I am the same way about my two boys. I look forward to seeing them when I get home from work (who else, other than your skin-child, greets you better than that), and especially when I travel out of town.

When people ask me how many children I have, I tell them four - my 6 yr. old daughter, my husband and our two boxer boys.

Some people look at me like I'm crazy, and at work I've had to learn who the dog lovers are and aren't.

Sometimes my husband thinks I'm crazy, but I told him if he wasn't going to let me have another skin-baby, then I was having a second boxer.

 

[Inge]

I also won't leave Nika alone for a long time. When I have to work, she goes to my parents, where she can play with their boxer Danco the whole time.
The rest of the time it is just the two of us. Nika doesn't mind staying alone for a while, but I do mind if she's alone for a long time. When I go out (probably once in three weeks) she's alone for about 5 hours, and I'm feeling guilty about leaving her at home. Nika is always asleep when i come home then!:p
Nika is welcome with my friends, so when I go to visit them Nika goes along.
I try to take her for a long walk almost every day, and I train agility with her.
She's everything I wished for!

 

[vaboxer]

Im the exact same way with my babies...I cannot stay out after dark because I feel they get afraid. I have no life on the weekends unless my babies come with me...or I invite my friends and their dogs over for some fun.

They are my life...I have learned so much from my big boy Hook that I consider him my soul mate...and if anyone has a problem with that, too bad!

 

[TatianaB]

Jean, that was beautiful. You are so right on how much you learn from them. No matter how upset I am, when I go home, or I spend time with Pisu, everything becomes OK again.

My husband and I changed our work schedules so Pisu will not be alone. In the week-end, the activities we do are as a family, and by no means Pisu will be left alone. Hicking is our favorite activity, and even if I am cold I will go, because Pisu is so happy, that I can't say no.

Tatiana