Boxer Traits

[WEscott]

All that!!

My Lexie has all those traits and more!! She thinks she is a human and quit put out when she has to act like a dog. She also paws at me to pet her, snorts when I rub her ears, and loves to chase the frisbee. She is my 5th boxer, 2nd female. I have raised 5 boxers with my 6 kids and they are like my kids! Best of friends.

 

[Spoony]

bum wagging

I dont know if it has been said yet but my dog has a mean bum wag. Might be due to a lack of tail. He would be lethal with a tail connected to that wild butt!!

 

[Riggers]

Bum wigglein', stump chasein'

Stella also has a mean bum wiggle. She has also been chasing her stump of a tail since we brought her home. She gots so close to getting it but she is just a fraction away everytime.

 

[chickie1]

Scribe1128
Nifftea

well I dont know if its a secret, The deadly Gas Attack,
but I had started to feed them all SOY Free foods. and it seemed to work.
if canned food is used, I usually try pedigree, whatever you do, DONT DONT DONT use mighty dog. even though when you cant get them to eat, that will do the job.

at nite, they get thier dry food, Lamb and rice formula
actually its Walmart brand, first ingrediant is LAMB, and
I go a little overboard with this, but I buy ckn livers.
they cost about 1.15 or so a pint. add some water to it in a bowl and nuke for 20 minutes. when done, I either put in a blender or just mash with a masher. pour over dry food and let cool a bit (not too hot or they will burn their little mouths) and presto. I have had no gas from them in months
and boy oh boy, I cant tell you what a relief that is.

since I have 4 to feed, this works great. if you have 1 the ckn livers would last a few days.

let me know how it works for you

 

[scribe1128]

Gas attack

Well, thanks for that. Actually, I feed Titus the Walmart 'Ol Roy lamb and rice dry food. I experienced extreme gas with my other baby, Jake, when we mixed canned and dry food. As soon as I stopped the canned stuff, the gas decreased, but didn't stop completely. I wish there was some sort of product for dogs, like there is Beano for people! Titus also gets a cooked egg a couple of times a week in his dry food, with a little bit of canola oil. I'll try the chicken livers. I can't imagine he wouldn't like those!

 

[Nifftea]

To Chickie

I saw some canned Pedigree puppy food that had either chicken and rice or lamb and rice at Petsmart yesterday. The NM puppy can is $1.05/can, the Peidgree is .46 cents. I stuck with the NM, but wondered if I was just being stupid and the end product of too many commericals..... I don't add a lot of the canned to the kibble anyway.

Jazz didn't have the gas on Iam's and NM canned food. She is having it now from eating NM 50% and Iam's 50% with a little of the canned. I also thought with NM the stools would be less frequent because of no filler, but so far, we are still being blessed at all times! I don't leave food or water down for them and feed on a schedule, but man on man, puppy blooms are all over the kitchen floor! I am tempted to go back to Iam's.....

Will try the chicken livers when the weather warms back up. Don't think I can take the smell of livers with the other puppy smells at this time. I have a very SENSITIVE stomach due to chemical allergies.

Pray for sping!

 

[kami]

Champ really loves to play Hide and Seek. He also goes to bed with me and uses me as his own personal pillow. I just love to cuddle with him. The heavy head thing is so cute. He gives sad puppy dog eyes when we are not paying attention to him. Big guilt trip!

 

[Clari's Mom]

New to Boxer World/Boxer traits!

Hi Fellow Boxer lovers

I read all seven pages about the Boxer traits! It is so great to hear such positive stuff about our Boxer babies!

Clari has a couple of traits that I haven't read yet - wonder if anybody else's Boxer babies do these -

First, she loves to give "flea bites" - she uses the edge of her teeth to nibble me - when I'm goofing with the kids, she will kind of growl and nibble a little harder - when I laugh because it tickles, she nibbles a little harder - the harder I laugh, the harder she nibbles! I usually wind up on the floor cause my legs won't hold me after laughing that hard, but still with Clari nibbling away!

Also, we taught her to kiss on the lips! If I have a treat for her or have her toy, I tell her "kiss" and she will kind of dive bomb a kiss right onto my lips - it is the funniest thing!

She has pretty much all the other traits, including the kidney bean (what a great name for it - I too thought there might be something wrong with her the first time I saw that!), the wiggle butt, the guilt tripper expert, etc.!

She is my first Boxer - Oh what an incredible breed!

 

[Krikkit]

Re: New to Boxer World/Boxer traits!

Originally posted by Clari's Mom

First, she loves to give "flea bites" - she uses the edge of her teeth to nibble me - when I'm goofing with the kids, she will kind of growl and nibble a little harder - when I laugh because it tickles, she nibbles a little harder - the harder I laugh, the harder she nibbles!

Welcome to Boxerworld :D

Ruben gives "flea bites" too Clari sounds like a wonderful girl - looking forward to reading more about her. You did well to get through all these pages on this thread

Sharon

 

[Priscilla]

New to boxers

We have a 11 week old pup, female, Bailee. She is wonderful, and I wonder why we haven't had boxers before!?
She already displays so many of the traits - kidney beans, sassiness, flea bites (big time), GASSSSSSS, and generally loving us all. She loves to wrestle really rough, and did love to bite. Husband got her to stop biting, which is where the flea biting comes in. She thrusts her head hard into your hand with mouth slightly opened - but it's not biting! She is changing so fast. She was a tiny 3 lbs when we got her, now she is 10 lbs. Already "potty trained", and walks pretty well on her leash. I can tell she will be a joy for all of us! I am enjoying reading the forums, and hearing what's in store for us!