Boxer Traits

[lmiller]

Eros especially likes to lay in the frog position on the kitchen floor, which is sheet vinyl. I think the cool surface makes him feel good! Another adorable thing he does is when he chases the water from the sprinklers. I know most dogs do the same thing, but it's just so cute when he runs around the yard chasing one stream of water and then gets soaked by the sprinkler head behind him. He loves water (I think that's due to being around out neighbor's Golden Retriever all the time) and can't seem to get enough of the sprinklers!

 

[RUMOR]

Freedom's best friend is a Lab, Dixie. Freedom also loves the water! You just might have something there!:cool:

 

[jhawkins]

Hi

I am seriously thinking about getting a Boxer, I have always liked them, very regal, strong dog.

My wife is pregnant, and we are expecting our first.

I am just wanting to know, Boxer's and small children?

OIL and Water, Or Peanut butter and Jelly?

Thanks for your time

James Hawkins

 

[lmiller]

jhawkins,

I grew up with a boxer and she was always wonderful around my sister and me. I was 5 when we adopted Molly as a puppy and my sister was born two years later. Molly was always very gentle with both of us, especially with my sister when she was a baby.

One of the reasons my husband and I got our boxer, Eros, is because of the breed's reputation of being very good around children (we don't have any yet, but someday we hope to). Eros loves the neighborhood kids and he seems to be their favorite as well!

Hope this advice helps you with your decision!

 

[Traci H.]

Peanut butter and Jelly!! My pup and my kids (youngest only 1 1/2) are BEST BUDDIES!!:D

 

[twinky91]

agree

I would have to agree with everyone. Boxers are especially gentle and loving dogs. Just this morning Miah was giving me her wonderful hugs and kisses. I just love having her in the family.

 

[jhawkins]

Awesome thank you all, I will print this oput and show my wife, so she will believe me...


She, and I don't know why, always assoiates the Boxer dog, with the pitbull, you know mean ,and will turn on you on the drop of a hat...


It's nice to know that, and I thank you all for sharing....


I could use some puppy pics to show my wife too, to let her see how cute they are,

So if anyone feels so inclined I would appreciate some pics...heh heh like kids...

The email addy is. jhawkins@bb.directv.com

Thanks Jimmie

 

[Lisa Krach]

Most of these examples sound really familiar to me. Especially the paw playing. My 2 year old brindle female - GRACEY - refuses to lay on her back (unless she is on something really soft, like the bed or couch). She is pretty tiny for a Boxer and on the slim side, so I think that she doesn't like her backbone to rub up against anything hard and that 's why she doesn't like to lay like that. She is very talkative, though -- not with barks. but with little miny howls, usually when she is really excited or happy. One thing that she does A LOT that I haven't seen other Boxers do is that her tongue hangs out of her mouth when it is shut -- almost like there's not enough room for it in there! The vet says she has an underbite. Our house guests and people that we pass on the street always seem to get a kick out of that. I just think that it's really cute. :p

 

[Gypsys Mum]

They are fantastic with kids! In FACT I tell EVERYONE I now have 3 KIDS, a 10 year boy and an 8 year girl and a 4 month old Boxer
We just went on a trip to my parents, a 7 hour drive down the coast. Gypsy was wonderful. Sat up between the kids the whole way, not an ounce of trouble. When we stopped for lunch at an old pub we all sat out on the verander. Well Gypsy sat there with the kids and for all the world acted like one of them.
In fact I think, no I KNOW, she thinks she IS a kid!
We have both had other dogs before and this is our first Boxer. I'd NEVER consider any other breed with kids.
It would be a Boxer or nothing. They are loving, kind, playful, all the things you want in a family dog. And she REALLY seems to tell the difference in kids, babies and adults and treats them accordingly.
I'd just say PLEASE make sure that you are ready for one. They do take a LOT of your time AND emotional energy. They are really not a yard dog. So if say, you wanted to lock her out while baby slept or something you'd have problems.
Gypsy HAS to be where we are 24/7. But then we knew that, it was a quality that is endearing to us, I kNOW this isn't the case for everyone.
A Boxer is a 100% commitment. I can't count the amount of people I have met now since I have had her that have 'Had a Boxer but had to 'get rid of it'. :( AND the reasons are always the
same! 'Didn't have the time' 'too in your face' 'destructive' and on and on.
We wanted a puppy for the kids and have a few issues with one of our children and knew this would help, BUT in the future it will be a rescue.

Good luck with the baby
Cherie

 

[apf10]

When sleeping, Casey needs to have any part of her body on any part of our body. If we are not around she needs to have her head elevated on a pillow or some nice clean laundry. She does the crazy dog around the house running from bed to bed to couch to bed, and so on. She also lunges for balls or toys like someone is going to take them form her or like they are going to move on their own,with her front body on the ground and her butt up in the air. We love it when she does the woo woo song (she especially does it when she wants food or wants to play). When she is really happy outside in the nice sunny weather she will roll around on the ground forever. Most of all, she is so incredibly over-zealous when anyone, and I mean anyone (even the mailman), walks in the door and she turns herself completely in half. We always joke around and call her our little "watchdog". She is the most lovable being that I have ever known.