My Gracie (red flashy fawn) is just 4 and my George (white and deaf) is 10 months old. Both of them exhibit ALL the aforementioned Boxer Traits. George is especially notable when he woo woos because, being deaf, he woo woos very loud (to feel the vibrations in his throat so he knows he's making noise) and it is very high pitched. He likes to do this when Gracie won't pay attention to him or if she has a toy he wants. This usually occurs around 6 in the morning. Thank God the house is well insulated or the neighbors would complain. My boxers also have a "sweet spot" on their sides. When you rub or scratch either one of them on their "sweet spot" a back leg starts kicking like wild! About the GAS problem; I changed my dogs from a grocery store food to a premium food (like Science Diet, but what I get is called Paul's Pet Food; it's not only cheaper than Science Diet, but it gets delivered to the house! It has NO BY-PRODUCTS AND NO FILLERS). Cleared the gas up real fast! Occasionally one or the other will pass an SBD, but neither one will claim responsibility (unlike male children who are PROUD of their bodily noises and/or smells). Gracie likes to lie on her back and extend one of her front legs straight up, letting the paw flop down like a debutante extending her hand to be kissed (probably why her "full" name is Princess Gracie the Spoiled). Gracie is a bit more reserved that George who, at 10 months and over 70lbs, fully believes he is still a lap puppy and takes a flying run at me with his back legs leading when he hits. Gracie can be very jealous. When my son Matt had a girlfriend over, Gracie would squirm in between them and turn all of her attention to the girl so the girl would have to pay attention to Gracie instead of to Matt. She was a GREAT chaperone! Gracie gets a little jealous if she thinks George is getting too many loveys and will bring a toy or a chew bone over and drop it where George can get it. When he goes for it, she grabs it and starts to trot away, looking back over her shoulder so George will follow her and leave me. Both dogs are champion kidney-beaners. I used to think Gracie was trying so hard to wag her little nub of a tail that it just whipped the rest of her body around. Another trait of boxers (mine and every other boxer I've ever met) is that they truly believe EVERYONE wants to love them and they will pose to attract attention and loveys. When Gracie was real little, if we went for a walk and passed someone who didn't pay attention to her, she would stop in her tracks and look back at that person like "what kind of a moron are you? Don't you see how beautiful I am? Why didn't you adore me?" Neither one of my dogs understand yappy little dogs who always want to start a fight that my dogs could end by just putting a paw on them and holding them down. My dogs never want to fight they always want to play. Gracie loves to swim but can't abide cold and wet (rain). If forced to go outside in the rain to do her duty, she attempts to tiptoe which is hysterical.
