FURIOUS!! can't leave him alone for 30 seconds

[MizBev]

Jim,

Aren't they just wonderful little furbabies. I have two. Tyson is 5 months old and we do not crate him or his mom. We do keep them in a locked room. Unfortunetly we have had to nearly empty the room because he has chewed on everything. It was just the carpet (really old carpet) but a couple of days ago he chewed up his own doggie bed. I think it's just the nature of the beast. And it is not just the puppies. Mom is notorious for getting anything edible off of the kitchen counter and sharing it with her boy. We finally wised up and made sure everything was put away before bed time. I think you just have to "boxer proof" your house and hope for the best.

Good luck.

Bev

 

[erinfrances]

don't be fooled!

Oh, and one other thing.

Your Boxer may on occassion behave when unsupervised. Be warned - this is a very clever Boxer trick. It is all part of their devious plan to gain your trust. Should you fall for this and let your guard down, you have only yourself to blame for any damage or disaster that occurs.

Realize that we are just "stupid humans". We will never be able to outwit the Boxer.

 

[MMMM]

My Boxer will go in the garbage too.
Luckily, I am a vegetarian so there isn't much, other than tissues, in there that interests him.
If I am not going to crate him, I just put the garbage out of his reach somewhere before I go out.
You might try putting the garbage permanently under your kitchen sink in the cabinet so that he can't get to it.

Good Luck!
Love,
Marisa and Brewster (2yr. white male)

 

[Chris W.]

some never grow up

I think maybe some boxers just never grow up. I had Bob for 8 yrs, and tho he never chewed anything that didn't smell like food (he loved to sneak chewing gum out of my coat pocket if the coat was hanging on a chair) he never, never outgrew his love for garbage. Around the age of 2 I finally gave up and bought the plastic can with the lid, this he simply knocked over during the night, and clawed the lid off and commenced to stuffing his face. I fooled him for quite a few years by putting the can in the cabinet under the kitchen sink. Around the age of 6, he discovered that he could use his paw like a hand, and his claws like fingers, and simply pulled the cabinet door open to assume his desire. Finally, my trash can ended up in the kitchen closet. He never did learn how to open that door, but I noticed he watched me and my hands whenever I opened that door. Given a few more years, I'm sure he would have figured it out.