How much do you think your boxer understands?

[tys&kyz]

Tyson understands lots. He has not been with us to my parents house in about 3 months. We all went last weekend and when we passed a church about 1 mile before their house he started beaning in his seat. By the time we got there I was afraid he would have a stroke he was so excited. Shame on me for keeping him from his grandparents.

*lacy*

 

[boxergirlxx2]

The girls both understand so much... Callie is facinated w/ rawhide bones..she will be running by and i say where's your bone..she will go find one, bring it to me and drop it at my feet.
then i say i don't want it you play...and she will pick it up with her mouth and throw it across the room, then i tell mollie to get it, and they chase eachother.
they also know the "are you thirsty?" they start licking their lips and walk over to the water bowl...it's funny..
when we pull up in the drive, they run to the front door, watch as we get out of the car, then run to the door from the garage and stand, if you're not fast enough, they run back to the front door, to see what's taking so long, and then run back to the other door and wait..and go on and on till youwalk in..
they also recognize the schwans truck..they bark when it pulls up, and start beaning like mad women when their favorite delivery guy gets out.. they love him, he is their play pal every other friday..
they also know "lets go for a ride" and if i'm driving, they go straight to my car, and if my mom is driving they go wait at her back car door...
they amaze me....of course they also ignore sometimes too..like "go kennel." suddenly their deaf....

 

[AZ Boxer Boys]

It amazes me how smart they can be - - and I agree with jmb9101 - they just ignore when they want to!!
Cindy

 

[Scrapper's Mom]

Of course I'm prejudiced but I think Scrapper is incredibly intelligent, as well as intuitive. He does this thing that is so cute, when we ask him if he has to go "outside potty," if he really doesn't have to go then, he sits right down and looks right at you, as if to say, "No, I'm fine right now!" Not to mention we have to spell the word "F-R-I-S-B-E-E" in front of him. He knows what our cars sound like when we drive up, all our names, his toys, the cat's name, so much more. He knows if he waits outside the bathroom when Roscoe is in there using the litterpan, he will be able to corner him because he has to come out that one door. When he's chasing Roscoe, I've seen him turn, anticipate and head him off just like he's herding cattle. And that doesn't even take into account his intuition of your feelings, knowing you are sick, or that he needs to be not jumpy and careful around a baby or a child with a cast on his arm, or a grandma.

I always think of the thing people say about us human beings - "We only use 10 percent of our brain" - Well, what if dogs use ALL of theirs? They got us licked and Boxers have HUGE heads...

 

[Jaelle]

Pénéloppe is the most intelligent dog I ever seen. In fact, she think she is a human!:D

She knows the names of all her toys and all her friends (human, cats or dogs). If the human friend is in the house, I just have to tell his name, and she will run for him. For dogs, she's very cute: she knows were her friends are. If I say where's Maggie (my mother's golden) she's in the front window to see if she's coming. If I say Moussaka, she's out in the backyard to see if my neighbor's dog is coming down.

She loves to play hide and seak: I tell her to stay, I hide myself and tell her ok, and she will run like crazy to find me. It's a winning game with kids, believe me!

Without saying nothing, when I pick up her leash, she knows she's out for a walk. When I pick up Igor's leash, she stays and do her pitty face!

She understand everything so fast, it's amazing!

 

[Rowdy Boys]

I read on here somewhere one time that boxers have the same vocabulary capacity of a 2-3 year old child and can understand 200 words or so.

 

[Scrapper's Mom]

Without saying nothing, when I pick up her leash, she knows she's out for a walk. When I pick up Igor's leash, she stays and do her pitty face!

I forgot! One time Scrapper was so anxious to get his walk, he grabbed his own leash, brought it over in our bedroom and threw it down on the floor - how can you not know exactly what that meant?

 

[sparsey]

The girls always know every word we say about going for a walk. We've taken to spelling it, which they get in no time and then just saying "W" or making little walking motions with our fingers. As soon as you ask them if they want to go for a walk, Ruby gets so excited I'm afraid she's going to bean herself right out of her fur!!! One time we were teasing her and we said to her "Ruby, do you wannnnaaa" then we would stop, she would have the tilted head look waiting for us to say the word Walk, just waiting, waiting, and then we will say something else instead of walk. Disappointed look on her face, we'll do it again, tease her a little more then finally say the word Walk and she's beaning her little bum all over the place. They know the difference between a ball, a rope, a balloon. They also know the difference between a car and a truck. They are by no means dumb!!!!!!! But I'll have to agree with everyone about the selective hearing thing -- I think they get that from my husband.......

 

[Lizzie]

Way too much sometimes!

 

[sparsey]

Today my husband took the girls out to do their thing and it was raining. They don't mind the rain too much, just depends on how hard it's raining. Anyway, they come back in and my hubby says to Angel, "go and get your towel and take it to mom to dry you". So she runs up the stairs, finds her towel and brings it to me (at eighty miles an hour of course!!!) There isn't a person on earth who could convince me that animals are "DUMB"!!!!!