Male and male or male and female??

[KYRocky]

Alot of people have told me that it's best to have a female and a male boxer living together then 2 males because their dominance. We have a loving 8 month old male who really lightens up our home, but now we're looking for him a playmate and companion. Any advice??

 

[Stephj]

If you had to rank them, male/female would be the best (or least likely to have problems), then male/male, and last female/female. It also depends on temperment and age.

 

[bobbiram]

We have two boys

Hi we have two boys (they just love eath other) and I posted a response to this subject, check out this thread:

http://www.boxerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66544

 

[BoxerDaneFam]

I have had 2 boys and they LOVED each other, now that Murph has crossed the bridge, way too early I might add...Hugo is just now coming around to being the dog he was when Murph was around.

I now have male/female Boxers and a male Dane and they all get along fine.

I really think it has more to do with how your boy gets along with other dogs. male or female. Maybe let him choose!

 

[Ciscobxr]

I think it totaly depends on the dogs, if you can get a male/male. I had two males and they got along great. One was the alpha and the other was fine with it. Cisco is the alpha of the house now, and if I brought home another male that wanted to be in charge, there would be problems for sure. Cisco is very dominant over my 3 yr old female pom, and she just backs down from him. (she is large for a pom, about 25 lbs) He is just now 10 months and I have very recently noticed his "man in charge" attitude starting to show.
I have heard what you should never do is have two females, even with cats.

 

[Alidog]

Apparantely female dogs are just like us human females..
We fight, we hold grudges and we dont stand down AT ALL!

 

[DogNamed_Boo]

I have two males ...no problems what so ever.. They are best buds...play well together ...eat together....nap together. There never was/is a problem is domiance..
As others have said ..it all depends on the dogs & their ages.

Good luck

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Vickie,Boo & Leo

 

[mancin]

I've also heard male/female is best. I have male/male both close to the same age, and they get along great aside from their food aggression issues w/ each other. Other than that, they sleep together, play together, etc.

 

[sgbtab]

hi I have 2 females and 1 male and I can tell you female/female is not the best it seems in boxers the female is more aggressive at least that is what I have encountered my male is very calm nothing seems to bother him but the girls have little fights over little things I have to keep an eye on them

 

[essie]

Not sure how much this relates to your question, but I have two male Chihuahuas and 1 male Boxer.. 1 of the chi's is the alpha and my boxer doesn't mind, but there are times when he kinda flips. :P :O