Pain Tolerance???

[BOXERMAX04]

Do Boxers have a high pain tolerance? I've got a 10 month old and a 12 week old. I was watching them play, the little one bouncing up and down on the big one and biting his ears and neck and pretty much anything she could get her little mouth around. He just lays there and dosn't move, and the little one bites him hard. She's bite me before and it hurt, but Maximus dosn't seem to care. I've heard some breeds, like Pit Bulls, have a high tolerance. Just curious if boxers were the same way?

 

[Sidda1018]

Henry, our boxer, will let our little maltese (3.5 lb.) bite his ears, legs, jowls, etc. too. Henry will just lay there ignoring him. Just when they are playing though......if the maltese bites him as a warning for something (like don't steal my toy) Henry will squeal and jump 5 feet off the floor....
Plus if you accidently step on one of their feet or they run into something they will yelp and let you know it hurt! So, I don't think they have high pain tolerance, at least mine anyway. I am sure it depends on the dog and the situation.

 

[MacFish]

Vegas has a very high threshold for pain. He plays with puppies and larger dogs all the time and his ears and chops seem to be a target for everyone. He lets the others bite and pull and has never yelped. He plays with my sis-in-laws AmStaff and only once has he got upset with him becasue he was hurt.

I also have *accidentally* wailed Vegas in the head with my hockey stick once. He came behind me and stuck his head in just as I was taking a slapshot. I have a pretty hard shot so I thought the poor guys must have been hurt but he looked at me as if to say "Dad, why'd you do that?" then jumped on the ball as if nothing happened.

 

[Glenys]

I call Cinda 'stoic'. Takes pain on the chin without a murmer. So does Zak to a degree but now Cini is getting older, her ears hurt when tweaked and she yelps. She didn't do this when younger and of course step on her toes and she lets you know by moving that it wasn't pleasant but that's about it.
Zak has the invincability of a puppy made out of steel and bounces around the house and off the walls and other dogs with seeming impunity. I think they're a brave dog.

 

[gmacleod]

Boxers, as a breed, have a reasonably high pain tolerance. They were bred from hunting dogs

But what you're describing re. the 12 week old puppy is just how any well mannered dog behaves with a baby puppy. They let the little ones away with near-murder LOL How much he tolerates from her will diminish as she gets bigger, but for now you can expect to see him covered in bites and scratches, I'm afraid. Now that's how puppies learn about bite inhibition and how to play, and his tolerance is a very good thing - but if you think he's being overwhelmed, there's nothing to stop you intervening from time to time to redirect her attention to some other toy and give him a little break