some question for you to answer about your boxer.

[tnscott]

1. how long is your dog crated during the day? I work at home so only when not at home.

2. how old is your dog? 13 weeks last Saturday

3. male or female? Female

4. how many do you have? 1 boxer, 1 ShiTzu, and 1 Schnorkie

5. do you walk every day? Yes. Either around the neighborhood or at a no leash area

6. if yes to 5 how far? at least a mile

7. how do you play with your boxer? spend lots of time interacting with her playing with toys and learning to fetch a ball as well as work on obedience.

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh? 13 weeks last Saturday and today at the vet weighed 23 lbs.

9. did you want a boxer? yes

10. would you get another? definitely! One of the best and smartest dogs we have ever had.

11. what color is your boxer? Farwn with black mask and white tip on the nose

12. where does your boxer sleep? crate at night - no exceptions at this point!!

13. does your boxer swim? just learning about water. Will go in up to her neck and bury her head in the water but has not actually started swimming.

14. does your boxer like car rides? absolutely! We started immediately and she loves to go for a ride. Sits in the back seat of my truck and looks out the window or sleeps.

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer? Now we do!!

 

[Nic & Dakota]

1. how long is your dog crated during the day?
Mon, Wed, Fri: 3 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the afternoon
Tue, Th: from about 9-6, sometimes longer.
Sat, Sun, or other days when we're home: not at all, she only goes in when we're not at home

2. how old is your dog?
19mos

3. male or female?
female

4. how many do you have?
just 1.... so far!

5. do you walk every day?
yes

6. if yes to 5 how far?
If no daycare, usually 2miles. But if she runs with me, usually at least 3miles. When she does have daycare, just about a mile, unless we are doing something special outside.

7. how do you play with your boxer?
Me, just with toys and walking and fetch.
DH - you name it. He pretends he's a puppy, he growls at her, he boxes with her, etcetcetc

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh?
19mos and about 48lbs (she's teeny, she had eating/weight problems since about 5mos old and she has a shrunken liver)

9. did you want a boxer?
At first, we thought we wanted a Black Mouth Cur, but those are mostly found in the South. Then I did more research and found that boxers have everything we were looking for. Once we saw a couple, we had our hearts set and there was no looking back!

10. would you get another?
Absolutely, but not until we move out of the city and into a house with a yard

11. what color is your boxer?
Brindle, with a white chest, white paws and half white/half black snout

12. where does your boxer sleep?
On her bed next to my bed

13. does your boxer swim?
As of a month ago, YES, yayyy!

14. does your boxer like car rides?
oh yeah, she loves them. She knows that whenever she gets in the car, she'll end up somewhere fun

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer?
hahaha not everything, but tons of stuff, yes

 

[Ronin1]

1. how long is your dog crated during the day? Never - the door is never closed, but he sleeps in there all the time anyway

2. how old is your dog? 2 1/2 years

3. male or female? Male

4. how many do you have? Just One

5. do you walk every day? We try to

6. if yes to 5 how far? About a mile or so

7. how do you play with your boxer? We live on a couple of acres and he loves to play in the yard. DH also wrestles with him.

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh? 2 1/2 years and 85 lbs

9. did you want a boxer? YES!!!

10. would you get another? Absolutely

11. what color is your boxer? Brindle

12. where does your boxer sleep? In his crate or on our bed

13. does your boxer swim? He loves water but has never swam

14. does your boxer like car rides? Hates them

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer? Not really

 

[baronsmom]

questions

1. how long is your dog crated during the day? Never

2. how old is your dog? 4 ½ months

3. male or female? male

4. how many do you have? Just 1 for now

5. do you walk every day? 3-4 times a week

6. if yes to 5 how far? 2 miles

7. how do you play with your boxer? Fetch, keep a way with a ball, he loves that game, rough and tumbles on the floor, hide and seek with mom and dad.

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh? 4 ½ months, 33 pounds

9. did you want a boxer? YES!!

10. would you get another? YES !!

11. what color is your boxer? Fawn with floppy ears and long tail

12. where does your boxer sleep? In my bed

13. does your boxer swim? Plays in a kiddie pool, no near by swimming options

14. does your boxer like car rides? Yes

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer? yes

 

[Bailey_Boxer]

1. how long is your dog crated during the day? Bailey's not crated during the day.

2. how old is your dog? 6 months

3. male or female? Female

4. how many do you have? Just one for now.

5. do you walk every day? No.

6. if yes to 5 how far?

7. how do you play with your boxer? We play with various toys and she likes to play chase around our house.

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh? Bailey's 6 mos and weighs 32 pounds.

9. did you want a boxer? Yes

10. would you get another? Yes

11. what color is your boxer? Fawn

12. where does your boxer sleep? Sometimes in her crate, sometimes in bed with my husband and me.

13. does your boxer swim? She doesn't.

14. does your boxer like car rides? Not really.

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer? Some. I worry about leaving her home alone for too long or if it's going to be too hot in the car to take her with.

 

[angray]

1. Howlong is your dog crated during the day? Anywhere from 0-8 hours depending on when DH gets home from work and whether I'm off from school.

2. How old is your boxer? 1 1/2 - he'll be 2 at the end of October...I can't believe it went so fast!

3. Male of female? Male

4. How many do you have? Only one for now

5. Do you walk every day? We used to...now that it's been so humid, we haven't gone in a few weeks - it's been too hot

6. How far? IT depends..sometimes down the street other times, it could be 2-3 miles.

7. How do you play? We play keep away, fetch, hide and seek (with toys), tug of war, we wrestle, etc....we keep inventing new games to play.

8. How old and how much does he weigh? 1 1/2yrs and 58lbs

9. Did you want a boxer? Yes!

10. Would you get another? Of course!

11. What color? Fawn with a black mask, white on his chest and the tips of his paws - floppy ears

12. Where does he sleep? In my bed

13. Does he swim? Only with his life jacket - he sinks without it. He's not a fan of water, but I take him in every so often and he's slowly getting used to it.

14. Does he like car rides? Loves them! He prefers to sit in the front with me...sometimes, he'll sneak past DH and climb into the front seat....he always wears a seatbelt though.

15. Do you plan everything you do around your boxer? Not everything, but we plan a lot around him, and family friends regard him as our child so they let us bring him everywhere!

 

[Luvnmyboxer]

1. how long is your dog crated during the day? Never has been

2. how old is your dog? 2 yrs 2months

3. male or female? one of each

4. how many do you have? two (i'm adding Titan's sis in this since she's my brother's dog)

5. do you walk every day? no

6. if yes to 5 how far? n/a

7. how do you play with your boxer? tug-o-war, frisbee, fetch, all kinda stuff outside

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh? Titan 65lbs, Zoey around 55-60 lbs

9. did you want a boxer? yes

10. would you get another? YES, lots more

11. what color is your boxer? both brindles with a lot of red

12. where does your boxer sleep? Titan has his bed in living room, Zoey sleeps in recliner in living room

13. does your boxer swim? No to both-not that we know of at least

14. does your boxer like car rides? Titan loves Jeep rides, Zoey doesn't

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer? My boxer IS my life!!

 

[Chaos's Mom]

1. how long is your dog crated during the day?
Chaos isn't crated any more . We used to crate him in the day when he was a baby and DH and I worked the same shift.

2. how old is your dog?
He is 10 months old.

3. male or female?
Male

4. how many do you have?
1

5. do you walk every day?
We try to walk every day, but we also have a fenced in yard.

6. if yes to 5 how far?
Depending on who takes him for a walk, but at least 20 minutes.

7. how do you play with your boxer?
Chaos loves playing Frisbee, he is learning to catch the Frisbee and getting pretty good at it. We also play fetch, tether ball. tug of war, tag, chase the light, find it and hide and seek.

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh?
10 months, 48.3 lbs.

9. did you want a boxer?
Oh yes.

10. would you get another?
Checking into getting another when Chaos is around 18 months to 2 years, so yes we would get another.

11. what color is your boxer?
Dark brindle

12. where does your boxer sleep?
At the bottom of our bed by my leg.

13. does your boxer swim?
Don't know. We've never had him in deep enough water to find out.

14. does your boxer like car rides?
Loves car rides.

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer?
Yep, sure do.

 

[haleyandmark]

About our pup, Asia lovicon

1. how long is your dog crated during the day?
very rarely because I work evenings and Mark works mornings ... but if she is, the longest would be around 5 hours

2. how old is your dog?
1 year and 9 months

3. male or female?
Female

4. how many do you have?
1

5. do you walk every day?
Yes, many times

6. if yes to 5 how far?
around our apartment complex and through a few extra sidewalks in the interior ... not sure how far that really is?

7. how do you play with your boxer?
if she brings us her toys, we will play with her ... we take her to the tennis courts and pool area so that we can close the gates and let her run around off leash, take her to the dog park occasionally, we have a secluded area at the lake and a pond in town that we have freqented often over the summer, where we live there is a little courtyard that we will play with her at off leash (throw sticks, balls, pine cones, you name it)!

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh?
1 year 9 months ... 54.1 pounds

9. did you want a boxer?
Mark wanted a boxer and gave me the idea, so I began to research. We didn't think seriously much more about getting a dog (got busy) until we came across a boxer outside one day and I fell in love! From then on, we looked for a boxer until we found our sweet little Asia!

10. would you get another?
We would, but not right now. Mark really wants one but I know that we don't have the time or the money for one right now. I want to wait until we get a house for another one!

11. what color is your boxer?
Fawn, black mask, white tips on her toes!

12. where does your boxer sleep?
ON us in our *cough* her bed!

13. does your boxer swim?
LOVES the water! She is a good swimmer, too! Check out my homepage for pictures of her little turtle head swimming in the pond we go to often ...

14. does your boxer like car rides?
Since she was a puppy, she has always LOVED car rides (check out my homepage for her head sticking out the window)!

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer?
Yes, yes we do! :rolleyes:

 

[StormiesMom]

1. how long is your dog crated during the day? She's only occasionally crated. For instance, if we need to go somewhere all together, we don't leave her alone, but my son and I are here with her all day during the day.

2. how old is your dog? 1 year

3. male or female? Female

4. how many do you have? Just one,.. right now...

5. do you walk every day? Yes.

6. if yes to 5 how far? Once in the morning and once in the evening, about a mile each time, sometimes farther.

7. how do you play with your boxer? My husband plays "rough", she barks and they swat at eachother, he pretends he's a cat, hissing at her - she loves it. My son does the running around, chasing in the yard stuff. I do girly play, we run around the house, chasing eachother, cuddle and play hide and seek. We do lots of "training" play time.

8. how old is your boxer and how much does it weigh? She's 1 year and weighs 37 lbs.

9. did you want a boxer? Yes.

10. would you get another? Yes, I am considering it...

11. what color is your boxer? She is a beautiful fawn

12. where does your boxer sleep? She sleeps with me or my son

13. does your boxer swim? She enjoys her baby pool, and the river as long as her feet touch the bottom. She has not conquered the actual "swimming" part yet...

14. does your boxer like car rides? Yes, she get's very excited.

15. do you plan everything you do around your boxer? Pretty much - it's crazy!

Kathy