There's always an exception!

[Linda]

We've said on this board how boxer owners are always so friendly and willing to talk about their boxers. Last night I met the exception. :(

I went to the dog park last night. As we pulled up, I saw a couple playing with a boxer and another dog. I got my two out of the car and walked over to talk with them and meet their boxer.

Remy and Bailey walked up to their boxer and he jumped up and started to box them. The woman put the leash on her boxer and said he "does fine with other dogs, but fights with other boxers." :( I said, no, that's how boxers play.

Well, she didn't seem very friendly or willing to talk, so we just went on to the fenced off-leash dog area.

A little while later they came in the fence with their boxer. I thought maybe on "neutral" territory, the dogs could play and I could talk with them. I walked toward them, with Remy and Bailey following.

She still had him on a leash and said again that he doesn't do well with other boxers and she didn't want to let him off the leash. Another man there said, "you never know til you try." I told her to let him off, my dogs could fend for themselves. She said she wasn't worried about that, she didn't want him to get in a fight. :rolleyes:

They left, with the woman grumbling that she couldn't let her dog off the leash because there were other boxers there. Pleeeease!

Anyway my evening was saved when another young couple showed up with their male brindle boxer, Zeus. We talked for a long time and Zeus played with my two. :D
They even said they'd be willing to bring him back on Tuesday nights for "boxer play group."

 

[Eva]

Man, how sad about that lady and her boxer never allowed to play with other boxers cuz she is too naive!! I honestly think boxers know when they are playing w/ other boxers. Roxy has so much energy...only other boxers can attempt to keep up w/her! LOL Kaiser is not a big player w/other dogs in general, but when he sees another boxer, it is a whole different story! (Esp. if they are girls...hehehe...I think he likes to flirt!) Anyhow, I am glad your kids got to finally play w/Zeus and your evening was saved! :D

Eva

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**VERY PROUD MAMA OF**
Roxy Ember Gitzes - Adopted at 7/99, 1 1/2 years old, female, fawn, natural ears

Kaiser Joe Gitzes - rescued from a shelter 7/00, 6 years old, male, fawn, cropped ears

 

[Boxer Crazy]

That's great that someone nice showed up with a boxer to lift your spirits.
Hopefully that woman will see Zeus, Remy and Bailey play some day soon and realize that she just might be wrong!

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Keisha - March 8/98 - female plain brindle with cropped ears
Travis - May 14/00 - male flashy fawn with natural ears.
Sammie - approx 11 yr. F/S Beagle X
Riley - March 8/97 - F/S tri-color, long haired chihuahua

 

[Darcy]

Linda I wish I lived a little closer. I would LOVE to let my girls play with Remy & Bailey! Gabbie would make all of the owners laugh in obedience class because she would keep punching the laboradors (etc.) in the face and quickly lay down flat as a pancake! She was the class clown! :D

There is nothing funnier boxer play! :p

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Gabbie, 4/20/99 fawn fe, natural ears
Cassie, 2/99 (adopted 7/00) flashy brindle fe, cropped ears

 

[Kindra]

I also thought all "Boxer People" were friendly. I ran into one exception when I was taking Winnie to obedience training a couple years ago. There was this guy there who said he was a Boxer breeder. I was thinking great I could ask him all kinds of questions and chat with him (This was my first Boxer so I had lots of questions). He was so rude. He kept making comments about my baby, "she is so little" (she was only a like 6 months old), "She would never be able to show, look at her markings" (Like I was planning on showing), He just kept saying things like that and I was so mad. This was like insulting one of my kids. I just turned away and ignored him. Luckily he was not in my class so I didn't have to deal with him.
So I know how you feel. Luckily Most "Boxer People" are very nice.

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Kindra (Winnie and Pocquie's Mom)
Winnie 1-1-98 flashy brindle female
Pocquie 1-3-98 plain reverse brindle female

 

[BXR MOM]

I think from your description you are being too harsh on this lady. As an owner of a sometimes aggressive Boxer I have to watch her very closely when we are at the dog park. We usually go very early in the morning and walk the paths that are less crowded. While many times she is perfectly fine there have been a few occasions where I can tell she would have pounced had I not grabbed her. I have never been able to figure what sets her off. She loves her little sister to death.

While I can understand your scepticism in her response that her boxer only doesn't like boxers, we don't know this dog's history. We brag alot on this board about how our Boxers can recognize one another. Maybe this dog actually had a bad experience with another Boxer and recognizes them all as bad.

If this dog was really agressive to only Boxers, you should feel fortunate that she didn't let him off the lead. She was only being responsible. Trust me you wouldn't have wanted to get your hand in the middle of a dog fight.

However, her grumbling about not being able to let the dog off leash becuase there were other Boxers there is her problem. If my park is too busy when I get there that is our problem and we have to walk with the leash on. I reminded Lexus everytime that happens that if she would just change her attitude she could run loose!

I am glad that your Boxers did find another Boxer to play with but since we don't know all of the facts, we should give her the benefit of the doubt and a pat on the back for showing some responsibility.


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Ann
Lexus - Six year old flashy fawn female, uncropped
Lucy - white female born 3/00, uncropped

[This message has been edited by BXR MOM (edited 08-09-2000).]

 

[Linda]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BXR MOM:
I think from your description you are being too harsh on this lady. As an owner of a sometimes aggressive Boxer I have to watch her very closely when we are at the dog park.

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Okay, maybe you're right. If her dog truly had a problem with other boxers, then she was right in keeping him leashed.
Even if the dogs didn't get along, she didn't seem very friendly or willing to talk about her boxer at all, while lots of other boxer owners I've met are all too willing to "talk boxers."
Someone on this board said having a boxer is like being in a secret club and other boxer owners are so friendly. I don't think this particular owner was part of the Club.
Personally, I get very excited when I see another boxer. Maybe I'm just weird.

 

[Boxerworld]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Linda:
Personally, I get very excited when I see another boxer. Maybe I'm just weird.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Let us check if you're weird....LOL
Do you wear boxer tshirts? boxer socks? boxer shorts with boxers on it? Do you collect boxer statues? Do you visit this board daily? If so, you are very normal. It's the other people who are weird :D

Boxerly,

Olly

 

[Brutis and Bama's Mommy]

Linda, hopefully the Tuesday that is coming I can come down and let my boys play with Remy and Baily, I have to pass my welding test first though.

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Colleen
Brutis, Neuterd male, Fawn w/black mask, dob 12/31/98, his last Mommy felt she did not have enough time to spend w/him.
Bama, netuered male, fawn, dob sometime in 1998, from the Alabama Boxer Rescue and Adoption Inc.