What made you want a Boxer??

[TammyG]

I always thought they were beautiful dogs. Last year while visiting my brother, I made the comment, if I ever had another dog it would be a boxer. Two hours later, my brother called, a friend of his had an abandoned Boxer that needed a home. I think it was DESTINY!!!!
Lucy's Mom
TammyG

 

[rdldbb]

My grandmother had a boxer when I was in high school and I loved the rough and tumble play followed by the major cuddles. So when my wife and I decided to get a dog there was very little discussion about what kind of dog we would get. I researched local boxer rescues and we now have two of the most beautiful, intelligent, loveable, sweet, caring, and funny boxers there are (isn't everybody's?). I highly recommend at least looking for a local boxer rescue when considering getting a new boxer. I think that most people would be surprised how many boxers there are in rescue.

 

[doc04]

hi when dh and i moved into are house in the country dh said he wanted a dog as he felt that it made a house a home in his tearms so i asked him what kind of dog i suppose it will be a irish wolf hound as when i meet dh his famly had one and they had a irish wolf hound all there life but he suprised me and said i would love a big slobery smells boxer and started laughting now iam a bit afarid of big dogs so when i asked him what a boxer was as i had not a clue he said it only grew the size of a jack russles so i thought about it and he said that was the only dog he wanted and wanted it one since he could rember but his dad would not let him have one so i thought about it a coulpe of days and then i said yes so we drove the whole way up the country of ireland for 4 hours and came to a house and there he was spike just playing with his brothers and sisters so i asked him what one he wanted and he said he wanted a red one with half a white mask and he picked spike it was a insent bond i think between the tow of them and they just hit it off he gos with him every were even if dh has to go to the bathroom spike is looking for him and dh takes him down the the army camp when he is here with him and the guys just love him to pieces spike is like dhs parnter in crime when spike is in trouble dh is there and when dh is in trouble spike is there its so funny to see how the two of them have boned in a year and i would not have it any other way dh says spike is the best son he has and i have to rember him that spike is is only son now that dh is away on duty in the middle east spike is so derrpesed he wont even do nothing for me he hardly eats stays up to all hours siting at the front door waiting or on dhs chair for dh its sad to see how much love is in the two of them that they miss each other like crazy and i think dh is missing spike more than me well he should be back next month is spike and i can take missing him sorry to bore yous with this story but i just wanted to put acroos how great and loveing the boxer is and now we have him i would not trade him for the world

 

[babydex]

Dexter makes 4

I was SO against having a dog! I vowed that if we were to get a "second child" that it would not be one that is allowed on the furniture, on the bed, gets table scraps, be very big, barks or sheds!! Growing up at home my parents always had 2 or 3 dogs at a time that were major shedders, and would sit and watch you eat! Oh how I hated that!
Then my DH and Skin Daughter talked me into a mini daschund (Copper). He was allowed on the furniture, rarely on the bed, but not any of the other things. He was such a cool baby in 3 months I only heard him bark twice and it was at the vaccum ! Unfortunitely we knew squat about dogs or the diseases they can get, and one day he got sick the Vet said it was Parvo, due to lack of money we had to put him down :( .
A year later the baby fever was back however only this time it was me who had it...I longed for the greatness that we'd found in Copper. Although the odds were against us, having had Parvo in our home we started the endless research on Boxers and Parvo among others and well.... Here we are allowed on the furniture, King of the Queen Bed, and Big. However is very well mannered (most of the time) and only barks when he REALLY wants your attention, which isn't very often he sometimes gets more than anyone else! Ultimately we picked a Boxer because the breed fit us and our lifestyle as well as personality. I swear Dexter thinks he's human...maybe because for the most part we treat him like one. We swear he listens better than our 7year old Skin kid sometimes!!
We also vowed that no matter what the exspense or having to go into debt any medical problem would be taken care of no matter what. We weren't ever going to loose another baby because we didn't have the money, we'll hock something first!

 

[Buster Brown]

I had always planned on rescuing a greyhound, but had a very old cat who we didn't think would tolerate a dog. When Grady died at the age of 20 in November 2003, I started talking about getting a dog (hung out on greyhound rescue websites) but dh wasn't ready and besides was sure I wouldn't like having a dog as much as I thought I would.

At one point I said to somebody, "The only way I'm getting a dog is if he shows up in my backyard." And he did! on Memorial Day weekend 2004.

I've said in another post that I didn't even know what a boxer with natural ears looked like so I didn't know what kind of dog he was. Now I'm obsessed with my pup and dh just shakes his head and says "I can't believe how much you love that dog." He loves him too! lovicon