Consider the Boxer – A Brilliant
Boxers are a wonderful for any energetic family or individual. They are a very devoted, energetic, inquisitive and social breed. This loyalty makes Boxers wonderful guard dogs.
They may be inflexible, resulting in more difficult training than for other breeds. United with their lively nature makes obedience training crucial. For this reason professional dog walking companies such as London dog walkers are often asked to help Boxers react better to positive reinforcement techniques such as training with a clicker. Though a caring and protective dog, they are powerful so supervise carefully with children. Boxers can become easily bored and are likely to suffer from separation anxiety, this and the heavy demands for exercise means they are not the dog for busy people and households.
They evolved from an old fighting breed known as the Assyrian Molossian, that was fought in battles. This dog reached Germany in the eighteenth century this was known as the Bullenbeisser and was known for its strength, even in bear and boar hunting. It became a general utility dog. When the English Bulldog was bred with the Bullenbeisser in the 1900s the resultant offspring was the Boxer. The name Boxer was coined because of the way they pawed at the ground or air during play.
Boxers are a very popular dog, constantly in the top ten dogs in all countries.
They are strongly built and are seventy centimetres ( 24 inches) at the withers and weigh on average 30-35 kgs (sixty-eighty pounds). As a breed Boxers are part of the Working dog group.
Boxers heads are the distinctive feature, with short broad skulls with very strong jaws and a square muzzle. The lower jaw protrudes beyond the upper jaw. Boxers often had docked tails and cropped ears, which is now prohibited in most countries. A naturally short tailed breed exists in the UK, accepted by the Kennel club in the UK, this trait is often a disqualifier in other countries.
Boxers are easy to groom with their somewhat short hair and that they shed little, resulting in the requirement for brushing only a couple of times a week. The [normal~ typical] hair colours are brindle and fawn, with a white or paler underbelly and the front paws, which can extend to all four feet and the neck or face. If they have more then a third white, they are known as white boxers. White boxers are about a quarter of all births. These Boxers are not albinos, but these Boxers do have an increased risk of sunburn and associated skin cancers. Being observant of the condition of the dog, the faeces and skin is key to dog care. The extreme piebald white marking gene, also leads to deafness, with eighteen percent of white boxers suffering from deafness. Boxer clubs prohibit white boxers from breeding and cannot be shown.
Boxers have a life expectancy of ten to twelve years on average.
They suffer from heart and hip related hereditary problems. In addition they have a far higher likelihood to suffer from cancer than other breeds, with a UK survey showing that nearly 40 % of Boxer deaths were due to cancer.
They are a superb breed so if you have the time and energy for them, go find one!
