Boxer

 An intelligent, loyal pet, the boxer has a excessive want for companionship and exercise. They are no longer comfortable when many times left domestic alone.

Boxer At a glance

The Boxer Dog Breed

Boxers are illiberal of warm weather, and care need to be taken to forestall them from getting overheated.

Size:

Weight Range:

Male: 65-80 lbs.

Female: 50-65 lbs.

Height at Withers:

Male: 24 in.

Female: 22 in.

Features:

Brachycephalic (squashed face), droopy eyes, floppy ears (naturally)

Expectations:

Exercise Requirements: >40 minutes/day

Energy Level: Very energetic

Longevity Range: 8-10 yrs.

Tendency to Drool: High Tendency to Snore: Moderate

Tendency to Bark: Low

Tendency to Dig: Low Social/Attention Needs: High

Bred For:

Bull-baiting, guardian

Coat:

Length: Short

Characteristics: Flat

Colors: Fawn, brindle, with or besides white flashing and black mask

Overall Grooming Needs: Low

Club Recognition:

AKC Classification: Working

UKC Classification: Guardian Dog

Prevalence: Common

Boxers are stocky, muscular and powerful.

Males Boxer develop to about 25 inches and weigh from about sixty five to eighty kilos (30 to 36 kilograms); ladies develop from about 21 to 25 inches and weigh from about 50 to sixty five kilos (22 to 30 kilograms).

Boxers have regal, relatively fashioned rectangular heads. Their jaw is undershot and the muzzle blunt. They have a broad, deep chest and a highly short, sturdy back. Boxer's ears fold over naturally, however traditionally, their ears have been cropped to stand erect. Their tails commonly are docked and carried high. Their ft are compact and the toes are arched.

The boxer's coat is brief and sheds moderately. Some boxers are a rich, fawn coloration and others are brindle. Their face or masks is commonly black, however many have white face markings and white on the chest and paws.

Personality:

Boxers are intelligent, high-energy, playful puppies that like to continue to be busy. Their temperament displays their breeding. They decide upon to be in the organisation of their proprietors and are loyal pets that will fiercely defend their household and domestic in opposition to strangers.

Few boxers bark excessively. If a boxer barks, probabilities are there is a excellent reason. Many boxers are vocal, however, and make a growling noise that is clearly simply the dog's way of talking.

Living With:

The boxer has a excessive want for companionship and exercise. If these desires are no longer met, boxers can be damaging if left on my own in the house. Boxers are perfect for humans who favor a canines associate with them most of the time or for large busy households with houses that are regularly occupied via someone. They can do nicely on a u . s . property or in a town condominium as lengthy as they have the possibility to romp and expel energy. If you stay in an city area, everyday walks are necessary.

Boxers are illiberal of warm weather, and care have to be taken to forestall them from getting overheated. They additionally want safety from the bloodless considering that they are short-coated. Their coats, however, are very effortless to care for and will be vibrant and brilliant as lengthy as they have a properly diet, are bathed occasionally, and are given ordinary rub-downs with a grooming mitt or brushings with a rubber curry.

Some boxers drool excessively, and some laugh and snore. Like different large dogs, boxers are no longer specifically long-lived. Their lifestyles expectancy levels from about seven to 10 years.

History:

Boxers are descendants of extinct bullenbaiser breeds crossed with mastiff, bulldog and perchance Great Dane and even a terrier. They have been developed in Germany in the nineteenth century, originally as bull baiting puppies and later as butcher's helpers, controlling cattle in slaughterhouses. Some breed historians say boxers are named from the German phrase boxl, their slaughterhouse designation. Other fanciers contend the title boxer comes from the attribute way that they use their forepaws to play, sparring lots like a human boxer. Boxers had been now not imported to the United States till after World War I. After 1940 the breed rose to come to be amongst the most popular in America.

Boxers are regarded working dogs. They have been one of the first breeds employed as a police dog, and they have been used as seeing-eye dogs. But they are additionally bred to be accomplice and defend dogs, possibly first-class regarded for being loyal household pets that are in particular fond of children.