The Boxer Dog Breed: Past and Present


by Rob Bogie - Date: 2007-02-21 - Word Count: 487 Share This!

The dogs we know today as the Boxer dog breed are really descendants of two European breeds, German Bullenbeissers, and English Bulldogs. The Boxer dog breed resulted from the crossing these two in an attempt to produce a dog which would hunt, guard, and participate in the sports of bearbaiting and bull baiting.

And Boxer dogs proved exceptional at all of them; the modern Boxer dog breed possesses outstanding strength, intelligence, agility, courage, and tenaciousness. It is those very traits which make the Boxer dog breed a both challenge to train, and absolutely worth the effort.

The Boxer dog breed started becoming established in the United States when, in 1934, Barmere Kennels imported and exhibited the great German stud dog "Sigurd von Dom", who eventually sired twenty-six champions.

Three of Sigurd's grandsons, Dorian von Dom, Lustig von Dom, and Utz von Dom, had arrived in America by 1942, and those three dogs, with their grandsire, are considered the foundation sires of the Boxer dog breed in the United States.

The modern Boxer is a medium sized dog, ranging in height from twenty-one to twenty-five inches at the shoulder, and in weight from fifty to seventy pounds. It is short-backed and has a shorthaired coat of "fawn" or "brindle", sometimes with white markings on the legs, face, and chest. Any Boxer with more than one-third of its coat white is considered a "White Boxer", and cannot be bred. This is because the genetics which create the large amount of white in the coat are also associated with an increased risk of deafness.

The Boxer dog breed, because it was created as a working dog, requires regular, vigorous exercise. Many experts recommend a minimum of two hours per day, both on walks and, if at all possible, as free-running exercise of some type. The Boxer dog breed excels at games, and the dogs are even intelligent enough to invent their own games as long as their owners will participate.

But, due to the Boxer dog breed's short muzzle, Boxers can over-heat rapidly, and should not be exercised during the heat of the day. Neither should they be left out in weather extremes, either hot or cold, because of their short coats.

Boxer puppies, however, will be active enough on their own that they do not need formal exercise until they are about ten months old. Instead, they will benefit from regular play and activities which make them use their considerable intelligence.

The Boxer dog breed is so smart, in fact, that Boxers will become bored if their training routine is not varied enough. Boxers do not react well to harsh treatment; immediate, positive reinforcement for correct behavior will be far more productive. And the Boxer dog breed needs ongoing socialization both with people, and other pets, so that its aggressive tendencies remain in check.

When well-treated and trained, the Boxer dog breed are magnificent family dogs, gentle and protective with children, playful and even comical, and fiercely loyal.


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