Consider the Boxer - A Wonderful

Posted by Puppy Trainer on November 28th, 2009 filed in Dogs

Boxers are a wonderful for any active family or individual. They are a very devoted, energetic, inquisitive and social breed. This loyalty makes them wonderful guard dogs.
Boxers can sometimes be inflexible, making training more difficult than other breeds.  To resolve this obedience training is particularly key. For this reason professional dog walking companies such as London dog walkers are often asked to help   They respond better to positive reinforcement tools such as clicker training. Though a caring and protective dog, they are powerful so carefully supervise when children are about. They are likely to separation anxiety and are easily bored, combined with requiring a lot of exercise, results them in not being a good choice if you cannot give them the time they need.
The Boxer were bred from an ancient battling breed called the Assyrian Molossian, that was used in battles. This breed reached Germany in the 1700s this was called the Bullenbeisser and used for its strength, even in boar and bear hunting. It further developed into a general utility dog. When the Bullenbeisser and English Bulldog  in the 1900s  this union resulted in the Boxer. The name Boxer was coined because of the way they pawed at the air or ground during play.
Boxers are a very popular dog, constantly in the top ten breeds in all countries.
They are strongly built and are sixty five centimetres  (twenty four inches) at the shoulder and have an average weight of 30-35 kgs (sixty-eighty pounds). As a breed they are part of the Working dog group.
Their heads are very distinctive, with short broad skulls with a square muzzle and very strong jaws. The lower jaw protrudes beyond the upper jaw. Boxers were often docked and cropped, this has now been banned in many countries. In the UK there is a naturally short tailed (bobtail) version that has been bred, and though accepted in the UK kennel club, 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 need for brushing only a couple of times a week. The [normal~ typical] hair colours are fawn and brindle, with a paler or white underbelly and the front feet, 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. These account for about a quarter of all births. They are not albinos, but they do have an increased risk of sunburn and related skin cancers. Being observant of the condition of the dog, the poo and skin is key to dog care. The white marking gene, extreme piebald, also results in [eighteen 18] % of white Boxers suffering from deafness. Boxer clubs have banned 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 percent of Boxer deaths were due to cancer.
They are a great breed so if you have the time and energy for them, go find one!