Tips on Choosing a Boxer
An easier and more pleasant journey with your chosen
Boxer starts with checking out the parent dogs for unbecoming
traits like aggression, hyperactive and extreme shyness.
This is easier to do when you get your Boxer from a
reputable breeder or from a pet shop that get their
animals only from known breeders. Exercise prudence
if you are getting your Boxer puppy from pet stores,
which often get their supply from breeders of unknown
reputation. These "puppy mills" as they are called are
not known to put much emphasis on the quality and health
of pups they are producing.
Reputable breeders would adhere to the accepted standards
for Boxers in terms of uniformity in the breed, good
health, temperament, size and color. Reputable breeders
would be able to show the pedigree and registration
papers and/or pictures of the parent dogs that may reside
somewhere else.Professional breeders are also there
to produce dog show champions or prospects. Even if
you are not looking to raise a show champion Boxer,
known breeders can provide you with some "best buy"
puppies because not all the puppies in a litter are
show prospect/champion materials. But the full litter
would have had benefited from the same proven bloodlines,
nutrition and medical care. So you can choose from among
the good-looking brothers or sisters of potential champion
for a bargain. Your other source option is animal shelters
that in the US alone receive up to 12 million homeless
dogs and cats every year, and about 25% of them are
purebred. Paying the adoption fee is a lot cheaper than
the price you will pay to a breeder or pet store, and
you will be saving a life.
The definition of good stock or purebred must include
beauty, and in a Boxer good look means the coat is fawn
and brindle, with the white markings or "flash" covering
not more than one-third of the entire coat. Sometimes
the distribution of the "flash" alone may make the difference
between a show champion and just a pet Boxer. The all-white
Boxer or "check" is prone to blindness and deafness,
and the American Boxer Club members are not to register,
sell or use the "whites" for breeding.When it comes
to choosing male or female Boxers, there are not much
clear-cut differences in their personalities. At times,
the male is calmer, more tolerant of other dogs, willing
to hold still for those hugs than the female. But at
other times, the female can be so. One owner said the
female Boxer is hyper and more aggressive especially
toward other females, and that the aggression has increased
as the female gets older.
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