BOXER PUPPIES!

Boxers always look so sad! Those pups are beautiful.

That was too delightful by half, OP. It was great seeing the mom being so involved. Where does she get the energy, though?!

And yes, the droopiness does make them look sad, even though they're all obviously very content.

I love Boxers. I've had Boxers most of my life.

One more vid of this litter a at 4 wks. Dad makes a few appearances as the typical male who doesn't have to participate in the really important aspects of rearing.

r4 Ha! Dad is a doofus. He can't be arsed.

What precious pups. Mommy is clearly doing a great job training them.

Boxers are pretty friendly dogs right?

Absolutely. Whenever someone asks if mine bites, I always tell them "No, but he WILL try to love you to death."

Viscous as adults.

^What's their viscosity got to do with anything? haha

Boxers always look like they’re going to be mean dogs, but they’re lovely and friendly. Love them.

I want a sealed Brindle next time which looks black, but it's more a case where the brindle has taken over the otherwise color scheme. This little girl is a beauty!

Adult sealed Brindle

Last one, I promise. An absolute perfect specimen. Flawlessly bred. Apex all the way.

R12 - R14

R12 - that pup is too sweet

R13 - beautiful

R14 - that is a BIG boy!

Do you prefer German or American r12? Will you be getting his ears cropped?

boxers aren't vicious or viscous in my experience.

This is my big galoot.

Not at all vicious.

The local boxer rescue shows up at local events and raises money with a boxer "kissing booth." $1 for all the boxer kisses you can stand. They love to love on people.

Boxers lack the Cuteness Factor, which I have in spades, bitches!

Me hurd bockzer is worz thn Pit Bul.

R18 he's beautiful. Look at those soulful eyes. I just want to grab his jowls and hug him.

He'd let you too, r22. he's very sweet and gentle.

R18, your dog is so cute. I want to squish and snuggle him.

So ugly

Here's my boy, Jax. He was only six mos old here, but eventually grew about three more inches in height and put on another 30 lbs or so. He's nine now. Boxers have shorter lifespans.

He is fugtastic. You should get a Sheltie next.

Does anyone know if there is a boxer kissing booth in the nyc area?

I like them, but someone warned me that they fart a lot. All things considered I wouldn’t want a who (allegedly) farts more than average.

Dogs with smooshed-in noses like boxers, pugs and bulldogs do fart a lot. They ingest a lot of air when they eat.

This reads decidedly like what DLers would nastily describe as a “frau thread”.

One needs a pretty big house for a boxer. They do fart. They are solid kind of lumbering dogs as they age and need some space in my opinion. They are very lovable.

The boxers I know follow their humans around quite a bit in the house. Also they will go up and down staircases at the same time as you, and as I said they are extremely solid so best not to be tripping over them in narrow spaces. They need play time and walks. Good dogs for tug of war and fetch.

Boxers are wonderful, affectionate dogs. The photo in R19 post is perfect. They are very "licky" dogs, which may turn off some people. I love the fact that they look like tough guys, but are really just loving babies. And, yes, almost all of the short-snouted dogs are farters, but I think it's an endearing trait.

I would love to have a boxer, but as a condo dweller with no yard, i'm better off with smaller and lazier breeds like pugs and bulldogs.

I've always liked Boxers. I wonder why they're on house insurance companies' top 5 list of vicious dog s along with Pits and Rotweilers. . Very strange.

[quote]I wonder why they're on house insurance companies' top 5 list of vicious dog s along with Pits and Rotweilers. . Very strange.

Hello! They're called BOXERS

The goofiest of all breeds - I love them. If I had a house, I'd have one of my own. My SIL has one that I take for walks when I visit.

R36 FFS. Read a history book, imbecile.

R38 :::WHOOSH:::

I grew up in suburban NJ in the 1950s with a beautiful sweet boxer named Sheba who I adored and I've always been very partial to the breed. But then living in NYC for my entire adult life I've never had an apartment big enough to accommodate a dog larger than a schnauzer and a 3 small terrier type mutts (over 4 decades).

Our Sheba had puppies when she was about 3 or 4 years old. It happened on a school night after I went to bed during a Mah Jongg game my mother was hostessing in our house. All the ladies apparently helped with the birth! You can't believe my excitement the next morning when I went into the kitchen where Sheba had her bed to see her beautiful litter of 5 pups.

No thanks. Boxers are considered pit bulls. Too much craziness in that genetic background.

Boxers are sweet dogs, very tuned in to people. A neighbor had one and I adored her - wanted to adopt that sweet girl. Mom boxer in the video was very sweet with her pups, i was glad to see that she could get away from them if she wanted that would certainly lessen the exhaustion factor by 10.

Boxers and pits are 2 very different breeds, nothing in common except genes. Boxers have great dispositions.

Boxers are from the Mollosser group of canines. This group is distinguished by its forward facing eyes, forehead, and hanging jowls with short muzzle. They are bred from Mastiffs and Bull dogs among a few others. Though intelligent, they are also very stubborn. They are clowns retaining their puppy traits for life. Exuberance and excitable, they go from 0 to 100 in the blink of an eye. Always looking for something to get into. Crazy and hyped! The big boy in the video upthread displays this boxer behavior. They are FUN dogs!

[quote]Boxers are considered pit bulls.

Only by you, dumbass.

R16, since the breed originated in Germany, I think we get a more authentic representation through the German/European lines. They're bigger, more robust. The dog in R14 is/was from Belgium, for example. Note his very short muzzle as well as his shorter spine giving his frame that square proportion from side view. It's something to consider as some breeders will advertise that their pups come from "strong European lines."

All my previous Boxers have had cropped ears, and they looked pretty sharp. I have not kept a Boxer without cropped ears, but I would consider keeping them natural if the parents also had natural ears which were set pretty, rather than being too large or partially standing etc. These are a set of good natural ears:

....as are these a pretty set of natural ears.

Most common Bully Breeds are American pit bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, Boxer, Boston terrier, Bulldog.

Bully breeds all come from the same root stock called Molosser, which is a breed that originated in ancient Greece. Molossers were big dogs with large bones and muscles, pendant ears and short muzzles. The bullies that we know today were created as a result of Molossers combining with other breeds. During the 19th century in England, they were used in blood sports like bull baiting.

Pit bulls/bullies are the ONLY dogs that actually have a huge record of mauling and killing. I think Boxers are a bit safer but I don’t want to play Russian roulette with myself or my loved ones. Anecdotal evidence of “sweetness” and “personal experience with individual dogs” never trumps science, genetics and statistics.

People get really weird when it comes to dogs and once invested in a breed or type they refuse to face facts. Sometimes no harm comes from that refusal but sometimes it bites them in the ass. Literally.

The white ones are especially goofy. They remind me of Lill Morris from Survivor.

What do you know. R47 was right.

I shall continue nonetheless to feel no fear around Boxers and Boston Terriers.

R49, if you get bit by a Boston you'll live and probably won't lose any body parts. You can physically control a Boston. Get bit by a bigger bully and you won't be so lucky. As we know it's not about mere bites it's about the genetic trait to hold and not let go until the prey is dead - in other words a mauling.

My cousins had a boxer, r50, and though he was a roughhouser who would routinely knock me over when I was 3 or 5, he wan't a vicious dog. Not at all. My mother's dog is the only dog who ever bit me, and he was an Old English Sheep Dog. That dog belonged on a vicious dog list.

Ornery Boxer puppies