This beautiful dog, boxer. The best companion dog of all time, no doubt. Well, I've had nothing but boxers all my life, so I Admittedly, my view will be a little partial. I can tell stories about the joy of the fighters have given me throughout my life. You can always put a smile on his face. Not sure if it's fleshy face upturned nose jaws which I think is so wonderful, or no personality, disposition, or more likely, all the above. Boxers are so playful in the way they are prepared to play in a second with a piece of rope or running across the lawn. Attentive, because they have to be with you wherever you go, because that is where the action is, and they need to be part of it. Affectionate, who crave physical contact and caresses. love to climb to bed with you at night and are a great source of warmth on a cold night. Leal that is friendly and pleasant, but quickly jumps to defend, with a tenacious presence. Boxers obedient and kind, are very tolerant of children and babies. You know how children with ear pulling and grabbing. That irritates some dogs. Taking all boxers without a problem unlike any dog I know. Simply the best family dog imaginable.

Where did it originate from this race? How did the boxer we know and love today come to be? It was a cross between a couple different dogs, but I wanted to see in his pedigree and see security. This is what happened to me.

The boxer's name is commonly believed to be from the way a boxer plays. rearing on its hind legs and comes to you with their legs swinging, something like a boxer. You have to be careful because they can land a couple scraped arm blows quickly, hence the need of good training for Boxer. However, this explanation is incorrect. In fact, the name "Boxer" is taken from an ancestor, the smallest Bullenbeisser (Barbante) called "Boxel". The name "Boxer" is a corruption of the name that has passed through time.

The boxer began as a cross between the Bullenbeisser German and English Bulldog. The German Bullenbeisser was a hound of great size of hundreds of years. It is commonly used as a hunting dog for large game like deer, bears and wild boars. Its main objective was to locate the wounded prey and bring it until the hunters arrived.

A common feature of many boxers pointed ears cut off. Done these days just for show, but actually had a practical purpose related to their use as hunting dogs. Where monitoring and exploitation of wild animals, dogs often suffer torn ears. growing from your ears began to work around this time last problem.As, dogs of smaller stature became more favorable and the German was purposely Bullenbeisser of smaller race and smaller. The smaller version of the German was called Bullenbeisser Bullenbeisser (Brabant).

In the late 19th century Brabant was bred again with the English Bulldog. This was the starting point for what would become today's Boxer. in 1894, the breed was stabilized and exhibited in 1895.

The story of dogs that participated in the early genealogy is rather interesting. A true history of breeding and selection.

A gentleman from Munich, Germany, George Alt crossed a brindle-colored bitch Brabant named "Flora" with a local dog of unknown ancestry named "Boxer". This resulted in a fawn and white puppy named "Boxer Lechners. When Boxer Lechners matured, "Lechner Boxer" was mated with his mother "Flora" and one of the trash was a bitch called Alt Schecken. "Alt was registered Schecken Bierboxer or modern BullBeiser." Schecken Alt "was bred with a English Bulldog called "Tom" who was a dog called "Flocki", the first boxer entered the German Stud Book. "" Flocki sister, white "Blanka von Angertor" was raised with the grandson of "Lechners Boxer", "Piccolo von Angertor" to create "Meta von der Passage". It These "Meta von der Passage" that would have the greatest impact on the boxer breed. She is the mother of the modern breed of Boxer. "Meta von der Passage" went to give birth to a line of bulls that defines the future of the Boxer to the current day.

Chris Schaller is owner/operator of my-boxer-dog.com A website dedicated to Boxer dog training, care and information. Boxers – the perfect family pet!

Meet the Breed – Boxer