So you say you want a boxer?
Do you really think you have what it takes to be a good boxer own? Not just another dog owner?
Understand, I am not saying you can't do it but. Let’s weigh this all out...
Okay let’s take a look at the BOXER!
It's all in the name BOXER!
Well there is a lot behind the boxer, it was breed by crossing
The bullenbeisser mastiff and the bulldog together, they say there were a few others who add to the gene pool but these two did allot of what you see to day.
So just commonsense say's this is a nice size dog.
Males usually weight is 60 to 71 pounds and are 22 1/2 to 25 inches tall and females 50 to 55 pounds and 21 to 23 1/2 inches tall,
Yes you will run across boxers that are too small or to big, (Dane like) or to fat and then there are those that are hard to keep weight on. But if you’re in the market to buy a boxer, and you do your home work you should be able to get something close to standards. There are lots of people out there working to keep with in the guild lines of the boxer standards. And then there are "those that don’t you'll know who they are. Not by the way they "chew there gum, but they way they blow their bubble"

Look for someone who can show you with there dogs where there coming from. Don’t just listen to all the chit-chat. They need to be able to show there stuff. And I am not saying every boxer needs to go, or be in a show ring, to tell the truth there are lots of people who own pet boxers that would "take the ring" if you know what I mean. I have seen dogs in the ring; winning that makes me want to cry...but I’ll keep that to myself. "That’s where the home work comes in”. You don't have to own a rose and a daisy to see the difference.

Keep in mind we are talking about you getting a boxer! A BOXER! That’s right,
So how do they act?
Let’s just start with; it's not going to be just lying on the porch at 2 years old "like Paw Paw's bloodhound at 2 years old, where you have to bring his food to him where he's so lazy.  And you’re not going to be picking them up and caring them under your arm like Aunt Maryann dose with her two Chihuahua Yapping at everyone they see thinking they can beat the world.
The boxer is a good dog, one of the best if you ask me, 'but I am impartial' .They make great family dogs, they are good with kids. They can be little rough while they are a puppy 8 weeks to 1year. Jumping on everyone they see. With the right approach this can be fixed. But keep in mind boxers think they have to be with people all the time. And they think they have to be touching you.( leaning on you - stepping on your feet - jumping on you - putting there head some times there legs on you while you are sitting). This is a very social dog. And you are never going to be able to give then too much attention.
Boxers are great dogs! But you and every one else and there mother wants to start with a puppy. And that is fine. But are you ready for all that, A little boxer baby is going to do? This is going to change things around your house. Your new puppy will cry all night long. And even louder on nights you really need sleep. They will chew up every thing left down at there reach. They will potty in the house five minutes after you just brought them back in from out side. As they grow they will rip screens out of windows if left lose in the house, while you are gone, looking for you to come back. They will dig holes in the yard. They will also up set neighbors, in the darnedest. ways. Barking, getting lose, chasing there cat, digging their plants out, you get the idea.

So what are you going to do, to make sure you can handle a boxer that as it grows it will keep challenging you? Are you ready? There are things that can happen, health wise, the list can be long. Are you willing to love this new boxer puppy as a family member enough to see it through any heath problems it may have? Let’s face it. You could have 3 healthy kids. And one day bam there it is an illness that no one in the family has ever had. You know what you have to do and you do it. What I am saying is, I am not god and I can not tell you with all the health testing in the world that your boxer will never come down with something. Are you ready to take on a new boxer?
The only thing I can tell ya is that with lots love and time you can have one of the best friends anyone could ever have. I want you to think long and hard before taking on a new boxer. I like my boxer puppies to get a home and keep it! If this sound likes it’s going to be to much work in anyway, then I would say, you might want to get some other kind of pet.
By; Kim Mays