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Adopting a Boxer Dog
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While looking for boxer puppies, many people look
for different resources to find the boxer puppy of their dreams. Some may look at the newspaper for advertisements from boxer dog breeders who are selling new boxer puppies; other people look for boxer dog breeders through listings on the internet, while still more may simply purchase a boxer dog from their local pet store. Possibly the best way to find the perfect boxer puppy, however, in terms of being helpful to society in general is to adopt a boxer puppy from a local dog rescue shelter.
Adopting a boxer dog brings a new companion into your home. It can also help to decrease reduce the number of unwanted and homeless dogs. Unless the shelter is a “no kill” facility (and these are unfortunately rare to stumble on), it may also save a dog from being put to sleep. Boxer dog lovers everywhere support the adoption of dogs from shelters as opposed to any other method of bringing home a new pet for this reason alone, but there are other reasons to choose the adoption option when looking to adopt a boxer dog.
- Adopted boxer dogs have had their shots
- Shelters often have information about a dog’s temperament and history
- Adopting a pet frees space in the shelter for more unfortunate boxer dogs
When you adopt a boxer dog you can be sure that the staff at the shelter has had the dog examined by a vet for disease and fleas and that the boxer dog that you plan to adopt has had its shots. You can’t be always sure about that with boxer dogs acquired by other means such as people giving away “free boxer puppies” from a box in front of the local grocery store or pet store.
Boxers dogs at a dog shelter are not just strays picked up off the street and often are given to the dog shelter by previous owners for different reasons. When this happens, the dog shelter collects as much information concerning the boxer dog as there is available, along with whether its good with family, how much the boxer dog barks, how mischievous or obedient it is, whether its housebroken, and other crucial details. While it’s possible that this information is only as good as the truthfulness of the past owner, most of the time it is quite accurate. Adopting a boxer dog could possibly save the dogs life and allows the shelter to bring in another dog in its place to be taken care of. So if you are looking for a boxer puppy for yourself, try your local adoption center and you might just find the boxer dog that you were looking for.
How To Train Your Boxer Dog
Posted by: | CommentsWhoever said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, must not have owned a boxer dog. 
Boxers are extremely intelligent and can learn many new things given the chance. When training your boxer dog, keep in mind that yelling, hitting, cursing or punishment is uncalled for, as boxers will back off the more they scolded. Besides, you wouldn’t treat a child that way and boxers are just like children but with four legs.
The first thing to learn when training your dog to do anything new is to never change your verbal expression, tone or volume. If you say, “come here, boy” then don’t try to change it to “Rocky, come here”. This will only lead to confusion with your boxer so it’s best to just avoid it.
A couple of tips to take into consideration when training your boxer dog is to give treats or reward your boxer for doing a good job, however be sure to also give a lot of praise to ensure the boxer puppy does not rely totally on the treats when being good or doing new tricks. You may also think about enrolling your dog in an obedience class. Even if training is going good at home, this will give him extra practice with interaction between other animals and people.
When training the boxer don’t cram everything into one day and expect him to learn everything. Boxers, just like all dogs, have short attention spans and will quickly become bored, so try to keep training time down to short sessions throughout the day.