Whoever 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.

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