Dedicated to Boxer Dogs and All Who Love, Live and Work With Them        Articles by Avril Harper™        Updated: 17 June, 2009

 

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Boxer Dogs and Ten Things You May Not Know About Them  Legend says when God was fashioning different breeds of dog out of clay, he came to his final task and decided to create the most beautiful dog ever and call it a ‘Boxer’.   But this new breed of dog was vain and rushed to see himself in the mirror before the clay was properly set and bumped headlong into his own reflection.  That accounts for the flat nose characteristic of the Boxer, and also proves that God really did accomplish his design for the world’s most beautiful dog!  Here are another ten things you may not already know about Boxer dogs ….

Boxer Dog Training  Training your Boxer dog means introducing him to new and unusual tasks the dog might find uncomfortable or which involve words he doesn’t understand and make him unsure of what the trainer wants him to do.  The Boxer Dog is always keen to learn and works hard to please his human companion.

The Boxer Dog With the Longest Tongue  A boxer dog called Brandy featured on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not due to her incredible 17 inch long tongue!  Brandy, from Michigan, USA, was bought from a local breeder in 1995 and her new owner was assured the dog would eventually grow into her l-o-n-g   t-o-n-g-u-e! 

The Boxer Dog Who Cheated Death and Became a Television Star Instead  In 1985, a white boxer dog called Bomber was snatched from a vet’s surgery by an animal nurse and later appeared in the UK television series, Oliver Twist. 

A Boxer Dog With His Own Fan Club  A boxer dog called George was used in media advertisements in the early 1990s and became so well known that he eventually had a fan club all to himself. 

Zoe, The Boxer Dog Who Came Back to Life  Zoe’s owner, Cathy Walker, from Manuden, near Bishop’s Stortford in the UK, has been told by a medium that she is surrounded by all the pets she has lost.  That certainly seems true of Zoe, a tan and white boxer bitch who died several years ago, aged eleven. 


The White Boxer Dog Who Received Hate Mail 
To anyone who loves dogs in general, and Boxer dogs in particular, Solo was as beautiful as any other of her breed.  To her owner, Joyce Lang, she was more than just beautiful, she was a constant friend, a much loved family member.  But not everyone thought the same way and, surprisingly, in 1982, in Burgess Hill in the UK, an anonymous letter arrived addressed to Solo, saying: “I think you are the ugliest dog I have ever seen.” 

 

A Little Boy’s Tribute to His Pet Boxer Dog, Lance  This story appeared in The Faithful Friend (Writings About Owning and Loving Pets) and concerned dog owners in the United States who often loaned their pets to the military in World War Two.  Lance, a Boxer, worked with Dogs for Defence which eventually became the noted K09 Corps, and belonged to a family with young children, one a boy who wrote this letter to Dogs for Defence.

 

  

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