Book Description
In addition to extremely authoritative text, this book presents over 150 photographs in full colour, which prove to be as informative as they are attractive. Helpful hints and important information are highlighted to provide easy access to everything the reader needs to know about life with a Boxer - as devoted and affectionate as he is elegant and proud. Whether its house training problems, allergies or fleas, this book is the way to prevention, providing the reader with the necessary guidance from puppyhood through the senior years. Recommended by top breeders and trainers, this book is the responsible first choice of every new and experienced owner of the Boxer.
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The loyal and friendly Boxer proves as devoted and affectionate as he does elegant and proud. A popular addition to the family and a true friend for life, the Boxer offers owners everything they could expect from a canine companion: protection, loyalty, obedience, intelligence and good clean fun. This book provides the much-needed factual information about Boxers and their ancestry, character and standard, as well as the proper selection, feeding, training, preventative health care and behaviour of the breed. The new owner will welcome advice about puppy-proofing the home, preparing for the pup’s arrival and preventing puppy problems. In addition to an extremely authoritative text, this book presents over 135 photographs in full colour, which prove to be as informative as they are attractive. Helpful hints and important information are highlighted to provide easy access to everything the reader needs to know about life with a Boxer. Whether it’s housebreaking problems, allergies or fleas, this book is the way to prevention, providing the reader with the necessary guidance an owner needs from puppyhood through the senior years. Recommended by top breeders and trainers, this book is the responsible first choice of every new owner of a Boxer. Topics discussed include: Ancestry of the Boxer; Why the Boxer?; Breed Standard for the Boxer; Your Boxer puppy; Everyday care of your Boxer; Training your Boxer; Health care of Boxers; When your Boxer gets old; Showing your Boxer; Understanding your dog's behaviour.
Excerpted from Boxer (Pet Love S.) by Edward Winston Cavanaugh. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Most dog historians acknowledge that the Boxer derives from Bullenbeisser ancestry. These Bullenbeissers, or bull-biters, were hunting dogs, mostly used on pig, boar and deer. Such wild-game expeditions often cost the lives of many dogs, as the hunt was gruesome and gruelling for humans and dogs alike - not to mention the boars! Some sources say that these massive medieval dogs had erect ears and huge teeth, which would be used to hold the animal by the nose. It's probable that hunters were cropping ears the way they do in some countries today, since such a cruel custom would seem in tune with the primitive folk of the time period.
