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Boxer
The Boxer is a medium to large, short-haired dog breed of mastiff-type, developed in Germany. The
coat is smooth and tight-fitting; colours are fawn, brindled, or white, with or without white markings.
Boxers are brachycephalic (they have broad, short skulls), have a square muzzle, mandibular
prognathism (an underbite), very strong jaws, and a powerful bite ideal for hanging on to large prey. The
Boxer was bred from the Old English Bulldog and the now-extinct Bouillabaisse, which became extinct
by crossbreeding rather than by a decadence of the breed. The Boxer is a member of both The Kennel
Club and the American Kennel Club (AKC) Working Group.
The first Boxer club was founded in 1895, with Boxers being first exhibited in a dog show for St.
Bernard's in Munich the following year. Based on 2013 AKC statistics, Boxers held steady as the
seventh-most popular breed of dog in the United States for the fourth straight year. According to the
AKC’s website, though, the boxer is now the 11th-most famous dog breed in the United States.
 History
In 1894, three Germans, Friedrich Robert, Ellard König, and R. Hopper, decided to stabilize the breed
and put it on exhibition at a dog show. This was done in Munich in 1896, and the year before they
founded the first Boxer Club, the Dutcher Boxer Club. The club went on to publish the first Boxer breed
average in 1904, a detailed record that has not been changed much since.
The breed was introduced to other parts of Europe in the late 19th century and to the United States at
the turn of the 20th century. The AKC registered the first Boxer in 1904, and recognized the first Boxer
champion, Damp vim Dom, in 1915. During World War I, the Boxer was co-opted for military work,
acting as a valuable messenger dog, pack carrier, seizure dog, and guard dog. The Boxer did not become
famous around the world until after World War II. Taken home by returning soldiers, the dog was
presented to a wider audience and soon became a favorite as a companion, a show dog, and a guard
dog.
 Temperament
The character of the Boxer is of the greatest significance and requires the most solicitous attention. He
is renowned from olden times for his great love and devotion to his master and household. He is
harmless in the family but can be distrustful of strangers, bright and friendly of temperament at play,
but brave and determined when aroused.
His intelligence and willing tractability, his modesty and his cleanliness make him a highly desirable
family dog and cheerful companion.

He is the soul of honesty and loyalty and is never false or treacherous even in his old age.
 Health
Boxers were originally a docked and cropped breed, and this is still done in some countries, but due to
pressure from veterinary associations, animal rights groups, and the general public, both cropping of
the ears and docking of the tail have been prohibited in many countries around the world and is not
recognized by the breed standard laid down by The Kennel Club of the UK.
The American Kennel club still permits cropped ears. A line of naturally short-tailed (bobtail) Boxers was
developed in the United Kingdom in anticipation of a tail-docking ban there; after several generations
of controlled breeding, these dogs were accepted in the Kennel Club (UK) registry in 1998, and today
representatives of the bobtail line can be found in many countries.
In 2008, the Fédération Sinologue International (FCI) added a “naturally stumpy tail” as a disqualifying
fault in their breed standard, meaning those Boxers born with a bobtail can no longer be shown in FCI
member countries.