Boxer
German Empire · 21–25 in tall · 55–66 lb · ~10 yr · short smooth coat
Next to the average dog it is prone to drooling and child-friendly. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds very little.
Find out if a Boxer suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- you would rather not vacuum daily
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
- this would be your first dog
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Boxer is a medium to large, short-haired dog breed of mastiff-type, developed in Germany. The coat is smooth and tight-fitting; colors are fawn or brindled, 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 Bullenbeisser, which became extinct by crossbreeding rather than by a decadence of the breed.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
