Boxer dog 20 months old.......................................... ..........

[lilacben]

My daughter has a boxer dog 20 months . They got him when he was ten months from a family with three little children. My daughter also has three children. He has always been a very active dog, jumping up a lot and barking. Now his behaviour is getting worse. The other day he got out and a neighbour caught hold of his collar, the dog turned round bearing his teeth and nearly caught her hand. He also jumped up at a little girl and growled. Yes he is fine with the family children. I have told my daughter he needs proper training but husband is on shift work and they cannot get there every week. To stop him jumping up when I go there I just ignore him or put my knee up and turn my body, if he jumps up. He is getting the message with me. Will he calm down as he gets older and is the growling teeth thing something to be worried about with boxers. I have only had collies and rough collies and havent had this problem with them.?

[carmalee]

my honest opinion is that the dog is not in the right home and would be better off in a quieter environment - it's obviously a very busy household with little time to spare for a young, boisterous and untrained large dog - it's a disaster waiting to happen and not something that can be sorted by a bit of advice on here.

[lankeela]

There was another post like this a few months back - was this the same dog? Its not fair to have a dog that jumps up at children in an environment where it is going to come into contact with them regularly, such as friends coming to visit. Boxers are very boisterous at the best of times and if he is getting aggressive too then this is an incident waiting to happen (note I did not say accident!). He won't calm down unless he is given plenty of exercise and training, and discipline. Also if he gets out he could cause an accident or seriously injure someone who is trying to catch him. They need to be more responsible for him and I would suggest you (discreetly) have a word with the local dog warden and ask if he could have a word and say there have been complaints.

[bunkmoreland]

If you "discreetly" have a word with the local dog warden,the poor dog will end up being put to sleep one way or another! Please have a sensible talk with your daughter about whats happenning,she must be an animal lover in the first place,and would not want to risk either her family or poor wee dog itself being in trouble for a boxer's exhuberant natural behaviour. He needs to be rehomed where he can be himself,please ask her.

[Sir Alec]

The people who used to live next door to us had 2 boxers, a male and female, both neutered. The female was mental and always jumping about trying to bite people. They got trainers in, but they were declared untrainable because they had got too old. Even if you have a little spare time, a bit of training seems the right thing to do. It would be awful to have to get rid of him.

[bunkmoreland]

at 20 months,a hyper boxer could not be helped,while he is living in a 3 child family and already displaying agressive signs. He needs his own space to calm down and hopefully lose the aggressiveness that is forming.

[lilacben]

Many thanks to you all. Yes my daughter has thought of rehoming but is upset to give up on him. As it is his second home already. He has really quitened down with me because I am strict with him. My daughters friend went to see her yesterday who also owns a boxer, who is well controlled. She managed to get the dog to listen to her and was good. Thats what I think he needs, a firm voice and hand. The growling thing is worring but I do not feel he would bite.........but as a dog owner I know never to trust any dog. He is most likely frightened and that is why he does it. None the less it is worring.