Boxer Traits

[Betty Cavender]

Just want to add my boxer does most all the things mention and when I get home he so glad to see me that his head and tail or both looking at me, I think this is referred to as the wiggles. This is my first Boxer, but as all of you this is the love of my life. I have had lots of puppy dogs, but none that measure to my Mac.

Mac Mom

[j.proffitt]

I agree with all of the other comments too! The common traits in my boxer are the snoring,GAS!!!!!!, burping, JUMPING A LOT!!!!!! And the warm welcomes when we come home!!!! I think Boxer's are so Special!!!!!!

[BlissH]

My Bo is still too young to show his "traits", but he is learning fast from my first, Sugar! The most cutest thing that Sugar does is SUCK UP to Kevin when she gets in trouble. Sometimes we let her in the bed if we are watching T.V., usually that doesn't last long because Sugar wants to play (even though in the evenings when we get home we spend about 3 hours in the yard throwing ball and Kevin wrestles with her). Well Kevin will use his deep serious voice and command her to settle down. Plus when this occurs she is commanded to go to the foot of the bed (she knows this command VERY well). Within 5 minutes, she will inch her way between Kevin and I. Slowly, stretching to Kevin's face and then ever so gently licking him! We always start laughing at her. We can't resist. Does anyone else have a boxer that knows how to SUCK UP? She is the WORLD'S best. I don't know where she learned this or how it even began, but she is an ol' pro!!!

[MB]

Yes, our Boxers suck up! Our older one is more sensitive so if she is in trouble she will go in another room and then come back when she thinks the cost is clear, and come sit her whole body on top of one of us. Of course she gets a big hug and then she gives lots of boxer kisses! Our second one is only 12 weeks old and she has sucking up down pat. she will make a grunting sound and lay her head down, then come over and put her head on you and give quick little swipes with her tongue untill you pet her, then she starts being a stinker again!

[Lisa M]

Originally posted by crabby69
Clio also does most of the above. But does anyone's boxer do this: After she eats, she comes out in the living room and rolls around on the carpet. After watching her do this for two and a half years, it almost looks like she is trying to rub the top of her snout! Which is, of course, the only part of her that won't actually touch the carpet. Sometimes she will stop in mid rub with her head between her front paws, top side down, and look at me as if to say, "look ma, I'm standing on my head!" My husband calls it 'the digestion dance'. It seems as though she hasn't completed a meal until she has writhed around on the carpet for a few minutes.


Leta
Mother to Clio, flashy fawn, natural eared female with sox.

Casper too, he thinks all of the furniture and carpets are here for him to use as his personal napkin! He loves to leave boxer eye goobers on my white comforter, what a special gift thanks, Casper!

I thought of a few more too:

Tilting his head - he does this much more than Sumi who outgrew it after she was about 6 months. I love to make strange noises and watch him cock his head. He does that when he's waiting at the door for us to come in, you can see his little titly head through the glass, as if he's thinking "Why is it taking them so long to open that door???"

He also does a "bucking bronco" dance now that he's learning not to j-u-m-p up on people, the bucking bronco has replaced his jumping routine. He wiggles and kidneys and at the same time jumps up on his front feet for a second then the back, repeat, repeat, repeat ...

He loves to push stuff off the edge of the narrow table we have in front of the couch - just to watch it fall, shear bliss.

He also has to rest his heavy head on stuff a lot, he stands at the window and just rests his head on the ledge, it is sooo cute.

And after he sits on command the words "Good boy" trigger a spring in his butt to pop himself up "boing" and start the wiggle dance . "Oh thank you, thank you, I'm good, you love me, you really really love me, let's celebrate!"

[Lisa M]

Originally posted by trevor'smom


There are a million more but those stand out! Also, what exactly is the kidney bean thing?

That is when they get so excited they wiggle their butts so much that it almost touches the head so the body is shaped like a kidney bean. It is so happy!

[Robyn]

I just wanted to say how fun this post is and to imagine all of our boxers doing these silly, silly things. Steve Kneivel, Cooper does this to, sometimes when I'm sitting at the computer or watching t.v. with my legs pretzel style or even when I have my kids in the tub and I'rinsing their hair. It's so funny!

We have the best breed around!

[trevor'smom]

Thanks for letting me know what the kidney bean was! I suspected that's what it was, ha ha! It's funny because the day we went to pick up Trevor when he was a puppy, he was doing the kidney bean. The breeder left us alone with Trevor for a minute, and my hubby and I were looking at each other like "what's wrong with this dog??" - we thought he had some kind of weird back problem. We call the kidney bean thing the "Trevor twisty butt".... Someone mentioned their boxer jumping on their person's back and nibbling ears - Trevor does that too.

[gigi2436]

Just when I thought that I had the most bizzare, unique baby in the world ... I find out Im not alone. He does about everthing that has already been listed. However, my favorite things about my boy Farley is that he sings to me on the phone and when we have a dispute over something he always gets the last word in... but he always sucks up later. But most of all... I love that he makes me feel so loved and so lucky to have such a wonderful dog. Heres one thing that I haven't seen yet.... does anyone have boxers that are so overjoyed to se you that they give you a hundred kisses a second... barely stopping to breathe...
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Farley- 5/7/98 my beautiful white (check) boy

[wildchild]

My two boxers love to give "smileys", once I get dressed to go to work. Smileys, in case you dont know is when our boxers take their "lippy-loos" and goober on your leg. The after effect ia a slobber mark in the shape of a smile.