Boxer (the dogs) Thread!!

[StinkyAcres]

Thanks! His head/face got sunken in too. He only lived to 6 1/2. But he was a XL dog too

That's so sad. Never heard of something like that.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would post pics but I don’t have any on this phone. I could download off FB but I never realized how prominent it was or how sickly he looked at the time.

 

[StinkyAcres]

I would post pics but I don’t have any on this phone. I could download off FB but I never realized how prominent it was or how sickly he looked at the time.

Completely understand. I don't like to look at photos of my dogs when they were ill.

 

[ShrekDawg]

That's so sad. Never heard of something like that.

I hadn’t either. I did a lot of research at the time and thought it might be Masticatory muscle myositis (MMM) which the vet did too but didn’t know much about it cause he hadn’t really seen it before and said he’d research. But whatever it was, took him in the end. He didn’t really have the chewing/jaw thing though. Just VERY sunken head/face.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Completely understand. I don't like to look at photos of my dogs when they were ill.

Thanks. Yeah, he lived with it for kind of a while but I didn’t realize how bad he looked even though he acted fine till the end. Even then he’d be fine, not fine, fine again. Made it hard to know.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Sorry to ruin the vibe LOL

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

All boxer have a domed head as pups that spreads out as they get older. It has to do with the wide head and muscle attachments. Some maintain a bump their whole lives. I think it's for knocking you in the face if the lift their heads up too fast.

 

[ShrekDawg]

All boxer have a domed head as pups that spreads out as they get older. It has to do with the wide head and muscle attachments. Some maintain a bump their whole lives. I think it's for knocking you in the face if the lift their heads up too fast.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I was really worried about Trixie because she had a huge domed skull. She turned out alright and seems pretty intelligent considering she's a boxer. I have always said boxers mean well, but aren't always the sharpest crayon in the box. So perhaps the dome is a sign of intelligence, and not the sign of the dork. Trixie is still a dork, just a smart dork.

 

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