BOXERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
we are boxer poeple... cant get a better dog: intelligent, playful, friendly, medium sized, can be handled, not too large, or too delicate, smooth haired, only drawbacks are the health issues: heart, cancers, hips, and some other boxer genetic problems: jaw under/over hung, allergies...
pics of my beloved NALA: daugher of a male IDF (israeli defense force) male, and Tara, an IDF working boxer (border patrol/bomb squad), she was supposed to remain with her family, but in the end, since i had driven four hours down south to the desert to come and see her, they relented, after seeing how i was with her. my kids fell in love with her, we started doing the first agility in israel,unofficially, i built my own stuff... by the time agility actually came over seas, she had joint problems, etc. ; an amazing guard dog, with an amazing bark, the only drawback was she became dog aggressive since she was leashed but most dogs here werent, so they would go for her; and also, many many people here are afraid of boxers, thinking they are related to rotties, and also going back to germany ww2 use of dogs on people. so they would throw rocks or sticks or kick at her, and she would react. Nala died of heart failure (cardiac myopothy , nowadays in israel they are checked).
later in life, we got NERO; a rescue from FINLAND from a famous breeder who had him returned to her after being abandoned in a pension kennel (dog hotel). she didnt need an other male for stud, and i had wanted a pup from her but coldnt afford to buy, so i paid the airfare only and he came over... he had major behavior issues, that the breeder had worked on some: he apparently was partially trained in search and rescue but also in attack methods, w/o learning commands like 'LEAVE IT', or OFF. so here, in a country wehre everyone is in the army and carries weapons, he was constantly going for men who even so much as raised a stick. it took six months of crate training and help from an american boxer forum to help retrain/reshape his behavior. he became the most gentlmanly boxer i have ever met. he to died of cancer. after his death, nala spent almost a month looking for him, smelling him all over in the corners of the kibbutz fields and in the house. then we adopted FOOFOO the nut case pshyciatric case lhasa apso. raised with goats, nursed on teats. raised in an arabic speaking househould that spoiled him to death, he developed napolean syndrome and became too much to handle. his owner , a young guy that is like a son in my house, gave himto me to deal with. mostly a sweet and very good guard dog, still has some minor agressive reactions to certain people, and all strangers that come inside w/o me first putting him in his place. foofoo means fluffy, in thai. foofoo hates all tall white males (like my ex, haha), but has absolutely no problems with asians male or female. (hubby is thai). FOOFOO has a lot of personality; intelligence, and in other circumstances, might even work well in agility, although missing an eye (removed). we read eachothers minds, really well. i love him to death, he is really special but not everyone's cup of tea. also, amazingly healthy.
then when nala died, foofoo was alone, so hubby, like many thais, thinks that all animals should be paired, so i went and bought LILEE the lhasa, a rare breed in this country, because of their 'guard dog/ independant' type personality (not just decorative animals). she is sort of bland, good natured, personable, nothing special but cute.
in addition we had BUNJEE for a year or so, after he was adopted by someone from a family going over seas. a quivery thin tall fox/rat terrier/jack russel type. then he came to us. he blossomed, but my two refused to let him have any corner or food to himself and harrassed him. he moved himself over to my ex in laws' house with their large samoyed mix, the dogs fell in love, and were insaparable. second owner finally got own house, took bunjee back, than a year later, co workers , to get revenge for some thng the owner did, came and burnt his car, and bunjee and an other small dog were burnt to death as well, as they were in the same garage area. (middle east land of eye for an eye).
along the way, had a canaan X golden ret. mix , LIBI, our petting zoo guard dog (cable dog). an amazing *****, an amazing breed. we had,TUVIA, (grt.dane/boxer mix), HAMOI (a black pup from libi), PANDA (husky miz), and various other pups that were thrown out and we rescued them at the petting zoo, until we had to farm them out to other people when we closed down....
sorry for the long post/ pics in next post.
Ozzy is deaf. Love them! they just turned 8 months today
