20 Things All Boxer Owners Must Never Forget

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 1,831

Boxers are silly, sweet and mischievous. They clown around with family and friends, are patient and playful with children, but show a deliberate and wary face to strangers, responding with unmatched courage to anything that threatens their loved ones. Those characteristics are why people love them.

It’s been often said that dogs are the only creatures on earth that love you more than they love themselves. Well, Boxers are no exception!

But sometimes, we take our furry friends and wonderful companions for granted. There are important life lessons that are sometimes easy to forget in our hectic lives, that all Boxer owners must never forget.

If we want to pay back the favor and give them the best life possible, these 20 important reminders should serve you well as awesome Boxer owners. The last one (#20) brought me to tears…

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  6. Louise Clarke

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    My baby boy Jake who ive had for nearly 11 years cant imagine life without him he’s got a lot of problems was diagnosed with arthritis and hip dysplasia at 4 years old and he is a mass of lumps (thankfully not cancer) he def is best dog ever

  16. Pamela Chevalier Verklan

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    We just put our baby down on Friday. The most touching part was when we thought my tears where all over his snout and they turned out to be him crying. Was the hardest decision and moment in my life but, one I never would miss. We miss him so much.

  24. Jesse Keeton

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    I couldn’t even bring myself to read it. Its been well over a year since I lost my 10 year old Boxer named Hemi. He was Brindle and so beautiful. He was the perfect dog. He never pooped or peed in my house. Always smelled good. Would stay in my yard without a lead or a fence. I honeslty have found that I will never have another Hemi. The breed is very much alike but each one is different. I got a new one now and he is amazing but he will never be Hemi. Hemi had cancer and he lost his battle to cancer. Watching him be put to sleep right in my arms was the hardest day of my life. Honestly. I still have days where I scream and cry over him. That dog was my family and my best friend. I buried him right beside my bedroom so I can keep a good eye on his grave. I love Boxers and encourage every family to own one. You’ll need to be strong though. They’ll test your patience for their first 3 years and then after you lose them they’ll test your will to heal. It was so hard.

  25. Jesse Keeton

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    I lost my Hemi due to cancer when he was 10! I know exactly. I’ll never get over losing him. I loved him. He was family. He raised my kids. Our whole family still grieves him. It’s been just over a year since we had to let him go and it’s still very hard. I am honestly thinking I’m going to have to go unlike this page for awhile just to let myself heal a little. Every time I’m reminded of the day he left it kills me. I laid there in the floor of the vet’s office and watched him breath his last breath. I will never ever forget it. The vet was amazing though. They had it set up really nice and let us both be comfortable. They let me stay there as long as I wanted and they wrapped him when we was ready to leave. It’s so hard. RIP Hemi. I called him my Hem Bone cause he loved those Ham Bones. I totally get what you are talking about.

  37. Joe Banaszek

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    It’s almost 1 yr since our dear Tyson departed our physical lives. Every one of these statements are so true 1-20. Makes me wish I had more time in our lives for a new puppy. But until things slow down I have to live vicariously through your photos

  41. Brian Miller

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    Holly Noggle Koelbl Zoe’s and I were just playing “demolish the tennis ball” when she was about 7 and it seemed like she just “mis-stepped” or like a human, rolled an ankle….but looking back, THAT moment was the CM rearing it’s ugly head!
    Zoe’ even knew something was wrong, she LITERALLY looked back at her hindquarters as if to say “hey, what’s the deal?”.
    From that moment, it was a VERY VERY slow degenerative process, at THAT time, when her vet actually diagnosed her, he told me it would be a slow process and that she wouldn’t be in pain, but she WOULD deteriorate over time
    At the end, 5 years later (again sry with the tears), she was almost dragging her legs behind her…..idk if she was in pain, as with boxers, they are fairly silent with pain. But the morning i got up and she was lying in her bed in her own filth……she KNEW something was wrong, she even looked at me as if to say “i didn’t mean to, it just happened and i couldn’t do anything to stop it”…
    ….man, this is HARDER to write than i thought… it was then that i KNEW i had to help her the only way i could, and end her suffering, it would have been incredibly selfish of me to continue ignoring it.
    And as she passed in my arms she looked up at me as if to say “hey Bri, it’s ok, ya know? really, i love you Bri, see you again some day”…..
    God i GOTTA stop there, hope this helps you understand a little better about CM….if it’s early you could still have YEARS with your Barber, CHERISH every day of that time with him and know that the time will come……..CM SUCKS!!

  42. Brian Miller

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    Misty Dawn James-Young, My Zoe’ who i lost to Canine Myelopathy, her sister, Daisy was my Uncle’s dog….she passed from lymphatic cancer at 6?, the vet said they could spend thousands on chemo and radiation but her quality of life would be horrible, OR they could give her pain suppressants and let nature take it’s course……took 2 YEARS….but it finally caught up with her. One morning, my Uncle was sleeping in and Daisy came into his room and nudged his hand, he asked her “ya wanna sleep up her girl?” She didn’t have the strength to jump up with him, so he helped her. As she lay there, she looked up at him and he said he just KNEW she was getting close to him to “get ready”…….
    He told her “if you want to go girl, just let go….it

  43. Brian Miller

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    Jesse Keeton My Zoe’ who i lost to Canine Myelopathy, her sister, named Daisy, was my Uncle’s dog….she was diagnosed at 6? with lymphatic cancer, the vet said they could spend thousands on chemo and radiation but her quality of life would be horrible, OR they could give her pain suppressants and let nature take it’s course……it took 2 YEARS (every day CHERISHED)….but it finally caught up with her.
    One morning, my Uncle was sleeping in and Daisy came into his room and nudged his hand, he asked her “ya wanna sleep up here girl?” She didn’t have the strength to jump up with him, so he helped her. As she lay there, she looked up at him and he said he just KNEW she was getting close to him to “get ready”…….
    He told her “if you want to go girl, just let go….it’s alright, you go, I love you….go ahead”……
    She took 2 more breaths and then one DEEP breath which she SLOWLY let out…..and she was gone

  47. Audrey Merritt Sawyer

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    you to ? They say it gets easier , you know ? But I miss my Morgan more the longer I am without her . The thing that makes me so angry is she was to young to go ! She was not even 8 y/o ! So why ? She was so gentle and so loving and so loyal . It just did not seem fair that God’s greatest gift to me he had to take to soon !

  50. Jackie Edwards

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    Its heartbreaking isnt it. Missie was 8 on november the 8th and she died on 9th of december. She went downhill so quickly with liver cancer. She was white and she went yellow…it was awful to see. We were with her when the vet put her to sleep and it was the hardest thing i have ever had to do.
    Her daughter ruby was almost 11 when she died…..i miss them so much every day..its not the same coming home to a quiet empty house with no-one to welcome you home and bring you one of their toys to say welcome home! I miss the cuddles and kisses they used to give me and their happy sparkling eyes and all the naughty cheeky things they used to do….no it gets harder each and every day Audrey….as you know xx

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