The Boxer: Scholar and Clown
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In "The Boxer - Scholar, and Clown," you will learn all the main aspects of properly raising and caring for this beautiful dog. The book covers the origin of this breed and the proper way to train the Boxer. You will learn about the Boxer’s temperament, its important history, and the maintenance and training your dog will need. This book teaches how to avoid mistakes in training due to not understanding the temperament of the boxer breed. Finally, many breeds have their own ailments, and the Boxer is no different. You will learn about the various ailments of the Boxer and what to look for as it ages.
John Williams
John Williams was born in Cardiff in 1961.He wrote a punk fanzine and played in bands before moving to London and becoming a journalist , writing for everyone for The Face to the Financial Times. He wrote his first book, an American crime fiction travelogue called Into The Badlands (Paladin) in 1991. His next book, Bloody Valentine (HarperCollins), written around the Lynette White murder case in the Cardiff docks, came out in 1994. Following a subsequent libel action from the police, he turned to fiction. His first novel the London-set Faithless (Serpent's Tail) came out in 1997. Shortly afterward he moved back to Cardiff, with his family, and has now written four novels set in his hometown - Five Pubs, Two Bars And A Nightclub (Bloomsbury 1999); Cardiff Dead (Bloomsbury 2000); The Prince Of Wales (Bloomsbury 2003) and Temperance Town (Bloomsbury 2004). He has edited an anthology of new Welsh fiction, Wales Half Welsh (Bloomsbury 2004). He also writes screenplays (his ninety-minute drama, A Light In The City, was shown by BBC Wales in 2001). An omnibus edition of his Cardiff novels, The Cardiff Trilogy, is to be published by Bloomsbury in summer 2006.
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The Boxer - John Williams
The Boxer: Scholar and Clown
By John Williams
The Boxer: Scholar and Clown
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Contents
Description
Colors and Coat Type
White Boxers
The Boxer Temperament
Scholar and Clown, the Boxer Disposition
Origin and History
Training & Exercise
Potty-Training your Boxer Pup
Training your Pup on a Leash
Help! How can I get my Boxer to stop jumping up?
The Top Eight Tips For Training Success:
Extra notes to consider in training:
Maintaining and Caring for your Boxer
Feeding
Health Concerns
Other need to know information
Author’s Last Words
References
Description
Until you look into those soulful, trusting, friendly eyes reflecting a deep joy of living mixed with mischief, boxers can appear very imposing; muscular, large and square-headed. Due to this playful personality coupled with limitless energy, these dogs are, at times, known as the Peter Pan
of all dog breeds. Their infancy and adolescence stretches out until their recognized maturity around three years of age, giving them one of the lengthiest times of puppyhood among all dog breeds.
Typically, the boxer is known for his or her intelligence, alertness and fearlessness, along with great-hearted friendliness. He’s completely loyal to his family, and loves to play with them, though he can be very headstrong. This headstrong trait is evident especially if harsh training methods are used. He’ll make a great companion, needs very little grooming and possesses limitless patience and gentleness with children. This breed will need plenty of exercise and mental stimulation. This will promote and maintain a healthy physical and mental well-being. The Boxer can even adapt to living in an apartment as long as you are able and willing to make sure he has plenty of exercise through regular walks and runs. The Boxer can be flexible as long as he’s able to be close to the people he loves.
Originating in Germany, these dogs first immigrated to the United States at the end of World War I. They have short, gleaming coats that are striking, usually fawn or brindle with gleaming white markings. Complete or mostly white Boxers may become deaf.
The Boxer’s ears hang down, though many have cropped ears, along with docked tails. These days, however, many owners choose to leave their Boxer’s ears uncropped.
These great dogs are famous for the depth of love and loyalty they have for their families, often initially distrusting strangers. They usually won’t become aggressive unless they sense a threat to their family. Your Boxer may even mistake herself as a lapdog as she attempts to lie as close to you as she possibly can.
You may also enjoy your dog’s clownish behavior. The Boxer breed is very energetic, generally happy and high-spirited. Boxers are known to paw like a cat at his or her food bowl, and other items, even you! When excited, your Boxer will do a little dance known as kidney bean
where he twists his body into a semi-circle much like the shape of a kidney bean then proceeds to turn in circles. Boxers are also known for making a unique woo-woo
sound when excited or if they want something. Not exactly a bark, it sounds exactly like he’s saying woo-woo,
calling for you to look at him.
You’ll be delighted to watch your Boxer run, so happy, exuberant and graceful that you can’t keep from smiling, especially if he begins to jump – something all Boxers love to do – twisting to and fro and even turning somersaults just to show off for you.
Of course, life isn’t all fun and games for these dogs. Due to their great courage and strength, Boxers often contribute to police and military work, sometimes