Are boxers an aggressive breed?

Question

I want to get a boxer but all the apartments around here (GA) have aggresive breed bans. Are boxers an aggresive breed?

PLEASE DONT TELL ME NOT TO GET ONE IN AN APARTMENT

I am a house wife and walk long distances every day. Our inlaws have a dog yard where he will be all the time

Answer 1

I am in Ga too! Boxers are not a agressive breed nor are they on the agressive breed ban list. People look at them and say they would be but they are not. I had a mom a dad and 5 puppies, with a new baby and they were wonderful. Now I will say if you have a female and breed at one point or another some females can get a little snippy. But my male was a big 85 lb. doll, you could probably do just about anything to him and he would look they other way. He was the BEST I ever had in a dog. I will be getting more!

Answer 2

Boxer Aggressive Breed

Answer 3

Aggressive Breed List

Answer 4

In general boxers are not an aggressive dog but some are not good with kids. This breed loves attention and becomes jealous when other dogs and kids receive attention and at times can become aggressive. This is rare I have had boxers by whole life and never had a problem. Anyway dogs are not aggressive as long as they are raised correctly, i have a pit bull mix i got from the pound who is the friendliest dog. It depends on the owners. But boxers are great dogs and i would recommend the breed.

Answer 5

No. Boxers definitly would not fall into that catagory. Although some landlords can be kind of weird and you should discuss with him first just to be on the safe side.

Bozers are wonderful, loving happy dogs in general, but like any breed of dog, they can have problems if not raised properly. An apartment is generally not a great place for a Boxer as they have an enormous amount of energy and will need to burn it off constantly. That is not to say it can't work--I have two Dalmatians and we live very contentedly in an apartment. My boyfriend and I are also very active people and run with our dogs every day. This is also a temporary situation; we will be buying a country property soon, and I look forward to the day when my spotted babies can run around free of leashes (with supervision, obviously).

Please think about whether or not you can make the committment to get a boxer. One of the number one reasons people get rid of their dogs is because they move to another apartment that doesn't allow dogs, or the landlord changes his mind about dogs, etc. If you want to get an apartment dog, you should be prepared to move if necessary in case any issues arise with the dog. Giving him away in general shouldn't be an option.

Good luck with getting a dog! Boxers are a fabulous breed and if you are ready and committed to owning one for the next 12+ years, I am sure you will have the time of your life!

Answer 6

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Are boxers an aggressive breed?
I want to get a boxer but all the apartments around here (GA) have aggresive breed bans. Are boxers an aggresive breed?

Answer 7

I've never met an aggressive boxer, but here's some info from the Eukanuba website:

Personality:
A highly intelligent, exuberant, playful and energetic breed. Easily trained--a good obedience dog. Very devoted to family, good with children. Quiet, but alert and protective. Generally reserved with strangers. Not generally combative with other dogs unless challenged.

Behavior:
Children: Excellent with children.
Friendliness: Loves everyone.
Trainability: Easy to train.
Independence: Needs people a lot.
Dominance: Moderate.
Other Pets: Generally good with other pets.
Combativeness: Can be a bit dog-aggressive.
Noise: Not a barker.

Answer 8

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/8mL4l

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 9

No they are not listed by most places as an aggressive breed.
BUT you may not want one in an apartment.
They are VERY active dogs and they needs lots of exercise and room to run. A house with a large fenced yard is a better home for them. They really need alot of play time and running and stuff like that. Being in an apartment with no out let for all the energy can make them get destructive.

Answer 10

You should watch the Dog Whisperer on the National Geo Channel. I too have an aggressive dog and Caesar Milan's techniques have helped me a great deal. I also bought his book and that too has great tips. Training will also help -and make sure you are giving your dog AT LEAST a 45 minute walk per day. Dogs need to get tired and "working" dogs like the pit bull and boxer have tons of energy to burn. Good luck!