I have a boxer dog as a pet, do you know much about that breed?
Yes. the boxer is a mid sized short-haired breed of dog from Germany.
That's cool I didn't know they were from Germany, do you know what they were originally bred for?
They bred them from the Old English bulldog to eliminate the white color of the breed.
Oh that's kind of an odd reason I guess. Do you know how popular the Boxer breed is roughly?
Boxer club was founded in 1895, with Boxers being first exhibited in a dog show for St. Bernards in Munich the next year. Based on 2013 American Kennel Club statistics, Boxers held steady as the seventh-most popular breed of dog in the United States for the fourth consecutive year. However, according to the AKC's website, the boxer is now the eighth-most popular dog breed in the United States. Boxers have white and black markings.
Appearance.
The head is the most distinctive feature of the
Boxer (dog)
The Boxer is a medium-sized, short-haired breed of dog, developed in Germany. The coat is smooth and tight-fitting; colors are fawn brindled or white, with or without white markings. Boxers are brachycephalic (they have broad, short skulls), have a square muzzle, mandibular prognathism (an underbite), very strong jaws, and a powerful bite ideal for hanging on to large prey. The Boxer was bred from the Old English Bulldog and the now extinct Bullenbeisser