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Boxer Dog Obedience Training
- The Boxer dog by it's nature is very passionate and also very powerful.
- How do you harness the powerful and passionate boxer - without upsetting the owner.
- As an owner you need to understand and harness the courage, reliability and the loyalty of the boxer dog.
You need to learn that a boxer dog maybe stubborn but they are also keen to learn - but you need to start early.
- A Boxer dog can make an excellent watchdog - due to the fact that they will not back down from anything.
- They also make excellent family pets as they get on extremely well with children.
- A Boxer dog is also an energetic breed so will need allot of exercise and encouragement - so a boxer dog will get you fit if nothing else.
- With this in mind you need to make sure that you have time to walk and exercise your dog - otherwise you are asking for behavior and obedience problems in the future.
So How do you Train a Boxer Dog?
- You need to remember how stubborn the Boxer is as a breed and learn to work with this.
- The most important aspect of training your boxer dog is - START EARLY.
One of the main components of boxer dog training is to start socializing the boxer dog as a puppy - EARLY.
- A boxer puppies socialization starts at about 14 weeks - start the training early.
- The more your boxer dog/puppy sees/hears/touches and tastes at this point in a boxer's life is vitally important.
- This is a very important fact that many people forget when training a boxer - they are excellent family points but they need to be introduced very early to family and especially children.
- There is no point in having a boxer dog and introducing him to children in later life - and expect him to be well behaved - it just won't work unless you introduce him very early to children.
- Boxer dogs can become nervous - it's proven that if boxer dogs are not introduced early to everyday activities such as traffic - they can become nervous and fearful.
- This is vital as we know that nervous and fearful dogs can become aggressive and have obedience and behavior problems
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