ISO boxer puppy or young dog

[Eventer29]

Currently we are fostering a boxer cross! Personally I dont see very much boxer in her. She is a wonderful dog though. Very energetic and happy in general. She gets along well with our dogs. the older dog likes to pretend that Morgan does not exist, the yougner dog lives in her own world anyways so doesnt pay her much mind. I would love to see my younger cocker and Morgan play together. The cocker has never really had anyone but her mom to play with and I dont think that Morgan has had much experience with other dogs either, dont think they quite know how to go about playing. She really does not seem to understand doggy social signals. My parent's poms have been very unfriendly toward her and she is oblivious till they snap at her.
So so far she is great!
We still kind of want a Boxer though. But getting attached to this dog fast. I have been spending time with her but keep telling myself she might not be staying. She is supposed to be hubby's dog anyways so trying not to bond with her. (kinda hard when she wants to be my bestest friend and she is home with me all day!) I told hubby it is up to him if she stays. If nothing else we introduced her to what it is like to live in a home and not a kennel. She is getting basic obedience training which she needs badly!

 

[Roman]

Currently we are fostering a boxer cross! Personally I dont see very much boxer in her. She is a wonderful dog though. Very energetic and happy in general. She gets along well with our dogs. the older dog likes to pretend that Morgan does not exist, the yougner dog lives in her own world anyways so doesnt pay her much mind. I would love to see my younger cocker and Morgan play together. The cocker has never really had anyone but her mom to play with and I dont think that Morgan has had much experience with other dogs either, dont think they quite know how to go about playing. She really does not seem to understand doggy social signals. My parent's poms have been very unfriendly toward her and she is oblivious till they snap at her.
So so far she is great!
We still kind of want a Boxer though. But getting attached to this dog fast. I have been spending time with her but keep telling myself she might not be staying. She is supposed to be hubby's dog anyways so trying not to bond with her. (kinda hard when she wants to be my bestest friend and she is home with me all day!) I told hubby it is up to him if she stays. If nothing else we introduced her to what it is like to live in a home and not a kennel. She is getting basic obedience training which she needs badly!

How long have you had her? It sounds like she will be around for a long time. I hope things work out either way.

 

[Eventer29]

This Sunday it will be a week since we picked her up. She is doing great! Listens to me pretty well, gotta work on her respect for hubby. He almost, almost let her sleep on the bed last night. He is totally anti dog on the bed, has never let our dogs sleep on the bed. She jumps up and he wanted to let her stay. Meanwhile the other two are glaring up at her cause they can not get up, and they know better. I told him it was his job to get her off the bed. He sits there and says Morgan get down and points off the bed, she looks at him like "oh you want me to curl up and lay down!" I had to tell her to get off and she jumped off. We had to repeate this a couple times before he put his foot down and was serious about getting her off the bed. Hubby has a lot to learn.

 

[Roman]

My Husband was anti-dog-in-bed, but then he melted with our little Pup. It doesn't seem the same without her there. It sounds like you guys are off to a good start. Enjoy her!

 

[Eventer29]

The boxer mix did not end up working out for us. We took her back this morning. I am still fighting tears and think hubby is too. She is just too much dog for hubby to handle. though he loves dogs he is not a "dog person" and is intimidated by her massive amounts of energy. I have had no problem with her, she did not jump on me except occasionally and she did not mouth me. (Because I was not afraid to correct her) She would go CRAZY when hubby got home, sooo happy to see him, but he did not know how to handle her jumping and was afraid to correct her. Even after 2 weeks he was still intimidated by her. (She did nothing wrong except jump and lick and be waaayy overly friendly)I just dont think I could train him to handle her correctly.
We both feel guilty for taking her back hubby just came in pretty upset and said he isnt sure we gave her enough time. We would have liked to take more time but it seemed that after 2 weeks they wanted her back if it wasnt working out. We want what is best for the dog and I honestly cant think of a much better situation for than here with us, but dont know if we could get through this excitability thing. I also wanted a dog that could come out on the farm with me. Not only are shelter dogs not allowed off lead, but I dont think we could let her off lead with the horses, she is FEARLESS!! and our horses do not all love dogs.
Grr really rethinking this, dont know what to do. The house doesnt feel quite the same without her. Prob is I think we would have fallen for any dog we brought home wether they work out or not. We said that we.......
(insert 10 min break and lots of talking with hubby and family)

Change in plans. Just called to see if we can get her back. Coming home to not have her here upset hubby more than I thought and more than he thought. Not sure if they will let us have her back though. They are checking with the lady who has been....
nevermind going to pick her up now!!!!! I feel so much better..A little insane but...better.

 

[animalluvr4life]

The boxer mix did not end up working out for us. We took her back this morning. I am still fighting tears and think hubby is too. She is just too much dog for hubby to handle. though he loves dogs he is not a "dog person" and is intimidated by her massive amounts of energy. I have had no problem with her, she did not jump on me except occasionally and she did not mouth me. (Because I was not afraid to correct her) She would go CRAZY when hubby got home, sooo happy to see him, but he did not know how to handle her jumping and was afraid to correct her. Even after 2 weeks he was still intimidated by her. (She did nothing wrong except jump and lick and be waaayy overly friendly)I just dont think I could train him to handle her correctly.
We both feel guilty for taking her back hubby just came in pretty upset and said he isnt sure we gave her enough time. We would have liked to take more time but it seemed that after 2 weeks they wanted her back if it wasnt working out. We want what is best for the dog and I honestly cant think of a much better situation for than here with us, but dont know if we could get through this excitability thing. I also wanted a dog that could come out on the farm with me. Not only are shelter dogs not allowed off lead, but I dont think we could let her off lead with the horses, she is FEARLESS!! and our horses do not all love dogs.
Grr really rethinking this, dont know what to do. The house doesnt feel quite the same without her. Prob is I think we would have fallen for any dog we brought home wether they work out or not. We said that we.......
(insert 10 min break and lots of talking with hubby and family)

Change in plans. Just called to see if we can get her back. Coming home to not have her here upset hubby more than I thought and more than he thought. Not sure if they will let us have her back though. They are checking with the lady who has been....
nevermind going to pick her up now!!!!! I feel so much better..A little insane but...better.

maybe you can get a dog obedience trainer to come in and work with the 2 of you on getting her not to jump and also work with getting it so you can have her off leash some. I don't know if bringing her to the farm would be a good idea since you said she is fearless

 

[ArkRescue]

Boxy was quite a challenge initially due to his energy level, but we learned how to drain his energy by letting him run on a long tracking lead (only board horse fencing here) and in 10 to 20 minutes he was tired.

 

[Eventer29]

What it came down to is life is better with the energetic hard headed dog than without her!
One of the conditions I made with hubby is that he will work with her and do some training and gain her respect. I have hardly any trouble with her at all. We do try to keep her pretty tired. She runs the fence with my parent's dogs on the other side and they exercise each other. Plus we play her version of fetch(throw ball and hope she brings it back) and she will actually play with herself a lot. A tired animal is a well behaved one. I am hoping that as we trust her more in the hosue not to potty or chew things we can leave her out of the crate more and more. She spends a couple of hours in the crate a day plus at night right now. working to leaving her loose in the house with no human company for short periods. we ran out to run an errand tonight and she was fine! Which is great.
As far as being near the horses, we live on a farm and if she is not in our house or fenced yard then we are near the horses. Eventually she will be ok with them on the leash. Right now its like a wild little kid who wants to pet the pony! Controllable but no fun. I would like to be able to take her out when I go off the farm to teach lessons eventually. Some day! Until then lots of obedience training!! Wish us luck!!

 

[ArkRescue]

What it came down to is life is better with the energetic hard headed dog than without her!
One of the conditions I made with hubby is that he will work with her and do some training and gain her respect. I have hardly any trouble with her at all. We do try to keep her pretty tired. She runs the fence with my parent's dogs on the other side and they exercise each other. Plus we play her version of fetch(throw ball and hope she brings it back) and she will actually play with herself a lot. A tired animal is a well behaved one. I am hoping that as we trust her more in the hosue not to potty or chew things we can leave her out of the crate more and more. She spends a couple of hours in the crate a day plus at night right now. working to leaving her loose in the house with no human company for short periods. we ran out to run an errand tonight and she was fine! Which is great.
As far as being near the horses, we live on a farm and if she is not in our house or fenced yard then we are near the horses. Eventually she will be ok with them on the leash. Right now its like a wild little kid who wants to pet the pony! Controllable but no fun. I would like to be able to take her out when I go off the farm to teach lessons eventually. Some day! Until then lots of obedience training!! Wish us luck!!

She WILL settle down in time and the training is a must as you mentioned. I'm sure she will be worth the time you put into the training and the efforts you make in small steps to her having time alone in the house. Taking small steps is the right approach.

Took me months to get my shelter dog to understand the rules (especially for him to stop chasing the cats). He is sweet as can be. He got in trouble yesterday when I discovered he had chewed on the outdoor bunny statue (resin material), he ate the ear off. I showed it to him and he slowly backed away - GUILTY!

 

[Roman]

Eventer29, what a heart warming story! Almost two years ago, I went through a simular situation with my Pup. We got her right after our old Boston-Pug died. She was 10 years old, and I forgot about the energy that these dogs have. I went through what almost seemed like a Post-Partum Depression after getting her. I even went to my Husband, telling him I wanted to take her back after having her about 3 weeks. He said "NO"! I am so glad that he said that! She is one of the best Dogs we've had. She calmed down a lot now that she is 2 years old, but she is still very energetic. Once they know what you expect of them, they will fit in nicely. I think your Pup just loves you guys so much, and is more than happy to show it, and with her size..it can be a handful. Once your Husband is comfortable correcting her, everything will fall in to place. Congratulations, and I am looking forward, in months to come, hearing all of the good stories about her.