Hi people <--newbie here :)

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Originally Posted by steveo

Thanks everyone for the great welcome :) , i will be feeding him his first adult small mouse tonight hes roughly about 2" around in girth in the middle so a small adult mouse should be the perfect size for him :)
p.s - frankykeno i see in your sig that you have a Boxer x lab :D , i have a Boxer called Chad

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Yep we have a crazy, goofy 5 month old boxer/yellow labrador cross (apparently referred to as a "boxador" how nuts is that! LOL). She basically is built like a boxer from the neck down and a lab from the neck up. Here's Gunnar (the 5 year old named her okay) in all her goofy glory.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...girlGunnar.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...dherchewie.jpg

:) gunnar is a beauty , you can defiantly see the boxer in her and she has the great head of a lab :D
as for bob he ate his first adult mouse last night with no probs at all :D
heres a pic of Chad my boxer hes 2 years old tomorrow :)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...oard02chad.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...F0218CHAD2.jpg

Yay for Bob and yay for you!

Ohhhhhhh Chad's a gorgeous male boxer! I may have to print of that shot of his face and give Gunnar her first pin-up LOL. Okay sort of stupid boxer question but are their tails naturally bobbed or are they cut short like that. We adopted Gunnar from the local Dog Warden and she came with a stubby tail but we can't figure out why anyone with a mixed breed litter would have done their tails if they weren't born like that.

Sorry to hijack your thread LOL but another question. Are boxers normally really smart and easy to train? I've read up some on the breed as I've always had Labs and they do seem to have a great rep as a good family dog...smart, protective but gentle (Boxers that is). I just notice that Gunnar is really really fast to pick up new commands. She learned "sit" at 12 weeks of age in one 15 minute training session...she learned heel within 4 blocks of walking using her new training collar. I'm used to Labs that are really bonded to humans and want to please but wow....is it the Boxer blood in her that makes her so quick to learn stuff?

She also constantly boxes with her front paws LOL. She's also a lot braver than any Lab pup I've ever had. If a dog barks at our 5 year old, little Gunnar braces herself and bellows back in her "big" puppy voice. Labs don't tend to be that protective naturally.

Oh and Happy Birthday Chad!

Yeah there tails are "docked" cut off at birth (usally by the breeder ) a boxers tail is long and whippy if left undocked.
Boxers are real smart and very protective they tend to learn commands real quick Chad was paper trained at 9 weeks the breeders sorted that out before we picked him up :sweeet: and he also learnt to sit at around 12/13 weeks old , also Chad will protect my 2 year old nephew everytime he come down to visit. i.e if the fire is lit chad will lay in front of it until my nephew walks off , and hes an excellent guard dog not aggressive wise just loud if he hears anything that isnt right he will let off a loud deep bark and run to wherever the sound is coming from, also boxers love to box with the front paws , they love there play fights :)

Well seems our Gunnar has a lot of Boxer in her because she's picking up commands so fast I'm amazed by it. Other than she hasn't figured out how to tell us she needs to go out yet but we're working on that. I was in PetCo today and saw a couple in there with their little purebred boxer pup...oh so darn cute! I can't figure why the folks that had Gunnar's mother (she was apparently a purebred Boxer) would have bothered to dock the tails of mixed breed puppies but it does sort of suit Gunnar.

yeah i was wondering why they docked gunnars tail too , but as you said it does suit her its so cute when they wag them (looks like they have a little motor hidden away there somewhere lol :) and you are right boxer pups are just too cute :D
Heres chad and his bro at 3 weeks old chads on the left
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...t3weeksold.jpg

Welcome aboard! :handshake


Have U had royals before or is Bob your first snake? What about other pets besides Bob and Chad????

Glad to have U...You'll find that the royals are EXTREMELY addictive, and we here tend to enable each other in that addiction.... :D

Oh, and watch out for the Ooooh's and :aww: (Awwww's) of pooing, shedding and when those reluctant feeders actually eat for us. Then there's the happy dance :carrot: :pinkele:

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Have U checked out the caresheet posted on site???? Good stuff, Maynard. :)


RuLyn

What beautiful critters you have! Welcome aboard! :welcome:

And I still like the term Boxador, Jo! I can just see Gunnar in a cool little fancy gold trim hat and red cape to taunt the rat colony with. :P

LOL Sheree she is a brat about the bachelor rat cage. That's where my retired huge male rat, Casanova hangs out with the new breeder male, Frankie and Gunnar lives in joy if they will hang their long tails out of the wire cage so she can harrass them. She doesn't nip, just jumps and barks at them, they however will happily nip her if she gets too close. Silly pup...silly rats!

Oh Steveo what cute pups! I can see us getting a purebred Boxer some day, we are very impressed with what we are seeing in this pup we've got. The docked tail is cute. When Gunnar is excited our young son says she doesn't wag her tail...she wiggles her butt (which he finds endlessly funny!) Watching her attempt to chase her tail (she usually spins so tight and fast she falls over) is hilarious! LOL

Welcome, Steveo! :handshake: Sorry for the lateness, but I've been on vacation and haven't even begun to catch up on all the missed threads! Beautiful animals you have there!!