Boxer (dog breed)

Boxer
Fawn boxer, uncropped and undocked
Other names
  • German Boxer
  • Deutscher Boxer
OriginGermany
Traits
Height Males 56–64 cm (22–25 in)[2]
Females 53–61 cm (21–24 in)
Weight Males 30–32 kg (66–70 lb)[1]
Females 25–27 kg (55–60 lb)
Coat short, shiny, smooth, close-lying
Colour fawn or brindle, and white
Litter size average 6–8
Kennel club standards
VDH standard
Fédération Cynologique Internationale standard
Dog (domestic dog)
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Fawn boxer puppy

The Boxer is a medium to large, short-haired dog breed of mastiff-type, developed in Germany. The coat is smooth and tight-fitting; colors are fawn or brindled, 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, which became extinct by crossbreeding rather than by a decadence of the breed. The Boxer is a member of both The Kennel Club and American Kennel Club (AKC) Working Group.[3]

The first 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 AKC statistics, Boxers held steady as the seventh-most popular breed of dog in the United States for the fourth consecutive year.[4] According to the AKC's website,[5] though, the boxer is now the 11th-most popular dog breed in the United States.

  1. ^ "Breed Standard". The Kennel Club. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ American Kennel Club. "Breed Standard".
  3. ^ http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/boxer/#standard "Get to Know the Boxer", 'The American Kennel Club', Retrieved 14 May 2014
  4. ^ American Kennel Club. "Registration Statistics".
  5. ^ http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/boxer/Club, American Kennel. "Boxer Dog Breed Information". www.akc.org. Retrieved 2016-02-05.