Boxer History And Origin

• Developed in Germany, the Boxer is a breed of stocky, large size, short-haired dog.
• The coat is smooth and fawn, brindled, white, or even reverse brindledwith or without white markings.
•  Boxers have broad short skulls, have a square muzzle, very strong jaws, powerful bite ideal for hanging on to large prey
• The Boxer was bred from the English Bulldog and the now extinct Bullenbeisser and is part of the Molosser group.
• Boxers were first exhibited in a dog show for St. Bernards at Munich in 1895, the first Boxer club being founded the next year.
•  Based on 2009 American Kennel Club statistics, Boxers are the sixth most popular breed of dog in the United States for the third year in a row—moving up in 2007 from the seventh spot, which they'd held since 2002.