The Boxer dog Genealogy
By: Bishop Corsair

This beautiful dog, the Boxer. The best companion dog in the history of dogs without a doubt. Well, I have had Boxers my entire life, so I have to admit my opinion will be a bit biased. I can tell may stories of the joy those boxers have provided throughout my life. They can always put a smile on your face. I don't know weather it is the fleshy jowled pug nosed face that I find so beautiful, or there disposition, personality,or more likely it is all of the above. Boxers are so playful in the way they are ready to go at it in a second with a piece of rope or run around the back yard. Attentive because they are with you in every room you go to, because that is where the action will be and they need to be part of it. Affectionate, they crave physical contact and petting. they love climbing into the sack with you at night and are a great source of heat on a cold night. Loyal in that they are friendly and personable, but will jump to defend you in a snap with a ferocious presence. Boxers are obedient and gentle, they are very accepting of children and babies. You know how kids are with the ear pulling and grabbing. That irritates some dogs. Boxers take all of that with no problem unlike any dog I have ever seen. Just a fantastic family pet.

So where does this breed originate? How did the boxer we know and love today come to be? It is a cross between a couple different dogs, but I wanted to look into its heritage and see for sure. This is what I came up with.

The name Boxer is commonly believed to stem from the way that a boxer plays. they rear back on its hind legs and comes at you with its paws swinging, sort of like a boxer. You have to watch out, because they can land a couple face scraping blows quickly, thus the need for a well trained Boxer. However this explanation is incorrect. Actually, the name "Boxer" is derived from an ancestor, the smaller BullenBeisser(Barbanter) that were known as "boxel". The name "Boxer" is a corruption of that name that has passed through time.

The boxer has its beginnings in the German Bullenbeisser and the English Bulldog. The German Bullenbeisser was a large sized hunting dog for centuries. It was commonly used when hunting large game like deer, bear and wild pigs. Its primary task was to run down wounded prey and subdue it until the hunters came. A common attribute seen on many boxers is the cropped pointed ears. Done these days just for show, but it actually had a practical purpose related to their use as hunting dogs. When tracking and holding wild animals, the dogs would occasionally suffer severely torn ears. cropping their ears was started to avoid this problem. As time passed, smaller dogs came into favor and the German Bullenbeisser was purposefully bred smaller and smaller. The smaller version of the German Bullenbeisser was then named the Bullenbeisser(Brabanter).

In the late 19th century, the Brabanter was crossed again with the English Bulldog. This would begin the line that would become today's Boxer. in 1894, the breed was stabilized and put on exhibition in 1895.

The story of the dogs involved in the early genealogy is rather interesting. An true tale of breeding and selection.

A gentleman from Munich Germany, named George Alt mated a brindle-colored bitch Brabanter called "Flora" with a local dog of unknown ancestry named "Boxer". This resulted in a fawn and white pup they called "Lechners Boxer". When he grew up, "Lechner's Boxer" was mated with his mother "Flora" and one of those puppies was a bitch called "Alt's Schecken". "Alt's Schecken was registered as a Bierboxer or Modern BullBeiser. "Alt's Schecken" was then bred with a English Bulldog named "Tom" that produced a puppy named "Flocki", the first boxer entered into the German Stud Book. "Flocki's" sister, the white "Blanka von Angertor" was then bred with "Piccolo von Angertor" the grandson of "Lechners Boxer" to create "Meta von der Passage". It is "Meta Von Der Passage" that would have the biggest impact on this breed. She is the mother of the modern breed of Boxer. "Meta von der Passage" went on to give birth to a line of sires that defined the future of the Boxer to the current day.

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Chris Schaller is owner/operator of my-boxer-dog.com. A website dedicated to Boxer dog training, care and information. Boxers. The perfect Family pet.

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