TRUE BREED STANDARD
Devised for Boxers by Boxers
One thing as a boxer I find very odd is that we have a breed
standard. Now I checked this
out and I noticed you have to be a certain size, color, weight and
height. I thought this
strange as I know many boxers and we come in all shapes, sizes and colors. I found out that humans
made this up. Now this I find very peculiar. I mean out of all the
animals in the world,
the human is by far the oddest of them all. Not only do they come in
different colors, shapes and
sizes, to make matters worse they don't even speak the same language.
No wonder they've not
got a standard of their own. The only one to come up to it would be the
human that wrote it. Just a bit mean of them though to make one up for
us without even asking our opinion on it. So my friends
at UKboxerdogs decided enough was enough. We put our boxer brains
together and we've come
up with our own special Breed Standard. Designed by boxers, for boxers.
And if those two
legged friends of ours don't like it, then that's too bad.
UKboxerdogs Official Boxer Breed Standard
Love unconditionally
Slobber eternally
Beg for chews
Dig holes
Play in the fish pond
Re-pot plants
Move cushions
Empty bins
Steal clothes
Unpack groceries
Only come when called at puppy classes
Only sit at puppy classes
Only walk to heal at puppy classes
Beg for humans' food
Mop the floor
Chew lawn mower cable
Help to move the hose and put holes in it
Roll on your back
Sit on chairs
Empty the washing basket
Beg for chews at the shop
Rearrange the cut hair and chase the broom at the hairdressers
Make Mom buy toys by grabbing them off the shelf by slobbering all over them while in the store
Get covered in smelly stuff
Have smelly ' burps'
Bark at hedgehogs and skunks in the night
Run in the river and get muddy and then jump
up on Moms clean jeansRun off with Dads hammer and other tools and hide them
Still be as mad as ever even after spaying
Keep the garden clear of little green apples
Pose for everyone
Play with the washing on the clothes line
Chew pegs
Jump at visitors
Help to 'clear' the tabletops, even if it is Sunday Dinner
Eat chocolate
Fart when visitors come
Catch fish in the fish ponds
Do the smelliest of s***s
Go out of gates
Eat what we want
Chase cats
Re-organize fences
Eat the fingers off Moms garden gloves
Get stuck in the cat flap
Do lots of lols in front of the cupboard - she goes nuts!
Create lots of juicy slobber so the humans hand over their dinner
Trample over plants and knock over every pot
Chew every houseplant and maybe a few other things along the wayCome in the house when muddy & wet
Do a kidney shaped wiggle dance when Mom/Dad or any visitors come
Wiggle that stump!
Fall down holes in the road
Visit the neighbors and frighten Mom so she shouts at Dad
Scratch doors to come in
Snore big time
'Snot' on clothes
Skate on floors
Be the most fantastic, wonderful, lovable friend, whatever color you are.
The above Breed Standard was compiled by: Hooch, Rocky, Rumpole, Ruth, Winston, Bosko, Murphs, Biggles, et al. from Ukboxerdogs.
This standard is unique because if any boxers out there can think of other things that they might
like to include, just let me know!
We want to thank Shirley for allowing us to use this. http://www.ukgeocities.com/tailsofrocky/links.htm
Click on the link below for the American Boxer Club breed standardhttp://americanboxerclub.org/standard.html