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I have a 6 year old female boxer and looking to add another boxer to our household. My preference is another female but I’ve read that 2 females together would not be good. Can anyone share any insight.
We've had three boxers at a time, and until two years ago, all were female. Every pup for the last 40 years has made a play for dominance, but as soon as she learns that my wife is the dominant "bitch", all is well. Even now that one of our boxers is a male, the situation is manageable, with some care during "fertile weeks". Just be sure to introduce the new pup to the resident OUTDOORS, and let the :mistress" of the house bring her new friend in. Boxers seem to be inherently maternal, and my guess is your grand-dam will be delighted with a pup to play with.I have a 6 year old female boxer and looking to add another boxer to our household. My preference is another female but I’ve read that 2 females together would not be good. Can anyone share any insight.
I disagree. It is not always luck. I have more problems with females of differing breeds butting heads than with boxers. But then I know not to put two dominant boxer females together.I will not place two female dogs in the same home. Some people do not have any issues and to be honest this is purely luck. It is not how they are raised or whatever other Mumbo jumbo that you hear.
Females are notorious for holding grudges and once they fight, they will always fight. So why risk it?
I have had multiple females in my home over the course of almost 20 years. I am very structured in my home, definitely more than the average pet owner. I am very observant of body language in my dogs being a multi dog home, I reduce any triggers such as guarding of chews or treats, toys etc. My dogs are crate trained and excellent all round dogs HOWEVER I have seen first hand how two girls can go from lounging in the living room on their beds to full on attacking one another unprovoked. These are two girls who have co-existed for 3 years with no issues what so ever. Girls I would have trusted together no questions asked. The commotion of those two girls caused another girl to jump in on the fight. Do you know how hard it is to break up a dog fight on your own? The risks of getting bitten or attacked yourself? The after effects of this type of dog fight? 3 dogs in separate crates driven back and forth after hours to my vet for stitches was horrible. Cleaning up the after math was horrible. Attempting to slowly reintroduce the girls to one another was heart breaking.... they were having none of it. Coming to the conclusion a month later that I had to rehome 2 of the 3 girls was devastating.I disagree. It is not always luck. I have more problems with females of differing breeds butting heads than with boxers. But then I know not to put two dominant boxer females together.
I have had two boxer females who would not have worked well with each other. But they didn’t have to. One moved in with us a month after the other died of cancer.
the new one turned out to be dominant which is what we wanted. Our existing female is very submissive. As was her mother and that’s why we chose her to place with our first dominant female. Selecting dogs with temperament in mind is a good rule of thumb for a peaceful future.
As you are a breeder I can understand you unwillingness to trust prospective parents. Not all know or even consider temperament.
As an amateur this is what I have always done in my home. We are a structured home as I don't want any extra unintended vet bills. Why take chances.I have had multiple females in my home over the course of almost 20 years. I am very structured in my home, definitely more than the average pet owner. I am very observant of body language in my dogs being a multi dog home, I reduce any triggers such as guarding of chews or treats, toys etc. My dogs are crate trained and excellent all round dogs HOWEVER I have seen first hand how two girls can go from lounging in the living room on their beds to full on attacking one another unprovoked. These are two girls who have co-existed for 3 years with no issues what so ever. Girls I would have trusted together no questions asked. The commotion of those two girls caused another girl to jump in on the fight. Do you know how hard it is to break up a dog fight on your own? The risks of getting bitten or attacked yourself? The after effects of this type of dog fight? 3 dogs in separate crates driven back and forth after hours to my vet for stitches was horrible. Cleaning up the after math was horrible. Attempting to slowly reintroduce the girls to one another was heart breaking.... they were having none of it. Coming to the conclusion a month later that I had to rehome 2 of the 3 girls was devastating.
This is what I experienced as an experienced multi dog owner. I will never place one of my girls or clients in the same position when you can easily place a male/female or male/male combo instead.
Being a breeder I still have multiple females in my home but I am well aware that it can go from good to bad in the blink of an eye. I don’t take chances, I rotate my dogs in male/female pairs outside and I crate when I can’t supervise. Thankfully my currently household works well together and those girls we rehomed are flourishing.
Aww well while I have happily, not seen anything like that?? I have seen a girl "Boxer," gone "Berserk," however?? And one is not like to forget it! Now it was my fault and most likely not something anyone else will stumble across, in a million years!I have had multiple females in my home over the course of almost 20 years. I am very structured in my home, definitely more than the average pet owner. I am very observant of body language in my dogs being a multi dog home, I reduce any triggers such as guarding of chews or treats, toys etc. My dogs are crate trained and excellent all round dogs HOWEVER I have seen first hand how two girls can go from lounging in the living room on their beds to full on attacking one another unprovoked. These are two girls who have co-existed for 3 years with no issues what so ever. Girls I would have trusted together no questions asked. The commotion of those two girls caused another girl to jump in on the fight. Do you know how hard it is to break up a dog fight on your own? The risks of getting bitten or attacked yourself? The after effects of this type of dog fight? 3 dogs in separate crates driven back and forth after hours to my vet for stitches was horrible. Cleaning up the after math was horrible. Attempting to slowly reintroduce the girls to one another was heart breaking.... they were having none of it. Coming to the conclusion a month later that I had to rehome 2 of the 3 girls was devastating.
This is what I experienced as an experienced multi dog owner. I will never place one of my girls or clients in the same position when you can easily place a male/female or male/male combo instead.
Being a breeder I still have multiple females in my home but I am well aware that it can go from good to bad in the blink of an eye. I don’t take chances, I rotate my dogs in male/female pairs outside and I crate when I can’t supervise. Thankfully my currently household works well together and those girls we rehomed are flourishing.