Re: For those who have 2 boxers do you let them have free ro
I think it will really depend on your boxers and how they act. When we had three boxers (all female) we left them with free roam of the house whenever we left BUT they were well behaved and didn't really get into anything when we were home either. They knew what they were allowed to play with and what was off limits, if your boxers still get into things even when you are home it might not be a good idea, if they are very well behaved all the time you probably won't have any trouble with them. We started out gradually with ours. Calli was our first and nearly our last.....she got into EVERYTHING, shoes, couch cushions, books, etc. and went on the floor. She was still young when this was happening so our vet recommended a cage for her. The difference in her was night and day, the cage really helped alot and we left her in it until she was able to be left out a little at a time while we were gone. She was about 2 before we would leave her out completely on her own.....the only thing she did then was sleep on the couch (which she wasn't allowed to do when we were there). We did the same with the other boxers as we added them, our next was a rescue and she was about 1 when we got her. We also crate trained her and then gradually left her out with Calli a little at a time until we could trust her. If she did anything bad when we were gone we made sure she knew what she did when we came home (and she ALWAYS knew when she had been bad....little stinker would hide).

Then we added Teaki as a puppy, it was again about two years before we let her roam the house with the other two. We never had any trouble with the three out alone, the only thing they did (and this was only if we forgot to pick it up) was eat the cat food out of the cats dish! The three of them got along very well and there was about 5 years span between Calli and Bereykely and about 4 year span between Berkeley and Teaki.
We now have Teaki (6yrs) and Ziggi (1 1/2) and Teaki always has free roam of the house. Ziggi is still caged until we are fully able to trust him. He is left out for short periods of time when we are gone or outside and does great so each time we try to add more time that he is out while we are gone until we are fully able to trust him.
None of our boxers have ever chewed on power cords, etc. or gotten into anything that would hurt them.