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First of all, Hi, I am new to these forums, but after searching all my problems individually and getting no where I thought I would ask how common these problems are for people who have Boxers. My dog's name is Sophie, she is a 16 week old boxer/lab mix. I have had a couple of labs in my life, but boxers are new to me.
Gulping her food down: She is about 16 weeks old now, when we first got her she didn't seem to really care about her dry food, eventually we switched brands, and after a few days of switching out the new and old dog food she started gulping down her food as frequently as possible. We then decided to try yet another dry dog food with more nutrition to see if it helped, it didn't, I think she's worse now. Besides that she seems very skinny, her ribs stick out and although she's growing she still seems very thin for a puppy.
She is also terrified, I mean terrified of being in the car! She drools, vomits, shakes and the last time she lost control of her bowels. We have tried empty stomach (much easier on us) and holding her so she can look out the window, putting her in the back where she can have more room, giving her praise and treats: nothing seems to help.
Bath time is a Nightmare! This also continues to get worse each time, she cries so loud that I am afraid we'll have the police called on us. She tries to claw her way out of the tub. We bathe her inside in a large bathtub with warm water. We dry her quickly after the bath in a warm fluffy towel and reward her with treats. She's gotten us to the point that we are scared to wash her anymore.
Last but not least, she's too aggressive with out neighbor's miniature dog. The neighbor's have a very small toy dog and Sophie chases and bites it's tail. The little thing seems fairly defenceless and I don't know how to get her to understand that she can't play that way with this small of a dog.
Gulping her food down: She is about 16 weeks old now, when we first got her she didn't seem to really care about her dry food, eventually we switched brands, and after a few days of switching out the new and old dog food she started gulping down her food as frequently as possible. We then decided to try yet another dry dog food with more nutrition to see if it helped, it didn't, I think she's worse now. Besides that she seems very skinny, her ribs stick out and although she's growing she still seems very thin for a puppy.
She is also terrified, I mean terrified of being in the car! She drools, vomits, shakes and the last time she lost control of her bowels. We have tried empty stomach (much easier on us) and holding her so she can look out the window, putting her in the back where she can have more room, giving her praise and treats: nothing seems to help.
Bath time is a Nightmare! This also continues to get worse each time, she cries so loud that I am afraid we'll have the police called on us. She tries to claw her way out of the tub. We bathe her inside in a large bathtub with warm water. We dry her quickly after the bath in a warm fluffy towel and reward her with treats. She's gotten us to the point that we are scared to wash her anymore.
Last but not least, she's too aggressive with out neighbor's miniature dog. The neighbor's have a very small toy dog and Sophie chases and bites it's tail. The little thing seems fairly defenceless and I don't know how to get her to understand that she can't play that way with this small of a dog.
