Hi everyone,

Every morning I take my 11 month male G Schnauzer for a walk with his friends (a male boxer and a female dalmatian). Without fail everyday the boxer growls and charges into my GS if he makes any attempt to say "hello" to the dalmatian or indeed other dogs. Finally it gets to the point that my GS "loses his temper" and retaliates and thats what worries me! He isnt getting any smaller! The owner of the boxer only sees it as a problem when my GS gets nasty with the boxer which doesnt help. My question is why does the boxer do this everyday without fail, almost making my GSs life a misery? Funnily enough, he doesnt do it to that degree at least, if we are walking with just the two dogs.

Any ideas welcomed.

Thanks.

Richard.

The Boxer is gaurding his resources - in this case the female Dallie - very little you can do about it if the owner doesn't regard it as a problem (apart from not walking them together), maybe only walk your GS with the Dallie, because you can bet your bottom dollar if there was a serious problem - your dog would get the blame :(

Have to agree the Boxer is guarding his own and who can blame him, the older and bigger your boy gets the more of a threat he will seen to the boxer and as they are not able to sort it out for themselves, you will have to find someone else to walk with.

Hi, I have a female boxer and we walk with a friend and she has a collie. I find that my boxer will not let the collie anywhere near another dog if the collie attempts to say hello to another dog my boxer will charge between them and bark at the collie. Me and my friend find this very hard work and I am constantly having to put my boxer on her lead as I think it is unfair on my friends collie. We have come to the conclusion that we think it is jealousy, but as yet have not been able to solve it. I read your topic and it sounded very similar to our situation. Perhaps the boxer is also jealous over your dog.

I used to walk Saffy with a GSD and a pointer/dobe mix. She got on very well with the GSd and okay with the pointer if there were only two of them around. When all three were out together, if Saffy made to play with the GSd, eventually the pointer would have a go at her. I don't walk Saffy with them now though.

Fiona and Saffy

Hi guys

Richard- You don't say how old the boxer is but can I pressume that it is an adult. If your dog has not been castrated, it may be because at 11 months, he has about 5 times the testosterone of an adult dog. This makes his odour/urine say that he is a fastly- developing male , which may be a competitor on the social 'doggy' scene, so other dogs consequently want to 'instruct' him in canine etiquette, before he gets too big for his boots.
I'm not suggesting for one minute that you castrate him, unless he's already done, but it may explain why the boxer has a go whenever he sees him. When your dog meets other adult dogs, do they act the same or is it just that one dog?
It could also well be, like has already been suggested, that the boxer is guarding his friend, in which case, you need to be aware of what 'doggy language 'is going on, in case the problem escalates.The answer may be not to walk all three together.

Let us know how you get on
Ali :)

Thanks for the reply.

The boxer is around 4 & my lad is castrated.

Dont know if this would change things at all?

I recognise a turning point with Bradley 7month old boxer.  All the dogs in the park used to play with him rough and tumble and generally have a fantastic time.  But recently most of his old chums growl at him now leaving bradley a little confused.  Apart from benji who is a 2 year old castrated male and flo who is a one year old boxer.
Bruce 4 years old boxer intact had to be physically removed from Bradleys throat.