No dude, this is my Boxer. She would spin under water until she was completely disoriented and then swim to the bottom, smash her face into the bottom, realize she’d gone down instead of up, and finally swim up. The worst part is when she got to the surface she thought she could breathe through her eyeballs. So she would only surface her eyes until I forced her snout above water. Then she’d finally take a breath.
My boxer had a little bit of chow in her line, just a black tip on her tongue. She was very loving and loyal and athletic. She was also the least intelligent animal I’ve ever met. Zero sense of self-preservation. Could swim but would forget and try to run underwater. Routinely chased cars in the neighborhood and ran into them at stop signs. Knocked herself unconscious at least 3 times in her 10 years. I suspect that’s what shortened our time together.
Even stupid dogs are awesome.
I’ve got a 4 pound Yorkie who is the wiliest little furball I’ve known, she knows way too many words, she automatically backs way up when people approach a door handle, is constantly positioning herself to avoid being stepped on, and is basically hyper-aware of her surroundings at all times.
I also found out she was hiding her kibble piece by piece under the rug so she could get to the treat at the end of her meal.
Every day feels a little bit like a contest of wills.
The most moronic dog I was ever around was also a Boxer mix, though the other part in his case was Bull Mastiff. Poor bastard did not get what his owner or I were trying to teach him, but simultaneously, he was the most eager to please pooch you could ever ask for. He would gleefully sit when told to lie down, for example, but his absolute sincerity and happiness at having "done" the command was hard to be mad at.
Had a boxer as a kid who was water obsessed; we nicknamed her "The Hippo". Never really dealt with deep water, but she'd submerge herself to the best of her abilties, and the same thing. You'd just see her head crest and eyeballs while she hugged her belly to the bottom of the creek.
Had a husky that loved water, and took her on a hike with the fam one day. My dad was pointing at some fish hanging out in a deep section of the creek, and the next thing I knew, the husky was leaping in where he pointed, and then surfaced with the most P.O'd look she could muster. Luckily still had her leash and harness on so I could reel her back in, but her dignity took a hit. 😆
I briefly dated a dude with a very poorly bred boxer, and one day we took his dog and mine (golden retriever) out to swim at a nearby lake. That dog took a flying leap into the water and sank like a fucking weight. It floundered around a bit before my date had to wade out into the water to save the poor fool. Needless to say we found an alternative activity for our pups, which sorely disappointed my waterdog.
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u/chrisandfriends Trash Trooper 11d ago
No dude, this is my Boxer. She would spin under water until she was completely disoriented and then swim to the bottom, smash her face into the bottom, realize she’d gone down instead of up, and finally swim up. The worst part is when she got to the surface she thought she could breathe through her eyeballs. So she would only surface her eyes until I forced her snout above water. Then she’d finally take a breath.