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  • alkiteA

    Thank you for the advice and well wishes.

    I have a pic of Zeus. Who could resist this face?

    :D :D

    attachment_p_8379_0_zeus.jpg

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  • nala121498N

    OMG! Cute…tough looking, but I'm sure he's a mush like most boxers...keep us posted on how it all goes!

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  • B

    Good luck, sounds like it will be quite a group. Kudo's on the rescues!

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  • WBLW

    OMG, I didn't realize he's a white!!! He is so adorable!!

    JMO, it's to bad they cropped his ears, I don't like the whites cropped.

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  • QuercusQ

    Isn't there some health concern for white boxers? Or am I confused?

    Andrea Walters

    Quercus Basenjis

    NW Ohio

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  • WBLW

    @Quercus:

    Isn't there some health concern for white boxers? Or am I confused?

    There is a huge misconception to the whites having health concerns. The only thing you do have to be careful of is they can sunburn easier.

    A lot of people think that all whites are deaf and so on, and they are more likely to get sick, blah blah blah, and in reality, the colored version of a boxer has a 6% chance of beign deaf at birth and the whites have a 12% chance.

    Now most people think that whites are more sick beause of so man BYBs breeding whites to whites or whites to colored so because of poor breeding you get sickly dogs, or dogs with hip problems, cancer etc. A white pup thrown from a well planned litter will be just as healthy as its litter mates.

    About 25% of litters born are white or checked when a boxer breeder breeds a flashy to a flashy

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  • alkiteA

    Well, Zeus was a whirlwind in our house, for sure! He was determined to eat the other two dogs :rolleyes:, well ok, not really eat just dominate. That went fine with my terrier, she is very submissive, but not so hot with Gizzy. We were taking it slow, hoping for the best and working on the dog's comunication issues when the call came that Zeus had a forever home. :D I knew it wouldn't take long.

    His new parents live about an hour from me and they had lost their Boxer not quite a year ago. They wanted another white and had seen the flier for Zues that his previous owners had put out. I volunteered to go check the new folks out, and visited with them on Sunday.

    They have a great dog friendly home and a nice fenced back yard. They have family photos out of them with their last Boxer. It looks like a great place for Zeus. :o

    We said our goodbyes this morning, my DH is taking him to his new home right now. I'm so excited that he found a forever home, but fostering him was a wake up call. I got massively attached in the few days he was with us. :(
    I will miss him very much. The experience also made us realize that 2 dogs are plenty for our house! haha.

    Thanks, everyone for the advice and encouragement! You guys and gals are a first class support system!! :D :cool: :D :cool:

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  • jys1011J

    CONGRATS ZEUS!!! Don't forget to write about your new home :D :D

    Basenji Mom of C3PO & TOPAZ

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  • WBLW

    Sorry things didn't work, but vry glad that you found him a great new home!!

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  • alkiteA

    Our intent was to only be a foster home for Zeus. All in all, I think things would have improved with time. I talked with his new parents this morning and he is 90 lbs of happy! :D

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