Boxers have been having their tails docked from the late 1800’s. It is the breed standard to have a docked tail, much like other breeds.

My personal view on tail docking is simple

1. Boxers are a very expressive breed and they do so by wagging their tails. Boxers tails however are very long and hard, they are forever banging their tails off of things and many times this causes fractures that never heal properly.

2. Our pups are given a longer “Show Type” of dock. This eliminates the chance of fractures but still leaves the pup with something to wag and express himself with. Boxers also lower their tails and try to hide their bottom if they feel threatened by another dog or situation, having a longer dock leaves them with enough tail to cover their bottom should they feel the need.

3. As I have mentioned boxers are forever wagging these long hard tails around. Now when you enter the home after being away the dog is excited and wagging his tail, the tail hits you and believe me, it HURTS. You of course react with saying “Ouch! Stop That!” or even merely change your expression. Now the dog does not understand what he has done to upset you, he only meant to say hello. This in long term will cause the dog mixed emotions about being happy. Everytime he gets excited - the tail hits someone - people are upset. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out what this will do to the dog in long terms.

My standpoint on this issue is from experience, as you see our female has a natural full tail and I am speaking from experience when I tell you the tails cause problems for the dogs. This is not simply a matter of cosmetic as those with no experience will tell you.

We dock our pups tails at home for many reasons.

Home: No lengthy time away from the mom.
Vet: Pups must be taken from the whelping box and transported to the vet office.

Home: No trip outdoors at the age of a few days and chance of getting sick.
Vet: A trip at such an early age especially during cold months can be risky.

Home: No stitches!
Vet: Vet docked tails are stitched; stitches catch on blankets and pull causing pain.

Home: One cut, one peep and pup is back with mom and never says another word.
Vet: Vet docked tails require two cuts to be made forming a “V” shape, the skin is then pulled tightly and stitched up. As mentioned above the stitches tend to catch on things causing the pups a great deal of pain. They cry and whine for days afterwards.

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We do not crop any of our pups ears. This is something that you would need to have done elsewhere. We don’t recommend ear cropping.

NO!

We place our puppies with loving families only. We have never and will never place a puppy in a petstore. No caring person would ever place an animal in a petstore.

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We will under no circumstance ship a puppy anywhere.

All of our puppies are raised in our home. They are very much a part of our family and treated as such. Our puppies have daily playtime with our children as well as daily skill development one on one with us. Our puppies are held, snuggled, loved and maybe just a little bit spoiled.

Your puppy will have his first vaccination with us at age 5-6 weeks.

You should have an appointment scheduled with your local vet to have the next vaccination done when you bring your puppy home at age 8 weeks.

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Puppies and adult dogs should be treated once a month for all types of worms and parasites. We strongly recommend Sentinel as it helps protect against many of these things as well as fleas.