Me and my pet...

My daughter Brooke was so frightened of Flynn when we first got him, he'd be a metre away from her and she'd be like Flynn go away or flynn get down. Now she won't leave him alone which has its good and bad points she will go up to any dog now not afraid. At least she is 8 now and can understand that not all dogs are friendly.

And yes Xandersmum boxers are gorgeous as puppies and they never grow up just get bigger - forever a pup so if you do get one be prepared for him to be 'one of the kids'Great though

liz, maybe you could take jake to a dog show when there's one in your area and just walk him around looking at small dogs then work your way up.
we would get a few parents come up to us with their scared kids and by the time they had patted clyde and got licked they were alot more relaxed
just a thought.....

oh didnt mean people should put them down or anything but if you get one off a breeder they should have had them tested or know if there is a history of epilepsy which could save a lot of heart ache. My friend didnt know her dog had it until he started having the fits and would never have considered putting him down but he unfortunatley had a huge fit one day and died instantly. was very very sad cos he was their baby.

yeah an ex's aunty got a boxer pup and they had her hips checked as boxers can have probs with their hips also????

My2angels - I know what you were saying it is the responcibility of the breeder to make sure they are not selling (should I say) 'damaged' dogs. That goes for every breed and I bet it was heart wrecking for your friend to have her dog die like that when they could of brought a 'healthy' one had they known.

We actually Brought Fylnn off trade me. Luckily we have been lucky that all is fine, alhtough as a pup we thought his hips were going as he was limping for no reason (at least to us) turns out it was growing pains.

jax i agree about shelter/spca pets. my first cat was from the spca in nelson .....just am totally against getting one from a pet shop
just my humble opinion

tell ya, theres one pet shop who r very bad at overcharging for cross bred animals(namely dogs) yeah sure the 2 breeds of dogs that procreated were of purebreed ie one say uhh the mum was a Lhasa Apso(love these toy dogs)and the dad was a Chiuahuah(sp) sorry couldnt think of another toy breed(i personally can stand the lil yappy chius my aunty bred them a while ago) but anyway you get my drift lol.so yeah theyd charge ya maybe 800 buks at least for that knda cross breed.is very disgusting if ya ask me.ANY type of cross breed should not have such a high price tag.but then the shops/backyard breeders could argue that they charge so much to make sure pups dont go to any old person(to spend that money u gotta love animals i guess)Any way now i rambling pmsl.Am hoping to go to the cat show here in palmy.would luv to show my Tonk smudge but hed absolutely hate been handle 6 times a day by judges pokng and prodding hm