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Breed
Boxer
Color
Brindle
Age
Young
Size
Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg) (when grown)
Weight
–
Sex
Male
Pet ID
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My details
Purebred
Needs experienced adopter
Shots current
Spayed / Neutered
Housetrained
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Harley is a 2 year old male current'y being fostered in Maine.
Update from the foster:
3/27/09 – Harley arrived here Saturday afternoon from a great shelter we work with. We want to thank all the transport volunteers that helped get him to his foster home with an extra special thank you to Stephanie from the shelter who drove over 300 miles round trip to help Harley! Harley was surrendered to the shelter by his last home who got him from a friend of a friend about 4 months ago. The last home said he showed aggression around food and when they disciplined him, but he never bit anyone. Harley was at the shelter for almost a month and their volunteers were working with him on his training and food aggression issues and they saw improvements. As we know how much boxers love being with their people, the shelter saw that Harley was not doing well with being kenneled so long. He really needed to get to a foster home where he could have his second chance.
Harley is a very tall, super cute, skinny boy who needs to gain some weight. He is crate trained, house trained, loves to go for car rides and LOVES his food and treats! I have introduced him to my boxer boy Simon and he is okay with him, but Harley did start a spat over the water dish and another time when Simon tried to play roughly with him. I have been feeding Harley in his crate to avoid any issues with Simon and I am watching to see how Harley continues to do living with another dog.
I can already see that Harley has a very dominant personality and is head strong. For example, he knows what you mean when you tell him to do something, but he will be stubborn and not want to do it until you put on the “firm Mommy voice” telling him what to do. I call this the “bratty teenager” stage, right around 18 months to 2 years when the boxers with dominant personalities try to test out how far they can push things. For this reason Harley is going to need an experienced dog home that doesn’t have young kids and that is able to be Harley’s “pack leader”. Nothing In Life Is Free training is what he needs, where he has to work for everything (ex: sitting for his dinner, waiting to eat until told okay, not allowing on couch or bed, etc). He is super smart (too smart! – LOL), so I know he will do well with consistency & he needs NO PUSHOVERS in his new home!
Harley is heartworm negative and had his rabies and kennel cough vaccines. I just need to get him in for his distemper combo shot and get to know his personality and needs better. Hopefully he will be ready to go to his new home soon.
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