Learn about the Boxer
Playful, loyal, and forever young at heart
The Boxer was bred in Germany in the late 1800s from the Bullenbeisser, meaning bull-biter, an old German dog that caught boar and bulls, mixed with the Bulldog. In our family tree, its ancestors include the old German boarhounds and the Bulldog. It is a popular working dog and family pet today. Tap a circle inside to keep digging.
Likely life span
Learn more about the dogs that went into making the Boxer
c. 600 BCOld Mastiffs of the East
c. 100Dogs of the Alan horsemen
c. 100Roman drover dogs
c. 100Early Boar hunting dogs
AncientAncient Mastiff
c. 400Alaunt war dogs
c. 500Medieval Alaunts dogs
AncientOld British Bandogs
c. 1500Great Bullenbeisser (Danziger Bullenbeisser)
c. 1500German Bullenbeisser dogs
1500sOld English Bulldog
c. 1600Brabant Bullenbeisser
1890Boxer