Jingle’s papers say she is part Aussie part Boxer. When people ask, and I tell them, they flip out.
BOXER? She doesn’t look like a Boxer??
Seriously, you would not believe how up in arms people get over it. Like I’m trying to pull a fast one. It’s been happening from the first day we took her out in public. Lately, I just say she’s an Aussie mix and leave it at that. I can’t take the third degree. But yesterday, we met a little boxer named Kate. She had the same front legs as Jingle. Slightly splayed outward. The same doe like front paws, white from mid leg down. They had the same little twist of fur on their chest. And upon greeting each other, the hair on their backs stood up in exactly the same manner, almost cat like.
I’ll probably still keep her Boxer status on the down low. People get weird about dogs.
All I’m sayin.’
So true. People get weird about dogs.
“Boxer” does seem like an odd term for Jingle, though. She’s definitely a lovah, not a fightah.
How funny. Callie has pit bull in her and I get the exact same reaction from people when I tell them – I stopped mentioning it eons ago. She only has some subtle indicators of pit that most people don’t pick up on. She actually looks very similar to a rare breed called a Novia Scotia Duck Tolling Retriver. Sometimes its fun to pretend she’s one of those even though she’s 100% mutt.
People.
I think she has a bit of boxer about her muzzle markings…whatever the mix, it’s a Jingle Mix and a good one.
BTW pit bulls have been out-lawed here in the UK as a dangerous breed
She is much smarter than a boxer. that’s all I’m saying (got em in the hood, begged 4 paws NOT to give us a boxer) all I’m sayin