BoxerLover, people do that because they're ignorant and ignorance tends to bring out fear in a lot of them, so they talk out of place.

I think boxers are absolutely beautiful. There's one close to our home (he will be featured at our site in the upcoming weeks) who is a teddy-bear, although he looks like a horse and weighs over 120 pounds. I believe the owner said he was a "Harlequin". The boxer was a little intimidated with Buffy, who weighs only 3 pounds

For everyone that has a pure-breed, you're welcomed to stop by my forum at www.cutefamilypets.com to talk about your pet.

So far I've had owners talk about Pit Bulls (just setting the record straight), Rottweilers (who I think are incredible pets as well), but I don't think anyone has talked about boxers or german shepherds, yet.

My goal is to have a whole collection of breeds with their owners saying nothing but the best about them!