while boxers aren't necessarily easy to train dogs it's not through any lack of intelligence your dog has the potential to excel at obedience tasks and can certainly learn to be a well-behaved member of the family perhaps more so than with less characterful dogs training a boxer is about finding methods that work for the breed and for the individual when it comes to training you will want to make learning fun through the use of games and always employ only positive reinforcement techniques boxer dog trainability this breed was officially recognized as police dogs almost a century ago in germany and served as military dogs in both world wars they also work as seeing eye dogs for the blind search and rescue guard and therapy dogs it's sometimes said that boxers from european lines tend to have more natural focus and training drive than american ones this is perhaps on account of the long tradition of boxers as working dogs in germany versus being as mostly companion animals and show dogs in the united states what it takes to train a boxer if your experiences with other breeds you might find yourself lost when it comes to taming your boxers wild instincts they are not border collies according to a study boxers have a learning curve that can appear to flatline before spiking just when you're about to give up though classified in the working dog category by the american kennel club they learn differently to the sporting and herding breeds these dogs often like to observe and think first and for all their bluster in certain scenarios tend to be cautious and even tentative in their approach to unfamiliar situations a group obedience class is a great idea for socializing a dog while teaching commands make sure you select one that uses only positive reinforcement techniques and keep dogs on leash before we go on don't forget to like and share if you enjoy our content please hit the subscribe button to get notified when we post more pet related content liking and sharing our content helps massively with the growth of our channel so it's very much appreciated pitfalls to avoid when training a boxer first thing would be the puppy school do your research before signing your dog don't just go for the first program you come across because it's offered by your local vets these kind of scenarios might be fun for owners and seem harmless at the time but this is not the kind of socialization you want to expose your boxer to you will spend the next year trying to undo the bad behaviors your dog will pick up it would be a lot better to find a trainer who does things in a structured way the second thing are the off leash dog parks they come with all the problems of a poorly run puppy socialization class and then some if you go to an off-leash dog park and haven't yet witnessed or been involved in a dog fight then it's only a matter of time if your boxer is attacked or menaced by other dogs as a pup this can have disastrous effects on his own behavior and so the seeds of aggression once he's an adult dog dynamics are complex and there is a lot that goes on beneath the level of human awareness perhaps the greatest risk of all comes from the fact that dog parks are uncontrolled environments with constantly changing combinations of dogs including unknown pooches with potentially aggressive tendencies you have no way of knowing about until it's too late the third thing is the dog daycare a well-run daycare set up by professional dog behaviorists as a rare stone most facilities unfortunately combine the worst aspects of both puppy schools and off leash dog parks making it riskier since owners are not present to witness what goes on nor to intervene on behalf of their dogs keep in mind that doggy daycare is a human invention that requires dogs to override their natural instincts it is not natural for dogs to socialize with members of other packs for the domestic dog the pack is the human household [Music] you