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Some history facts

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The history of the Boxer…

Mühlbauer’s Flocki

Contrary to some popular misconceptions, the Boxer doesn’t have a long history. All the experts agree that the Boxer was first selected in Germany in the middle of the nineteenth century, based on crosses between various imported and local breeds, especially the small Bullenbeisser – a breed no longer found, whose name translates literally as ‘biter of bulls’, that was famed as an intelligent fast learner – and the English Bulldog.

The German Boxer Klub was founded in Munich in 1895, and the first Boxer show was held in the city that very year. The standard was set early in the twentieth century with the publication of the Zuchtbuch.

Mühlbauer’s Flocki became the first Boxer to be registered in this studbook in 1904. Interestingly, it was a dam imported from France, Alt’s Flora, that helped set the characteristics of the breed.

Alt's Schecken

Some history facts

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