Boxer Club Romano

The boxer


flocki il primo BOXER

 "the boxer don't is only a dog, it is a BOXER!!"

The origins

The first Boxer appeared on the year 1895 at Munich: for an exhibition of San Bernardo's dog, in that circumstance was showed "Flocki", the first exemplary of Boxer registed into the breeding's book of the dog's breed.

Flocki was born from a "bulldogge" named Tom, coming from Brema and then acquired from dott. Toenniessen of Munich, and from a female of imprecise breed, Alt's Scheckin, surely coming from that breed of middle size molossian, one time diffused in Germany with the name of "bullenbeisser" .

Specify that the "German bulldogge" is not to identify as the "modern English bulldog", it appeared such as the original molossian of midle size similar at the  present american bulldog.

The breed that seems to be born from causal and lucky cocktail, takes origins from the dream and from the obstinacy to  give back to the life to a dog almost becomed extinct, but well deeply rooted in German culture.

They would like to restore that midle size molossian, one time employed   to the hunt of big wild prey, to the charge of the flock and of the rural farmhouse, besides to man's  company and protection, the origin of these dog, cames back to the civilization's dawns.

Certainly in that times the boxer did not exist, but is realistic derive from  archeological remains  and from the images transfered frome somes bass-relief, that Celtic peoples, the Romans and the Greeks, had knowledge and bred  stong and solid molossian, destined for hunting of  big wild animals, for the guard, for safeguard and after also for the war; the Giulio Cesare's Romans legions applayed war dogs in Britannia in 55 a.c., and here encountered huge molossians with a wide mouth defined from the sames legionnaires "pugnaces".

Going back on the boxer's bitrh, in the year 1894 an officier of  the Greman colonial army taked up residence in Munich, mr. Friederich Roberth, dog-lover, that was interested in dog's preparation for army  use.

At Munich Roberth was familiar with Erald Konig and Rudolf Hopner, both fighted for use the Airedale terrier, breed of dog selected from the English that  trained an used this dog for the war.

In that period the Germans showed their expansionit and colonial target and they had a strong anxiety to create and to select breed of dogs autochthon, in effect in 1893 Max von Stephanitz, cavalry captain, began the selection of German Sheep dog, and sames years late, in 1899, her Doberman created the breed of dogs that has his name.

Meta v.d. Passage (BCIROMA Copyright)Going back to ours three enthusiasts their dog's ideal was a molossian of midle size, represented at that time from the "bierboxer", with the power and the functionality of the "bullenbeisser", an almost extinct molossian of foremost size, that in XVIII century acquired a great fame for the deeds of Tyras the molossain faithful companion of Mathias Klostermaier, a famousBlanka von Argentor (BCIROMA copyright) brigand leading man of a romantic and  tragic story.

In synthesis a strong dog, austere and proud and above all loyal and reliable to be used also for  army purpose.

So, a bit after the first Flocki's appearance, rised the GERMAN BOXER CLUB, that on March the 29 of the year 1896 organized, in Munich, the first exhibition of this new breed of dog.

The member's general meeting of the German Boxer Club, on July the 14 of the year 1902, defined he first breed's standard that was updated in the years 1905, 1920 (was increased the  size), in the year 1925 (was locked out the subject with black or white mantle) and after, in the year 1938, were locked the spotted boxer.

The breed's fouder was two females Blanka von Argentor and Meta v.d. Passage, and two males Wotan and Flock-St. Salvator.


Evolution's stages

fraustock.jpg (10113 byte)The dog's breeding that certainly had the most important weight in new breed's selection was been the "von DOM" of usband and wife Stockman work continued with large passion only from wife, Frau Friederun, when the usband died.(picture on the left)

One of the first boxer that better represented the breed for typicalness and character was borned from this boxer's breeding, the exceptional champion LUSTIG VON DOMLustig. von Dom

This dog, was borned in december of the year 1933, in only four years had mastered on Geman rings taking all the titles offered, its fame passe soon the Europe border, so that in the year 1937 Stockman family, crashed in serious economic difficulty, was saved really from Lustig that was purchased with an eminet amount from an American  intermediary.
In U.S., Lustig, and 41 of its sons conquered the American champion's title.
In Germany Lustig was the father more of forty puppy's birth giving always its peculiarities to its descendants.

Cocco dei dogi di VeneziaFor synthesis causes refrain from that appened in the years 50, the German breeding passed then gold years   so also the Italian breeding (remember between all Cocco dei dogi di Venezia in the picture on the left), to notify the event that brought  a tendency's change in the tears 60 in boxer's breeding. Whitherford HOT CHESTNUT

Karin Rezewski, the "von Schutting" breeding holder, in the year 1960, imported to Brema from England a puppy "HOT CHESTNUT" coming from Whitherford breeding; well this breeder had favoured the elegance and the class, saving the typicality, he manipolated the Lustig's  descendants with American origin's subjects.

 

Carlo von HenningshofThis dog renewed profoundly the boxer produced from the German breeding, so that began more elegant appearence, likewise also the Italian breeders imported somes Whitherford's boxer, to get the exceptional stallion "CARLO VON HENNINGSHOF"(picture on the left), imported from doctor Paola Micara Watten, WATWALD breeding holder. Quinzia degli Etruschi
Commend to Joseph Waldhammer cares Carlo, will produce champions as Giove dei da Polenta, Willy e Quinzia degli Etruschi (picture on the right), Hella e Sira di Adrano.

The Carlo v. Henningshof  blood has condizioned for years all the boxer's breeding in Europe, to get in the begin of years 80 was founded an alternative line coming Casper van Worikbenfrom van Worikben Dutch breeding, with Cas, father of Italian champion and sire Quicksilver degli Etruschi and Orion di Valdemone and of Cas's son, that did discover the father's validity, Casper (picture on the left) at its turn the father of Tinanus New Mexico, of Roberto de Sanctis, boxer that had in its carrer the titles of Italian Champion, International Champion, Club's Champion and Year's Champion.

Here i finish this page with this  short developement, hopening to do an acceptabile thing for the boxer's lovers.

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Standard's suggestion

In succession we draw a breed standard's synthesis that is done from the morphological appearence and from the character.

Tipical morphology:

 

The character

Postulating that every subject has its  peculiarity such as the humans, is nedded to say that in every god boxer appears its nature that oppose the anxiety to join to the its companion's will, (companion an not boss), to the observant constant and well-disposed competition.

This typicality, arised from of its ancestors, makes so that a god boxer lives to be at its humane companion's flank to  give safeguard and company, whitout ever express an full submision, with extreme loyalty and dignity without a cowardice's shade.

Compared to the others dog it has so a strong individuality that does'nt induce it to conflicts but to competition that is basic for a mutual understanding collabotion and regard.

To the summit's  troop there is only who is admitted as undisputed chief, worshiped anyway, on condition that is succesful to understand its personality and to return its loyaliy with clarity and determination without appeal to pointless punishment that a boxer never expect from its best companion.

A god boxer, with its baggage of natural dowry, so don't is a   simple dog but it's a BOXER, loyal and sure defender at any price of it's companion and of  those that live with him, but detached from who don't know well.

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