This article provides an owner-described case study with photos documenting calcinosis circumscripta in dogs, a condition closely related to calcinosis cutis in dogs. In the author’s 18-month old boxer, prolonged high-dose prednisone caused the calcinosis. Oozing white sores of calcium-phosphate first appeared on the underside of the tongue. They spread to bony prominences including shoulders and chest. ... Read more The post Strange Skin Lesions? Think Calcinosis Cutis In Dogs appeared first on Boxer Dog Diaries ..read more

Bringing home a new puppy is exciting, but it can also be tricky when you already have an adult Boxer. Introducing a new puppy to your Boxer should be done slowly and carefully with safe, structured interactions over several days and close supervision during early weeks in order to set the dogs up for a ... Read more The post How To Introduce A Boxer To A New Puppy appeared first on Boxer Dog Diaries ..read more

Few of us think of our Boxers as “dangerous”, so aggression in a Boxer dog tends to take the owner by surprise. Boxers, like any dog, can be dangerous — usually as a result of aggression directed towards other dogs, which may then envelop people who try to break up the fight. Occasionally Boxers have mauled ... Read more The post Are Boxer Dogs Dangerous? appeared first on Boxer Dog Diaries ..read more