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Originally Posted by elchivito
I have a good friend in phoenix who divorced an abusive husband and adopted a rescued boxer named Shadow. They bonded immediately. It was like Shadow knew they were kindred spirits. When visitors came, the dog wasn't agressive, but wasn't friendly either. He'd put himself in some corner of the room and just sit at attention and watch everyone.
One day, the ex husband asked if he could come over to discuss some issue he needed to speak to my friend about. The discussion got heated and the husband stood up to my friend and raised a fist in a threatening manner. Without a bark, growl or any other warning Shadow attacked from behind and took out the entire upper portion of the meat in the back of the sumb!tch's leg. Ripped muscle from just below his butt nearly to his knee. My friend is a trauma nurse and that's the only reason he didn't bleed out completely before the ambulance came. He still gimps around with his leg in a brace 30 years later.
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The first boxer in my pictures always makes sure he stands between me, my wife, or my kids when we're on a walk and encounter another person. He doesn't growl, just stands between us to make sure distance is kept. He's the one that will attack if we are threatened, or take a bullet for me. The second one, the German standard, is the nurse dog. When any of us are ill, he's right beside us to care for us. When I passed out in the dining room last week, he's the one that stayed with me, licking my face to help bring me back. The third one is the one that ran upstairs and woke my wife up and pulled on her hand to bring her downstairs to me.
You can clearly see the difference between that American standard, which the first and third are, versus the German standard, which is the second one. American standards stand taller, have a higher head, and look more aggressive, while the German standard looks goofy. LOL
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