# Anyone have a boxer or a pug, and other misc. dog questions.

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**Created:** [December 27, 1999, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-boxer-or-a-pug-and-other-misc-dog-questions/12329 "1999-12-27T17:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![PitBullDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@PitBullDawg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PitBullDawg)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-boxer-or-a-pug-and-other-misc-dog-questions/12329/21 "1999-12-29T06:46:00Z")

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I concur with missdavis about rescuing a dog from a shelter/pound. Unless your intentions are to be a breeder, and trust me when I tell you breeding dogs ain’t no picnic or a road to riches, then there is no point in beleiving your dog has to be a pure bred animal. The point of a pet to me is 1) a companion 2) a defense against intruders. That’s why I like pit bulls. They are very loyal and they look scary. Although, sadly I must admit with bull dogs they may look scary to an intruder but I often wonder would my dog just show the a-hole where everything in the house is as long as you pet him. oh well, hopefully the sight of him is all it takes. BTW- The pounds are full of pure bred dogs. Recently I’ve noticed a large influx of Rottweilers at the animal shelters I visit. I am a pit bull rescuer for my own personal reasons, but I do my part. I know someone that breeds pugs and english bulldogs and from what I understand they suffer from a lot of the same problems, although english bull dogs are by far higher maintence animals and have a higher occurence of health problems. Rescue a dog! You’ll feel good about it and you’ll save a life.

Pit

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-boxer-or-a-pug-and-other-misc-dog-questions/12329/22 "1999-12-29T16:10:00Z")

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Thanks everyone for your answers. We still don’t know what we’ll end up doing, but this thread has been helpful. We are definitely going to get a purebred - neither of us are newbies to dogs or puppies, and we’ve both had many a pound dog before. I have nothing against mixed breeds or mutts, in fact, some of the nicest dogs I’ve owned have been mutts. But this time around, we want to try a purebred.

Thanks for all the suggestions on different breeds. A golden retriever is out of the question as I used to be married to one. Or at least, the human equivalent of one. I just don’t like 'em much. Same with Rottweillers. This is not a criticism on the breeds in general, it’s just my personal opinion.

I think what we’re going to end up doing is going to a dog show, and getting a good look at the different breeds of dogs. I think someone suggested that, and it makes a lot of sense. I’ll keep everyone up to date, and post pics of the puppy when and if I get it!

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