What boxers used to look like :)

[davidfitness83]

Man, what a dog they used to be...

 

[cliffdog]

Flock St. Salvator 1894

Curt von Pfalzgau 1906

1915

1934 from Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopedia

1945 facial structure deteriorating...

Even the highly regarded working Boxers of today have ruined faces which provide no benefit to the dog and in fact hinder its ability to breathe in hold...

 

[adjecyca]

so gorgeous! i really wish that is what they still looked like!

 

[Dakotas]

The first picture resembles the now American Bulldog.Now the boxers are smush faced and thin..not stocky.

 

[Dieselshumanmom]

so gorgeous! i really wish that is what they still looked like!

Agreed!

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[davidfitness83]

i actually got the pic from a video around 1920 and the boxers looked massive. Specially the darker one resembled a Cane Corso, just massive bones and muscles. Super alert and not thin boned and lanky like the current ones.

There is also a Boston Terrier in the video it looks exactly like an APBT.

 

[#1 stunner]

so gorgeous! i really wish that is what they still looked like!

Me too, I would probably get one then..

 

[gh32]

They used to be a nice made dog.It's like a lot of breeds,getting ruined by people breeding for the wrong reasons.You think this is bad you should see how much better the Shar Pei used to be before it turned into a wrinkle bag.

 

[Ali132]

Specially the darker one resembled a Cane Corso, just massive bones and muscles.

Read more: http://www.pitbull-chat.com/showthread.php?107056-What-boxers-used-to-look-like-)#ixzz22yNraZLi

I was going to say the same thing, they look more like a mastiff breed back then.
What would they fall under now? A bully breed because of it's fighting background?

This dog is amazing looking, I wish someone with time and money would try to breed back to this standard.
How did we let them get so messed up...stupid conformation breeders :nono:

You think this is bad you should see how much better the Shar Pei used to be before it turned into a wrinkle bag.

Read more: http://www.pitbull-chat.com/showthread.php?107056-What-boxers-used-to-look-like-)#ixzz22yOY3NKh

Do post if you have pics!
I love seeing what breed used to look like.

 

[Gerry]

If I'm not mistaken wasn't this attempted to be recreated?? They called it something like the banter bulldog??

 

[Diesel12]

 

[Ali132]

Did a quick google search and found a lot of Boxer looking dogs with straight muzzles

Here's a bunch of them

http://www.pulldoggies.com/banter_bulldoggeB.htm

 

[adjecyca]

I was going to say the same thing, they look more like a mastiff breed back then.
What would they fall under now? A bully breed because of it's fighting background?

This dog is amazing looking, I wish someone with time and money would try to breed back to this standard.
How did we let them get so messed up...stupid conformation breeders :nono:

Do post if you have pics!
I love seeing what breed used to look like.

Shar Pei

 

[adjecyca]

 

[adjecyca]

 

[cliffdog]

Did a quick google search and found a lot of Boxer looking dogs with straight muzzles

Here's a bunch of them

http://www.pulldoggies.com/banter_bulldoggeB.htm

Those are a supposed new breed though, not Boxers... If I had nice athletic dogs like those Banter dogs I wouldn't be happy if someone called them a Boxer, I'd take it as a bit of an insult, just saying

 

[davidfitness83]

Here is what the sharpei looked like:

The original boxer was bred off the German bulldog.

 

[davidfitness83]

Here's the video credit goes to Danuk for finding it.

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Wait till the end of the video they show a Boston terrier.

 

[davidfitness83]

They still make them like that look at my old school boxer lol

If he had cropped ears he would look a lot like them.

 

[gh32]

Here is what the sharpei looked like:

The original boxer was bred off the German bulldog.

I know this thread is about Boxers but I'm glad you posted those pics,I've seen them before and it's pretty sad what the Shar Pei has become for the most part.The pic at top if I'm not mistaken is of Iron Monkey.This is what happens when people take a functional,performance bred dog and decide to breed it to fit whatever style look pet owners want.Boston terriers are the same way.In just a few generations a breed can be truly ruined.