Ronin Boxers is a small New Zealand Kennel where breeding stock is carefully selected for quality.
Ronin Boxers is a small New Zealand Kennel where breeding stock is carefully selected for quality, sound temperament and good health. We occasionally have boxer puppies for sale to approved homes. We have some of the most thoroughly health tested boxers in New Zealand. Testing is mandatory in many countries and is the best way to breed for healthier, longer lived dogs. We regularly bring new lines
into our breeding programme from around the world to help maintain the quality and health of our dogs.
We are looking for a loving home for our boy Marlowe. He is three years old and is a happy, affectionate goofy boy.
He loves car rides, walks beautifully on the leash, is crate trained and loves helping do whatever you are doing.
Anyone interested in him will need to be able to come pick him up, or meet us in person. I will not fly him or send him with a transporter.
Hands up if you love black faces! Blue Boy at 8 weeks old.
The puppies are doing so well learning lovely manners. Here they are practising sitting and waiting nicely for dinner!!
We have some beautiful puppies available.
The puppies went for their first long drive down to Wairarapa to visit Belinda Pratt Photographer. They had an absolute ball charging around and we go so many super cute shots to choose from!
We have some lovely babies available.
https://www.facebook.com/BelindaPrattEquestrianPhotography
The puppies having their first turn in the ball pit!
We have puppies available.
We have puppies available. Pictured are yellow girl, rainbow girl and blue boy at 6 weeks old.
Preparing puppy packs with some of our dogs favourite goodies! We still have some puppies available.
Red Girl has found her new home that will be filled with lots of adventures. She will be their third Ronin Boxer! Thank you for choosing her, you are going to have a blast
I'm thrilled to announce that Bruno has found his home. He is going to a wonderful family, and he will be their 4th Ronin boxer!
We have some beautiful babies that are going to be looking for their very own families. They are 5 weeks old, and are going to be vet checked, vaccinated and microchipped before they head to their homes at 8 weeks old.
Their parents have been carefully health tested, and come from generations of importing dogs and frozen semen to bring the best to New Zealand.
The puppies are showing off their individual personalities now, and we will be looking to make the best matches for each puppy and their new home.
Ever have one of those days?
Pink Girl.
Turquoise Girl showing Green Boy who the boss is!
It is very easy to over exercise boxer babies, especially since they are so full of energy.
https://www.facebook.com/puppyculture/photos/a.306970839488464/1921897041329161/
THERE'S AN IDEA that’s caught on like wildfire that exercise is some kind panacea that will solve all behavior problems. Not only is this not true, it’s led to a dangerous trend of owners pushing their puppies to inappropriate levels of exercise. So let's look at the Whys and Hows of appropriate exercise for puppies.. Read Jane's full article here: https://tailw.ag/FSA_017.
For everyone in lockdown with puppies, or older dogs check out Mark Vette's Animal behaviourist page. Today he is doing a live Q & A about lockdown with your dogs, but also has lots of great posts with kind, practical solutions to avoiding lockdown issues with your puppies. Noise phobia, separation anxiety, socialisation.
Be the expert on your own dog, what do they really find rewarding?
Does your dog find food rewarding?
Sometimes we can mistakenly think the reward is all about the food, instead of being about the overall experience and our delivery of that food.
How observant are you when playing and interacting with your dog?
Sometimes, what we think is rewarding to our dogs can actually be punishing, either because they prefer a different experience from the one we are trying to give them, or because we’re not observant enough of other factors that might be at play.
If you post a piece of food into your dog’s mouth and they spit it out again, it could be that your delivery was lacking. Or perhaps your pup is teething, and chewing the food isn’t all that comfortable. What about if instead you elongate that reward experience by turning it into a game of food following? All of a sudden, it becomes much less about the food itself and much more about having a fun experience with you.
This is really important if you want to be sure you are rewarding your dog rather than inadvertently punishing them with an experience they really don’t enjoy.
Being your dog’s expert and knowing what they love to do - and being able to step into that picture and create awesome reward experiences - will give you an edge over whatever the environment might like to offer!
Want to learn more about creating awesome reward experiences for your dog?
https://absolutedogs.me/stas2
Have you ever watched footage of a lifeguard in action, diving off of their stand into a crowded pool of people to save someone? A while ago, I watched about 20 videos on YouTube of these rescues -- a lifeguard overseeing a crowded pool full of people and notices the one person/child who quietly started to struggle in the water, immediately diving in and saving them within seconds. It was simply amazing! I would have to rewatch each video to see where the distress happened, becuase the signs of drowning are so subtle...it's typically not someone screaming for help and flailing their arms around, it is actually a very fast, silent, and frantic thing that could go unseen if you weren't watching close enough. These heros are trained to save people, enforce the rules, and prevent problems while everyone else is simply there to have fun. If a lifeguard was too busy chatting up the guests or flirting with the cuties in their bathing suits, they could miss something that could be the difference between life and death.
The same thing goes for dog socialization (between other dogs or between people and dogs). There are a lot of subtle signs when dogs are interacting with each other (and people) that can be missed and conflict can arise. When I am out in a social group of dogs, you will very rarely see me stopping to kneel down and give lots of affection, pets, and belly rubs to the dogs. In fact, I don't often do much petting at all - the only direct interacting the dogs get from me are some obedience commands to add a level of voice control to the activity in the yard. Our posts are some of the most popular videos because people love to see the dogs in action running and playing, but if you look closely, you will also see me on the move - watching, regulating, enforcing the rules - being a lifeguard in a sea of dogs.
A common mistake people make when they are around multiple dogs is that they stand still and start to share alot of affection. I totally get it - being in a yard full of playing dogs is any dog lover's dream! However, what most people don't realize is that while most human friendly dogs would gladly be pet and want your attention (and in a one on one setting it wouldn't be an issues, besides being jumped on), in a group setting sharing attention often creates a bottleneck of dogs crowding you for some petting/affection. All of a sudden, you and your attention become a valuable resource, which can create a guarding/ownership situation and you have multiple dogs with excited/aroused energy bumping into each other creating tension, conflict, and completion: all which can be the perfect storm for a dog fight.
During socialization, I am always walking around - keeping the dogs in motion, using my body language, or a dressage whip as an extension of my body, to help make space and avoid conflict. I rarely share affection with dogs in the yard, and if I have one crowding me and asking for it, I will own my space by making the dog move away via my body language/spacial pressure or moving into or walking away from the dog. If you don't become something a dog can be possesive over (by sharing soft, only affection based energy) and instead are someone to be respected and listened too, you won't be unintentionally encouraging competition to develop in the dogs.
I watch closely for each dog's proximity to the others - moving into them, away, having them follow me - I am always moving through the sea of dogs, dispersing them like I am trying to keep the water "cloudy" - when the water settles, that means dogs are being still, and unless the whole groups is tired and resting, stillness can mean crowding, which means tension could be developing about dogs being in each other's personal space. Crowding happens when people are not moving (like all the dogs greeting someone sitting in a chair) or where things bottle neck (like doorways or entering/exiting a gate). Most dog park fights happen right at the entrance to the park, when dogs enter the gate, if play gets too rowdy/too fast, or a dog is overwhelming another who isn't interested in playing/being bothered. Most house fights happen when someone is stationary and sharing affection, or dogs are in close proxomity to share space and compete for something they want (like the best view out the window, who goes out the door first, sharing the water bowl, interest in the same toy/food/bone). If the dogs are at all excited, hyper, or aroused during any of this (which 99% of the time they are) you have the perfect storm for bad things to go down, and dogs/people to get hurt...all because the dogs were "happy and having fun." (There's a reason there is no running or horseplay allowed on the pool deck, right lifeguards?!)
Keeping the arousal levels low (not letting play get too high energy, interrupting dogs getting into belligerent excitement, avoiding high impact dog/dog play or adding a toy/food into an active group of dogs) and making sure all dogs are respecting each other's personal space is VITAL to keeping multiple dogs safe around each other in a social setting. This goes for 2 dogs or 20 dogs sharing the same space - the more chaotic and uncontrolled the group is, how little they listen to the human in charge (if there is one!), and how much they respect that human and their personal space plays a huge role in how things will pan out. (If a dog is constantly jumping on your, crowding you, pawing you, or barking at you they don't have much respect for your personal space bubble, which means they won't have much respect for what you have to say in a social setting. They likely won't "move out of the way" when you walk through, because they are so used to moving in on you whenever they way! This is a relationship issue you must work on outside of social time and establish boundaries privately first!) Tension, conflict, and crowding don't just happen around people who are petting dogs/standing still - it can happen at the water bowl, if two dogs are sniffing the same area, if someone has a toy and the others want it, or if a dog is pressuring another too much and not reading body cues that say "I am done being sniffed by you, I don't want to play, I don't want to share, etc."
As the lifeguard to your sea of dogs, you're not just out there to "be with all the puppies" - you are enforcing the rules and watching for trouble in a group full of predators 😈 (cute, fluffy, complex, dynamic, perceptive, and emotional creatures with teeth for tearing flesh)! I CAN NOT stress enough that when multiple dogs are together, especially when they are not that familar with each other (like a newly adopted pet or just somewith a history of tension/competition with each other or other dogs in general), that is NOT the time to share affection and have a soft, coddling presence. Keep moving, keep the dogs moving, keep arousal down, and don't allow crowding of space or bullying of other dogs. Don't be someone for dogs to be possessive over, be someone that is listened to. It's time to be a lifeguard and keep your eyes and ears on your "pool" to keep everyone safe. Don't flirt with the cuties, or you could miss the subtle signs of trouble brewing!
🏊If you're curious, here is the channel of the Lifeguard Rescues! It is amazing to watch: https://www.youtube.com/user/LifeguardRescue11
Always set your dog up to succeed
🤷♀️Often clients will say, “I don’t understand why he won’t listen on walks, he’s so good at home”. I have also heard, “My dog is just stubborn and doesn’t want to listen”.
🐶Dogs can become easily distracted just like toddlers. Your dog also may not have been taught how to do the things you want him/ her to do in different places. They can also be so overwhelmed in an environment that they literally cannot hear you as their brain is focusing on so many other things.
🐾Dogs do not generalise behaviours like people do. If I taught you how to change a tyre, I would probably only have to show you a couple of times. You then would be able to do it anywhere, no matter the place or weather conditions, whether you’re with other people or not.
If you teach your dog something, you would have to teach him/ her in a low distracted environment like a room of your house, then in the garden, then down the road, then in a park, again, in a different park etc…. This would all need to be done while the dog is in a relaxed emotional state so learning can take place.
👍Training should always be done in a fun way so it’s not boring for the dog. If you are trying to get your dog to come when called then you will need to teach your dog that you are more fun and rewarding than what they are doing. No matter what your dog has done, or how upset you are with him, NEVER call your dog in an angry voice. This will most likely teach your dog to avoid you… would you want to avoid your mom yelling at you and rather go play with your friends in the sandpit? On another note, I would want my dog to come to me because he wants to, not because he is scared of what will happen if he doesn’t.
🍗Whatever you want to teach your dog should be worth it for the dog, the same as you will go to your job to get paid your salary. The harder the job the higher the pay. The reinforcement can be whatever your dog is into, tug with his favourite toy, high-value food like cheese, sausage, ham, etc…
🐕Reward your dog for his attention, the more you reinforce a desired behaviour the more likely the behaviour will occur in the future. It takes patience and practise as well as understanding that your dog is not a robot.
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We are so excited to announce that along with Cassie's Canines we are Hosting a seminar by Pat Stuart of Operant Canine .
It is going to be an amazing weekend so if you are a trainer or training enthusiast you don't want to miss out, Tickets are limited so get in quick!
Go to www.boxerrescue.org.nz/seminar to secure your ticket now
A fascinating article about the gaze in our breed, certainly true that boxers love eye contact with their owners.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-shape-of-your-dog-s-head-affects-how-much-they-want-to-stare-into-your-eyes?fbclid=IwAR2HlvcLEx__CulgiL6jmmwGBO4VNF6p4GIW6RJ-11PZdjgnAxR736lhTFw
Humans and dogs have been staring into each other's eyes for generations. Whether it's a pleading gaze for some leftovers, or a loving stare before a lick on the face, many dogs have mastered the art of making eye contact with their human companions.
I came across this poster this morning, from a conference I attended last year. I think that when we say 'ignorant', we imply stupidity and carelessness. And hence, it becomes divisive and often unhelpful. I think many dog owners are in the middle of these two. We are a complicated species, often unconsciously prioritising our own emotions over our dog's. Whilst i agree with the left side of the poster, I worry that we disempower and ostracise owners who have decentish intentions (they all have a dog who needs us to be their support and voice). It is most helpful if we start to educate dog owners with empowerment and support, rather than cast them as idiots. What are your thoughts?
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The puppies are doing so well learning lovely manners. Here they are practising sitting and waiting nicely for dinner!! We have some beautiful puppies available.
The puppies having their first turn in the ball pit! We have puppies available.
Ever have one of those days? Pink Girl.
Turquoise Girl showing Green Boy who the boss is!
Turquoise Girl showing Green Boy who the boss is!
