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| STATE: NJ AGE: 7 years DOB: Unsure WEIGHT: 70 lbs SEX: Male NEUT/UTD: Soon/Soon COAT COLOR: Fawn DOCKED TAIL: Yes CROPPED EARS: No CHILDREN UNDER 4: Unsure CHILDREN OVER 4: Yes SEPARATION ANXIETY: No OTHER DOGS: Yes CATS: Unsure CRATE TRAINED: Yes HOUSE TRAINED: Unsure LEASH TRAINED: Yes OBEDIENCE TRAINED: Unsure MICROCHIPPED: No ADOPTION FEE: $150 (FEE WAIVED IF YOU ADOPTED FROM SCBR BEFORE!) |
| UPDATE 2/14/10 - Baron is a complete love and adds so much to our family. He loves to play out side and even all the snow has not stopped him. He is so easy to get along with and does not make a fuss. We have had just one problem health wise but we think we have discover what the problem is. He has started to eat poop and then gets very sick. We have had three very serious sessions this past month. The first was so bad with explosive diarreah and vomiting that we rushed him to the emergency vet and he was put on antibiotics and something to help settle his stomach. We have watched him when ever he is outside and so far he has not been able to repeat the earlier problem. UPDATE 12/27/09 - Baron is doing very well and loves the snow! He and Cindy trade off playing with Flynn outside so that Flynn gets his share of exercise. He has become much less clinging to me and while he still likes to check up on me to see where I am in the house he is just as likely to lay in the middle of the room and open one eye whenever I go by and twitch his tail in acknowledgment.He has been such a sweet boy and has also taken to sleeping up on the couch along side my husband. Al is often a boxer sandwich with Cindy on one side and Baron on the other. When we took Cindy in for her first visit to the vet's we also took Baron and updated his shots as well. We did have to muzzle him as he was not to cooperative with this strange man poking and proding him. The vet was most complimentary as to their condition and fell in love with both off them! UPDATE 1/28/09 - Baron has been a wonderful addition to our family and has continued to fit in quite seamlessly with our other two. He is an eager playmate for Flynn, our daughter's golden retriever and enjoys all the rough housing that Flynn does. All of the snow has not dampened their eagerness to go out and it is really funny to watch them both bounding through the almost two feet of snow we have up on the hill. They also do a lot of "jaw wrestling" in the house. He seems to have focused his "bond" on me and remains needy to insure I am somewhere nearby. This is just more then the usual boxer/person togetherness. No matter where I go or when he comes back in from outside, he has to come find me before he relaxes. He also is very food focused checking his dish several times a day to see if any food has materialized. I was hoping that he would be more relaxed and confident that his food would be there regularly and he did not have to be worried about where his next meal was coming from. He has put on about 10 pounds and has lost his gaunt look. We do feed him plenty because he burns up so much energy in his play. We have had occasion to leave all three alone in the house for several hours at a time and no damage occurred in our absence. He has not been very vocal and when my husband heard him for the first time he was really surprised. My husband has really taken to Baron and spends a great deal of time with him curled up on the sofa. One thing does have me somewhat concerned. Baron has snapped at both my husband and my daughter when they went to either pet him or get off of the sofa from beside where he was laying. He has not done so with me. We are still watching to see what triggered the behavior and can only surmise that due to a partial blindness in his right eye, he was startled. We now speak to him to get his attention before reaching out to him and that seems to be working. UPDATE 12/21/08 - Dec 21- Baron continues to settle in and is definitely feeling more secure. While he periodically has to come find me whenever he has been outside or I have been gone, he is more often seeking out my husband or daughter and check to see where they are in the house. He still keeps checking his bowl for additional food and I admit I have slipped him a cup of kibble now and then which he promptly vaccums up! Hopefully that need will lessen as he comes to realize there is plenty for him whenever he need it. With all his rough housing with Flynn he certainly does burn up the calories and is not getting fat. Baron is learning to play with toys although he still seems somewhat at a loss as to what they are for. Our year old golden retriever will pull every toy in the basket out and try to tempt someone to play with him. Baron has started to try and tug the toy away from Flynn but once he has it, he drops it. He and Flynn will romp or wrestle one another for long periods of time. In fact, today after we got another ten inches of snow, he and Flynn along with my daughter spent quite some time outside plying frisbe. He loves to go outside and I get exhausted just watching him jack rabbit through the snow! UPDATE 12/6/08 - Not sure just what you need to know about our progress with him settling in. Most of that was accomplished just after he arrived a couple of months ago when we offered to foster him. He has adjusted well and we have had few problems with him in the process, at least nothing we couldn't deal with or expect. We have found him an easy dog to adjust to. Since he was still intact, we did have the problem initially with marking but it was expected. Now that he has been neuter it has almost ceased at this point. He obeys well and has adjusted to the other dogs with few problems. In fact he has become fast friends with my daughter's year old golden retriever and they play nearly all the time. His relationship with our Molly is on and off depending on how well she feels that day. She has a heart valve problem and is on meds for that so she often prefers the quiet of our bed room out of the way of the other rambunxious two. We started Baron on his heart worm meds once the vet confirmed his negative results to the test. Since we had been told he came from a Macedonian home we expected that there might be a problem with communicating with him but that proved to be not the case. His recall is excellent and he sits and waits very well. He quickly learned house rules and waits to go to his dinner dish or in or out the door as do the other dogs. This is a nothing is free house! The lay down command still remains a work in progress though. He may need some work on his socialization and manners out in the public since the few times we have gone to the vets or other places where there are strangers he has been a little aggressive or overly alert. Not that I am concerned and he was easily controlled. I suspect that could have been from some stress or unease but we will work on that. In the house he greets people, strangers and all like the gentleman he is. Because of some bad weather (snow and rain) we had to take some time to train him on the Invisible fence but he turned out to learn quickly and he now has the run of the two acres around the house and up in the woods on the hill above the house. We do watch the dogs when they are out since we have deer, turkey and other assorted wild life in the area. So far he just sits and watches when he spots them. We believe Baron is partially blind in one eye since he snapped at and nailed my husband's hand when Al went to give him his breakfast one morning. Al says he thinks he surprised Baron lowering the bowl from the angle he did and it has not happened again. We now make sure Baron knows where we are and where his food bowl so that he is not surprised or frightened. He certainly has no food aggression. By the way Al has taken to Baron in a way he has never taken to any of our other dogs and Baron will sleep on Al's side of the bed before moving at some point during the night to one of the dog beds. There are two things that have me somewhat concerned. The first is that Baron never seems to have enough to eat although he has gained 10 pounds since arrived so we are not starving him. He has had an upset tummy a couple of time but responds to pepto bismo quickly. My concern is that he might have worms and we will have the vet check that out next time he goes in if he does not improve. (I know that dogs are very food oriented, our other two check out all the other bowls for possible scraps but Baron haunts his.) I just want him to feel more relaxed and not feel he has worry totally where his next meal is coming from. The second thing is that Baron has become a totally velcro dog. He is reluctant to let me out of his sight. He is seldom more then five feet away from me and should I move he is right there to check on me. Again this is more then just being with your human in the normal boxer way. I am used to that! I am hoping that with time he will settle down and accept he can be with other members of the family without worrying I am going to disappear. Well that is about the sum of everything. I think Baron and we are a good fit and hopefully he will be around for quite some time yet. We are happy to help each other him with his forever home and us with another wiggle butt to fill some of the empty corners left by Rockie's death. 11/26/08 - Hi everyone. Well I happy to report that Baron has found his forever home....with us! I signed the adoption papers this morning and mailed them off to Nora. While we will not forget our Rocky and his goofy ways will be missed especially so these next few weeks as we deal with the holidays, We are happy to share our home and hearts with this wonderful gentleman that SCBR has sent to brighten our days. Welcome home Mr Baron!!!! 10/6/08 - First, thanks to Liz and Dee for picking up this beautiful boy! It seems that Baron lived most of his 7 years outside. When Liz brought him to me, he was a real charmer (and still is). He was a bit shy about meeting my two dogs, Campeon and Dolly. He was very humble and talked a blue streak. After a full day of rotations, he first met Dolly and they played as if they had known each other forever. On meeting Campeon nose to nose, they had a few male upmanship encounters but now play non-stop like brothers. For a boy who was alone most of the time, he wants to be with the gang ALL of the time. He slept in the bedroom on the floor without a peep. His fur is very thick and he thinks that he has reached heaven when I brush him. Although he 'speaks' Macedonian, he is learning English very quickly simply by watching my other two. He met and was happy with attention from all age people down to about an 8 year old girl at the vet's office. He keeps up with his younger playmates and doesn't miss a beat. We're working on leash manners, but he is a gentle, loving boxer who i believe will fit it well in almost any environment. |
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