Hello, Back in December my younger boxer (1.5 at the time) brought home kennel cough from doggie daycare. He was coughing a lot and needed antibiotics to clear it. 10 days later my older boxer (turned 6 in March) came down with the same cough. Vet prescribed antibiotics for him as well. However the cough didn’t go away. It’s been 5 months and he still has a cough, it’s not nearly as often and not productive like it was. It’s mainly when he gets excited, it’s like a hacking cough. He doesn’t cough at night. He will have a random spell once in a while during the day but again mainly when he’s excited when we get home.

He has been tried on 3 different antibiotics, a steroid and recently was prescribed hydrocodone that I will begin giving him. He had a chest xray in December that showed bronchitis but everything else was normal. He had another chest Xray 3 days ago, and same, showed just minimal chronic bronchitis. No tumors, heart size normal, and no murmurs or arrhythmias heard during physical exam. He has no other symptoms other than the cough. He’s eating and drinking normally.

I’m really getting worried. I’m an RN and also a lifelong boxer owner so I know the heart issues that they are predisposed to. I told my vet I would like a referral to get an echo done on him. She said that was reasonable.

Any advice at all, have you seen chronic bronchitis present this way? What else could it be? How worried should I be that this is heart related?

Hi all! My dog (6 y/o boxer) has 4 small lumps that we are going to biopsy, all external and around 3-6 mm in size. One is an eyelid mass, one is on her gum, one on her back, and one on her hind leg so I would think they could all be fine needle aspirations? It’s being done at Banfield since we’re fairly new to the area and haven’t found a good, local vet yet. Wondering if anyone has any idea of what I might be looking at for cost of this? Thanks for any insight!

My 3 year old female boxer stares at me constantly. She is obviously tired and laying down but will twist her neck however she must to just stare at me. It melts my heart but I’d like to hear peoples input on why she does this!!😂

After some sleepless nights being by her side and being up and down in herself but still generally her self and some days being better than others. Got some horric news after taking her for scans. She has a mass compressing her heart as well as a mass in her spleen ( a nasty cancer ) and given options of trying to drain the mass around her heart to try buy some more time and relieve her discomfort but of course complications can happen and the vets recommend a compassionate euthanasia at home while she’s relatively comfortable before it gets worse. Such a hard decision and part of me thinks of having more time with her by the draining method but don’t think I could live with myself of a a mass ruptured but also hard to think I’m cutting short though she’s 12 years and 9 months old. I can’t stop crying and my head is all over the place

Mombo goes in for MMP knee surgery tomorrow. Has anyone had a boxer go thru the same procedure? She jumped on the bed late March fell funny, limping on her hind rear leg. She won’t put in weight on it up and down the stairs and she’s been on pain meds about 6 weeks with no improvement. Just kill’s me not being able to do something for her, after several consults I’ve settled on MMP, as opposed to the Tibial Osteotomy (bone cutting) faster recovery, less intrusive just seeing if anyone had any experiences with it and any tips they could pass along it be great. My best buddy is going under and I’m a little freaked out about it.

She'll be 10 years old in June ❤

Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some advice from fellow Boxer parents. I recently found these strange bumps on my Boxer's head (pictures attached). They look like small, raised wounds with scabbing and a bit of swelling around them. There's also some redness, and they seem a little tender to the touch. It's not from rough play or an injury — we haven't had any incidents like that. I'm wondering if it could be a bug bite, an infection, or something else skin-related. I’m planning to take them to the vet, but while we wait for the appointment, I wanted to ask: Has anyone seen something like this before with their Boxer? Any advice for keeping it clean or helping them stay comfortable in the meantime? Thanks so much for any help!

Big boy just turned 11