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Boxer

Working Group

Boxer dog, photographed by Mood210
Mood210 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

The Boxer is a large and muscular breed of dog that was originally bred in Germany for guarding and protecting property. They are intelligent, loyal, and protective, and make excellent guard dogs.

Group
Working Group
Origin
Germany (19th century)
Coat
short smooth · fawn, brindle, and white markings
Also known as
German Boxer and Deutscher Boxer
Recognized by
AKC, FCI, UKC, KC, CKC, ANKC, NZKC
Hypoallergenic
No
Id
08c9fafe-fc77-4da8-9824-05f64910a8e1

Traits

Every rating runs from 1 to 5 against dogs in general, so a 3 is an average dog rather than an average Boxer. They are researched estimates, not measurements.

Researched from royalkennelclub.com en.wikipedia.org allboxerinfo.com

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Everything above came from https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/08c9fafe-fc77-4da8-9824-05f64910a8e1. No key, no sign up. See it in the reference.

Request 
curl -s "https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/08c9fafe-fc77-4da8-9824-05f64910a8e1"
Response 
{
  "data": {
    "id": "08c9fafe-fc77-4da8-9824-05f64910a8e1",
    "type": "breed",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Boxer",
      "description": "The Boxer is a large and muscular breed of dog that was originally bred in Germany for guarding and protecting property. They are intelligent, loyal, and protective, and make excellent guard dogs.",
      "life": {
        "max": 12,
        "min": 10
      },
      "male_weight": {
        "max": 32,
        "min": 25
      },
      "female_weight": {
        "max": 29,
        "min": 20
      },
      "hypoallergenic": false,
      "male_height": {
        "max": 64,
        "min": 58
      },
      "female_height": {
        "max": 60,
        "min": 55
      },
      "origin": {
        "era": "19th century",
        "country": "Germany"
      },
      "coat": {
        "type": "smooth",
        "colors": [
          "fawn",
          "brindle",
          "white markings"
        ],
        "length": "short"
      },
      "traits": {
        "energy": 4,
        "barking": 3,
        "drooling": 3,
        "grooming": 1,
        "shedding": 3,
        "temperament": [
          "playful",
          "loyal",
          "protective",
          "energetic",
          "intelligent",
          "fearless"
        ],
        "trainability": 4,
        "good_with_dogs": 4,
        "exercise_minutes": 60,
        "apartment_friendly": 2,
        "good_with_children": 5,
        "good_with_strangers": 3
      },
      "other_names": [
        "German Boxer",
        "Deutscher Boxer"
      ],
      "recognized_by": [
        "AKC",
        "FCI",
        "UKC",
        "KC",
        "CKC",
        "ANKC",
        "NZKC"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.royalkennelclub.com/breed-standards/working/boxer/",
          "title": "Boxer | Breed Standards | The Kennel Club"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_(dog_breed)",
          "title": "Boxer (dog breed) - Wikipedia"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.allboxerinfo.com/boxer-dog-appearance",
          "title": "Boxer Dog Appearance | Puppy Through Adult"
        }
      ],
      "images": [
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/vigxepzqtxp4ru30qi9ar4zgdfi5",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/h9fo3tww8dm8xhz6o50cqmr6pwsw",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/hyevehiben4o5mkyyv464lhhx9g1",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/d6ng8ypsy4e58qpo4i1uv33k692u",
          "attribution": {
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            "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
            "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0",
            "source": "wikimedia_commons",
            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_fawn_Boxer_undocked.jpg"
          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/9lqtg67nvyxoc3xairzpxjrioq7d",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/mq8tvbf0owbw1v84wvatlot5rjxp",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/mxetqqflmukw5hrlnao0hnys8rtw",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/3humedr8g1folikxy4ay6f16ftwx",
          "attribution": {
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            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_front_view_of_the_face_of_the_boxer_dog_breed.jpg"
          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/q7m6f29g0n2y82xnsv9rowom9vfs",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/5cuddgqueyp0zg6hy2dbor8aj0vr",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/lg1b8htz81s5y6waunlwwonpgg2f",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/oqw5ems7bwdqwdkbi2wj12r4ma5g",
          "attribution": {
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            "license": "CC0",
            "license_url": "http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en",
            "source": "wikimedia_commons",
            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1._Brindle_boxer_dog,_female.jpg"
          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/t448vlevl8s6rl42eez5ewwmkecz",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/hi0fhujlk3c8dgpmwiobqqtukqdt",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/qxha02z4s0egm9y8icgk992p6jrf",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/efrhbmsu9zg5e3ekxdu4f7esbeya",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/vb531r4yq54ogl61oigohytkhrpu",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/5t2vgcputzo1xrusx3fu9i6qnrp4",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/xlh7rlwmwa8cltnrenc60czfrdtx",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/0q3jz4cr49rr1xofnka6r253q73a",
          "attribution": {
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          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/n4psfb8wmozaki3bercx5r9gwcbi",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/w9flhb6jclj5tx2wuoz8002xhhjl",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/rkdpupyqcmia9yy6vjhs3sj3wmjh",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/z879wagcs8ulc14ms0uad5pbof3l",
          "attribution": {
            "author": "Mostafameraji",
            "license": "CC0",
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            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_pure_and_female_Boxer_dog_in_Iran_01.jpg"
          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/yl0gsfe86hrng4ve2ln8yzdcnvvh",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/c7w1hsv4ujfmmdfghpnka6h0iv9g",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/m643ly8uv4n32ggr12peoz25m8p0",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/g8ate15kq4u845pydfmuduu89u53",
          "attribution": {
            "author": "No machine-readable author provided. Pleple2000 assumed (based on copyright claims).",
            "license": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
            "license_url": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/",
            "source": "wikimedia_commons",
            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bokser_portret.jpg"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "e518b566-1dcb-4a2f-a921-be27b8702f79",
          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/wtw27d7lhb84ofs11wz7b7wxixno",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/9cgnbc514ywvw8ppz104wyhau1fs",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/59sq1o27082tjs5baw7uv0o6r04u",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/huh6d3ggj1xhksak743h20z765cp",
          "attribution": {
            "author": "Vicki Mitchell from Austin, US",
            "license": "CC BY 2.0",
            "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0",
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            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boxer_dog.jpg"
          }
        },
        {
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          "url": "https://images.dogapi.dog/0rp8bc6mc0nl9lki49h6n8fty0jf",
          "thumb": "https://images.dogapi.dog/29xfzz5bp4dtsdit0m3t7wolutvf",
          "medium": "https://images.dogapi.dog/8v4ep02qvjyvlel07dxc97yx3dqf",
          "large": "https://images.dogapi.dog/a9totjgv6bi32ggs7a77ecg9q1db",
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            "source_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boxer_puppy_fawn.jpg"
          }
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      ]
    },
    "relationships": {
      "group": {
        "data": {
          "id": "56081cf0-fdf2-4114-9bf7-23a3f5b6af91",
          "type": "group"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The picture itself also has an endpoint: https://dogapi.dog/api/v2/breeds/08c9fafe-fc77-4da8-9824-05f64910a8e1/image, which redirects straight to the file. See it in the reference.