[quote=NickP]Is there anyone out the that is trying to return the boxer to its working state circa 1900?? just like the English Bulldog is being slowly returned? There are a lot of health issues with boxers these days and I was just wondering?[/quote] In Brazil you have also a dog called Dogue Brazileiro a working Dog. The Foundation of these breed is a mix Boxer x Bultterrier . These dogs remenber more the old sylte Bullterrier, than old sytle Boxer in most dogs that i saw.I beleive that Dogue Brazileiro used Boxer just to improve the Bullterrier. The breeder Pedro Dantas was the foundator of these New Breed. The goals is guardian. Kennels: http://br.geocities.com/machariello/ http://www.tasgard.hpg.ig.com.br/indexenglish.htm