The Bull Boxer, also spelled, Bullboxer and Bulloxer, originated in the 1990s in Great Britain by crossing the Boxer and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Today there are variations of this cross using the Boxer and other Bull breeds. Some other known variations are the Boxer and American Pit Bull Terrier, Boxer with the English Bulldog and Boxer with the American Bulldog. The Bull Boxer is controversial. Some Boxer breeders protest the development of the Bull Boxer saying it is a bad mix, while others love it. This type of dog is still being bred in Great Britain and other parts of the world. Not all of these designer hybrid dogs being bred are 50% purebred to 50% purebred. It is very common for breeders to breed multi-generation crosses.

The Bull Boxer is considered a hybrid dog, meaning it is not purebred, however the lineage is known. Where as the term mutt is used when a dog has an unknown lineage.

Some claim hybrid dogs are healthier, because you are mixing up the gene pool. Many breeders of hybrids believe in what is called the heterosis effect and hybrid vigor. Vigor means, "Physical or mental strength, force or energy."

Others disagree, claiming you are still crossing two first generation dogs. If you breed two dogs carrying the same genetic defect, the defect will be dominant in the dog.

Regardless, of size or lineage, all dogs are a mammal of the Canidae family, of the order Carnivora. Canis lupus familiaris, which is a domesticated subspecies of the wolf. Commonly referred to as a canine, dogs have instincts, which we as humans have a responsibility to fulfill.

One of these instincts is to migrate. To fulfill this instinct in our dog, we need to take them for a daily walk. How to walk your dog in a way that fulfills this instinct.

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