{"product_id":"boxer-complete-care-guide-reed-hollis-9798235303836","title":"Boxer - Complete Care Guide: Training, Health, Grooming, Nutrition, and Raising a Loyal Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou fell in love with a Boxer. Maybe it was the expressive face, the athletic build, the way they lean their entire body against your leg like a seventy-pound security blanket. Maybe it was the clown personality-the zoomies, the play bows, the full-body wiggle that starts at the nose and doesn't stop until it reaches the stubby tail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever hooked you, you're here now. And you need to know what you're getting into.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoxers are magnificent dogs. They are also medically complex, emotionally demanding, and genetically loaded with health conditions that can blindside an unprepared owner. Cancer is the #1 killer of the breed. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy affects up to 50% of the population. Degenerative myelopathy mutations are carried by over half of American Boxers. Bloat can kill in hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't meant to scare you. It's meant to prepare you. Because the difference between a Boxer who lives a full, healthy ten to twelve years and one who doesn't is almost always the owner's knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Boxer: Complete Care Guide* is the most thorough, evidence-based guide to the breed ever published. Written by researcher and dog enthusiast Reed Hollis, this book covers every aspect of Boxer ownership across 21 chapters and four comprehensive parts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Part 1: Choosing Your Boxer and Starting Right** - Lifestyle fit assessment, breed history, finding a reputable breeder vs. rescue, puppy selection, and surviving the first 72 hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Part 2: Building Behavior, Trust, and Daily Rhythm** - Housetraining, the critical socialization window, positive reinforcement training adapted for the Boxer temperament, leash skills, and preventing separation anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Part 3: Health, Grooming, and Nutrition Systems** - The complete Boxer health radar, cancer detection and management, cardiac screening protocols, degenerative myelopathy, hip dysplasia, bloat emergency protocol, daily grooming routines, and life-stage nutrition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Part 4: Lifelong Partnership** - Navigating adolescence, advanced training and dog sports, travel and family life, senior care, cognitive decline management, and a 12-month action plan with monthly checklists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery chapter includes: \u003cbr\u003e✓ Real-world case studies and breed-specific examples\u003cbr\u003e✓ Peer-reviewed veterinary research with source citations\u003cbr\u003e✓ Practical checklists and step-by-step protocols\u003cbr\u003e✓ Honest discussion of costs, risks, and realistic expectations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a generic dog book with \"Boxer\" stamped on the cover. Every training method, every health protocol, every feeding recommendation is calibrated for the Boxer's specific physiology, temperament, and genetic profile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you own a Boxer-or you're thinking about getting one-this is the book that tells you the truth. All of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reed Hollis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235303836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reed Hollis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d","brand":"Reed Hollis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623680159999,"sku":"9798235303836","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boxer-complete-care-guide-reed-hollis-9798235303836","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}