That's what I'm talkin' about!!!
But seriously, Pam? An 18-month old dog is no longer a puppy. It's a full-grown dog. And frankly, I've found that if you don't get them into some sort of obedience training by the age of 4-5 months, it only gets harder to train them the longer you wait. Yeah, I'm not one of those folks who can train a dog in five seconds, but I'm guessing some habits as a dog grows older would be harder to break.
You know, like bullshitting people. You'll never stop, no matter how many times you get called on your obviously fabricated stories of alternating personal wealth or chilling poverty, your dedication to your loving husband or cheating on the drunken lout with the pool boy/bartender/homeless guy downstairs, or your teacher of the year attributes where black children throw themselves at your feet begging to be your slaves/janitor of a warehouse of future felons.
Strange thread, goes from dog training to black children wanting to be her slave.
Boxers are a odd breed, I found a full grown female wandering about no Collier and half starved. I brought her home, to the vet, posted found dog in the news papers, no one claimed her. She was so mellow, fit right in with the family, we grew to love her.
She bonded to me and I took her everywhere, even to work. She slept in the hall outside the bedroom doors and the kids and I felt safe when Hubby was at sea.
We had her a year and a half or so when one day her owner saw us on a walk. She demanded the Boxer back, came to the point the police became involved, the dog would not go to or recognise the woman that claimed her.
What to do, the original owner had all kinds of papers to prove she owned the dog, or did she??
Court ordered I return the boxer to the original owner, this dog did not want to go, hell of a mess. We learned later the mild and calm boxer had bit her owner and put down.
Some day when I live in a place I can have this breed, I will go to the dog pound and try out an adult Boxer, no puppy's, seems the worse they are treated the more love and devotion they give to a new family.