The name 'Boxer' is supposedly derived from the breed's tendency to play by standing on its hind legs and 'boxing' with its front paws. In the same vein runs a theory based on the fact that there were a group of dogs known as Bierboxer in Munich by the time of the breed's development. These dogs were the result from mixes of Bullenbeisser and other similar breeds. Bier (beer) probably refers to the Biergarten, the typical Munich beergarden, an open-air restaurant where people used to take their dogs along. Boxer is also the name of a dog owned by John Peerybingle, the main character in the best-selling 1845 book The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens, which is evidence that 'Boxer' was commonly used as a dog name by the early 19th century, before the establishment of the breed by the end of that same century.
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