Roman is a two year old brindle male with natural ears and a cropped tail. He is a wonderful boxer boy with excellent manners. He's house trained, crate trained and walks beautifully on a leash. Roman knows many obedience commands and will promptly obey them as soon you issue the command.

Roman is great with any kind of grooming procedures. We've bathed, trimmed toe nails, cleaned ears, put eye medicine in his eyes, pretty much everything we could think of to assess him on and he did so well. He seemed to enjoy his bath.

Someone put a lot of time into Roman and taught him well. BUT, they did not socialize him to other animals. He does not know how to respond properly to other animals and his response is not good. We will be working diligently to socialize him and get him to understand that he has nothing to fear from other dogs, so there is no reason to lash out. When he does act out, he is easily called off, but he can not go to a home with other animals unless we have him to point where he can properly interact with at least females. We will not adopt Roman to a home with small children, unless it is a home without other animals. He is very gentle with humans, although when he gets to playing he is a typical boxer and can get pretty excited. He LOVES his football. He'll shake that football until his head falls off. :o)

Roman is extremely thin. He only weighs 54 pounds and should weigh a lot more than that. You can see every rib bone, spinal column, hip points, it all just out. His waist is tiny. I wonder if his reaction to other dogs is because of his appetite and his fear that they will get to his food resources. We are currently feeding him three to four small meals a day to slowly put weight on him without risking bloat. He was abandoned at the shelter by a college student that didn't have time for him and spent two months there. I believe the stress of that environment has contributed to his weight loss and to his stress with other dogs.

Roman really is a great dog, he just has some issues to work on. He's quite loving and will make someone a wonderful pet. A group obedience class would do wonders in helping him with socialization. Roman will be available for adoption after April 23rd if we feel he has made enough progress in his socialization. As far as his health goes, once he puts on weight, he is a very healthy boy. He has had some sort of trauma to his rear legs. One leg has some extensive scar tissue and the ankle joint has healed in a large knot. I imagine he broke the leg at one time. It does not appear to cause him any problems. He walks and runs normally. We'll have it assessed to make sure there isn't something more we can do for it, but the vets that did his neuter said it was an old, healed injury.

If you are interested in adopting Roman, PLEASE READ our requirements before filling out an application. Roman's adoption donation will be $275.00.