My dog 'Crush' is a Neo/Boxer mix. He has the best of both breeds! He's very handsome... black with white chest and feet and a little white blaze on his muzzle. He's playful and fun like a boxer, but protective and gentle like a mastiff. His littermates were brindles and he has a splash of copper on his right shoulder. It's very pretty in the sunlight splashed on his jet black coat. His father is the old type Neo, not so wrinkled and drooly. Crush only drools when there's food that he wants, so no puddles of drool... he's a neat dog. He's extremely intelligent! He just knows things. My husband and I are always amazed at how much this dog understands and how obedient he is. After 30 years of owning Dobies, and knowing how smart they can be, this guy has it all over them in the smarts department! We've spent lots of time with our Dobies over the years training them in basic obedience and off leash commands. Crush has a total of a few hours, and he heals off leash, comes even when he doesn't want to, everytime he's called, sits, lays down, goes away, looks for 'birdies' in the barn, and we just never actually 'trained' with him to do those things. He just understands and gets it. I've never owned a dog this intelligent. Ever! My only regret is that I didn't bring his sister home with him. I was tempted, but didn't. She was so, so sweet, but I wanted a male. I wish I had another dog of this mix! It's an absolute PERFECT blend! Crush keeps all critters out of the corral and off of our property. No squirrel, bird or stray cat (ours is allowed to stay) is allowed to be on our property! He patrols the boarder of our property, and barks at anyone coming up to the house. He will allow those people that he knows to come into the back yard since we have people that ride our horses, and help clean up the barn. He likes other dogs, children, women and then lastly, men.... in that order. He loves water, loves to swim, has no fear of waves or jumping into the lake and swimming after swans and ducks. When he was a young dog, he'd chase our horses, grab their tails and 'fly' in the air handing onto their tails as they ran around the corral. As he got older and heavier, he now weighs around 120 lbs., he doesn't get 'airborne' and cant 'fly' behind the horses any more, but he tries and their tails are broken off and raggedy looking. They look like someone took a weedwhacker to them. They had beautiful long thick tails before Crush chomped them up. But a dogs gotta have some fun, right! LOL! I'm looking for another breed mix of this kind so Crush has a canine friend to play with.