Balance

• Each individual part must appear in proportion to the rest of the dog.
  
  
• The front and rear angulation must be correct and in harmony. (Balanced)
  
  
• The Boxer should be a medium size, square dog.

Proportion

• The body in profile is square in that a horizontal line from the front of the forechest to the rear projection of the upper thigh should equal the length of a vertical line dropped from the top of the withers to the ground.

Square, Substantive, Sound

• The ideal Boxer is:
  
      ♦ a medium-sized, square built dog of good substance
  
      ♦ with short back, strong limbs, and short, tight-fitting coat
  
      ♦ well developed muscles are clean, hard and appear smooth
        under taut skin.