I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I truly believed that everyone's dad was called Dave. — Lyn
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think that adult kangaroos were called Kangas and that child kangaroos were called Roos. Anon
- I used to believe that a penis was called a bobby because my mum told me... I believed this until I was 15.— Patricia
- I believed that female teachers got to choose if they wanted to be called "mrs. or miss" — Jenna
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic