![]() Of course, each individual dog is different, and I know there are many laid-back and loving females. They are Boxers, through and through, and they have the same qualities as colored Boxers that will make them exceptional petsĪs for sex - I tend to prefer the males (but don't tell my girls that! ) They are a handful as puppies and young adults, but once they've matured they are, IMO, more laid-back and loving than the females. Genetically, white Boxers have no more and no less chance of problems than their colored littermates - they have the same gene pool to draw from. Somewhere on the board there is a statistic about the high number of white Boxers being used as service dogs. Most breeders today place their whites in loving homes on spay/neuter contracts, and they often go on to be successful in performance events. (They still cannot be "sold" or registered, although that will change at some point in the future.) There are still a few old-time breeders who cull their whites, but they are getting older, and fewer. Happily, the COE was changed in 1985(?) so that placements of white Boxers was allowed. (There are those who took them to the vets to be euthanized, and let the vets find them homes.) Breeders had to choose to either cull whites at birth, or keep them all. The goal was to eliminate the white coat color from the breed (which proved to be impossible since white is not a coat color, but a marking pattern.)Īfter the war, the stigma surrounding whites continued, and in the US the American Boxer Club Breeder's Code of Ethics forbid the sale, registration, or *placement* of white Boxers. I'd imagine they were culled from litters at birth, although I can't say I've read that anywhere. A white coat (and even a lot of white markings) was unacceptable (too visible at night), and since meat was rationed breeders needed to spend their efforts on the dogs that would be useful as war dog. They are also more prone to sunburn, but I wouldn't consider that a "condition"ĭuring the war, Boxers were used as war dogs. The only condition that white Boxers are proven to be more prone to is deafness, which is due to a lack of pigmentation in the inner ear. I don't know how you can go wrong with a Boxer - no matter what the color! However, I have always heard that it is typically the male who is the lover and the feamle who is a little "snooty." But as we all know - one of the boxers most well known trait is their abilities with children - no matter what the sex. ![]() I have females based on personal choice, and they are great lovers and protecters. I use children's sunblock on Lucy's ears, nose, and back, when we are going to be outside for a lenghty period of time.Īs for the sex - I have only had females and do not have children - although my girls get along great with kids. White boxers (like any white short hair dog) do have a tendency to sunburn. She is not deaf and has one blue eye (said to follow the white marking) and one brown eye. ![]() Lucy is a perfectly health one-year old boxer puppy. There is a movement to allow white boxers from ABC breeders to be given a limited registration with AKC in order to try tracking some of these issue. I "purchased" Lucy from a reputable breeder who asked for what I thought was a rather minimal donation to boxer rescue.Īs for the health problems, some of the myths were that whites were more prone to deafness and other genetic abnormalites - all of which I believe remain substantially unproven. You are seeing more and more of them because of the change in the placement policy by the ABC. Contrary to propular belief, white boxers are not rare - based on genetics about 25% of them are white. ![]() No fee should be charged (although some breeders will ask for a fee to cover expenses) and the puppy should be placed with a spay/neuter contract because breeding them would not further enhance the breed standards. The ABC however, has changed the rules to basically allow a white boxer puppy to be placed in a pet home. Some breeders from the "old school" did and continue to put them down because they do not meet the breed standard and the ABC for years, while not condoning putting them down, did not provide a breeder a means of placing the white puppy. A white boxer does not meet the breed standard set by the American Boxer Club (ABC) - more than 1/3 of the coat white. ![]()
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