Daughtry Boxers 

White and Black Boxers

White Boxers

I've heard some breeders say the most awful things about white boxers. That they are absolutely useless and there is nothing to do better that to just kill them at birth and save yourself the trouble.

In my opinion, White Boxers make wonderful pets, there just like any other boxer. They have feelings, and they love just as much as any other dog.

I Own a white Boxer his name is Maximus Frost. He is not Deaf or Blind has both testicles, And he has never had any health problems. But, No we do not breed him.

One of the first boxers was a pure white boxer named " Blanka." Considered an instrumental dog in the development of the breed. Blanka gave birth to a litter of puppies. One of her daughters. " Meta von der Passage." became an important member  of the boxer pedigree. It is thought that nearly all boxers can be traced back to Meta. A few of the Boxer's started out as whites that made such a difference to the breed.

 I love how people display ad's saying that white boxers are rare to come by. The truth is 25% of all boxers are born white. This is not a genetic defect. It just means mom and dad carry a white gene. Its recessive.

They do Sunburn easy. So care must be taken not to leave them in the sun to long.

It is said that White Boxers succumb to deafness and blindness, this is true, but it is also true that a colored boxer can be affected with these as well. Its not heard of on the circuit. A breeder would rather have  bamboo shoots shoved under their finger nails than to have anyone find out that they produced colored, blind, or deaf boxer puppies.

All in all white boxers should be loved and cared for as any other colored boxer would be, they are no different when it comes to love and affection.

Proponents of breeding white Boxers often claim that the "first" Boxer was white. This is simply untrue. It was in the 1830s that the English Bulldogs were brought to Germany and crossed with the Boxers - and it is at this time that the color white began appearing in the breed. Prior to that, all Boxers (and Bullenbeissers) were fawn or brindle with black masks.

The modern Boxer "began" in 1895 with the creation of the Munich Boxer Klub, and the first written breed standard. At this time there were plain, white, and flashy Boxers in existence. At this time a brindle bitch, Alt's Flora, was imported to Germany from France. Flora was the grand-dam of the first Boxer registered in the first Stud Book, Mühlbauer's Flocki in 1904. So, for those who choose to use the Stud Book as the "true" starting point of the breed as we know it, the "first" Boxer was brindle. Flocki was a flashy brindle; his dam was a parti-color or "check" brindle, and his sire was a white Bulldog.

This is not to say whites did not play an important role in the development of the breed. Indeed, the Boxer considered to be the "grand matriarch" of the breed was Meta von der Passage, a predominantly white (parti-color) bitch and a full sister to Flocki. Meta herself was not a great example of breed type, but she consistently produced puppies far better than herself, and all of the influential sires of the early days of the breed trace back to her.

Black Boxers

The first time i saw a black boxer was when i went to purchase (Gypsy). Her Mother was a stunning black with a white chest. Upon talking with Gypsy's breeder i learned that her mother was not black at all. She was Reverse Brindle.

She explained that in the beginning of the breeding of boxers  in Germany that they had bred a schnauzer to get the black color. As i read and learned more  i found out there is no such thing as a purebred black boxer.

It is genetically impossible for a boxer to be purebred and also black. The gene for a solid black coat color simply does not exist within the boxer gene pool. And that is something that is very well documented by canine geneticists. A black boxer is like a brindle Rottweiler: The only way to get a pure black boxer is to breed a boxer with another breed. So it makes me upset when i see breeders claiming the black boxer is rare to people who don't know the history or are uneducated about the history.

These dogs are not RARE! The only thing you can do with them when you claim there black is provide them a loving home.

There are some people that write them off as black coloration when they do in fact have some visible striping. This makes them a sealed brindle NOT BLACK! When you say there black they become ineligible to compete in AKC events based on the fact their owners have no idea that they are still brindle . Educate yourself on this and read what rules these dog clubs have put out there for the color standards. If there is a hint of striping and it is visible even slightly, They are still brindle. Don't be fooled by the Rare Black Boxer advertisement. If any breeder tells you they are rare, this is not true. I own a reverse brindle female and AKC has no markings for reverse she is just considered Brindle. 

This is Maximus Frost (Max) we love him very much we were able to trace max's heritage all the way back to Meta von der Passage. Both of his parents were flashy fawn and carried the white gene.

This is Rita's Gypsy Queen (gypsy). Gypsy is reverse brindled so much so you can barely see the brown striping. Gypsy is champion sired and comes from a very long line of champion boxers. On her Akc papers she is just registered as Brindle. Cause Akc does not have a color code for reverse brindle only white, fawn, or brindle.