Information About White Boxers
White Boxers are not caused by genetic birth
defects. The exclusively white coat is created when
both mother and father are carriers of the gene that
makes up the white and the offspring inherits the
white coat gene from both the mother and father. In
every way the puppy is the same as its siblings,
with all the energy, personality and spirit that
makes them Boxers.
White Boxers are not albinos. Albino’s completely
lack pigment. This is evidenced by pink eyes and
lack of color anywhere on its body. Most white
Boxers have spots on their skin and marking around
their nose and mouth. Some white Boxers have colored
markings in their coat (brown spots around an eye,
ear, or on the back). All white Boxers have a
pigment in their eyes, this alone rules out albinism
as the cause of their whiteness.
According to the American Boxer Club, “approximately
25% of all Boxer puppies are either white or almost
all white, making white puppies neither rare, nor
unusual”.
The Boxer breed standard stipulates that 2/3rd of the body be either fawn or
brindle in color. Because of this limitation, white Boxers do not meet the breed
standard and are therefore frequently euthanized at birth. Many breeders
fell white Boxers are inferior to standard colored |
