Solid Black Boxer?

Question

I need to know if a solid black boxer dog could exist. I know that reverse brindle is considered the closest thing to a black boxer, but I have proof that a solid purebred black boxer is in fact a real thing. (My mother has been breeding boxers for many years, and she told me that black was not a color gene in the boxer line, and that if a boxer came out that color, it was mixed, but then the last time she bred which was about two years ago, her female gave birth to a solid black boxer who did not have stripes of any kind. she was purebred and black.) Has anyone else heard of this?

Both the mother and the father belong to my mother, and they are AKC registered, no way that they can be mixed with anything other than their own breed. But I promise, one of the puppies was solid black when born (except of course for the traditional white flashes on it's chest and feet). We sold it to a friend of ours, and it has no stripes like a brindle. Just two solid colors black and white. Has this ever happened before?

There's no way that any other dog would have gotten to her other than the stud chosen for her. My mom kept her females in the house when they were in heat, the entire time, and she bred them in the house also.

Answer 1

A black Boxer is actually a sealed brindle...the striping is so close that you really cannot tell where the striping is. It is possible, but I don't believe it is within the breed standard.
Here is a little info and they have links to see other info on black boxers:

http://www.bluerosebabies.com/boxers/black.html

Answer 2

Black is the dominate color so the only way for a dog to be black is to have a black parent. Since black was declared a showring DQ they would have died out in the show lines (backyard breeder lines may be another tale) However I have seen brindles that had ONE red hair- but were geneticly brindle (and bred as such)

PS just thought of a second way for a dog without a black parent to be "black". Breed a dog with a black mask to an ee red (who will have not 1 black hair) you can get a "supermasked" dog where the mask goes from nose to tail rather than just the face. I don't know if boxers have the ee red though.

Answer 3

No. They are actually a very dark brindle, you can see the markings in the bright sunlight. I believe that this was a controversy at some point. However there can be an all white boxer.

Answer 4

well i guess its possible but those boxers could never be entered in a show or considered pure bred. in order for the boxer to be show material it has to have some white on it. 1/3 of its body or less has to have whiite but it cant not have any white. ive never seen one but i guess so..

http://www.blackchampionboxers.com/images/MosesPix/Moses-02.jpg

i think thats the closest it gets but i didnt find any with just black.




o nvm if it has some white then its possible but really really rare! lucky u! those must be the cutest dogs ever:]

Answer 5

Given the sheer numbers of boxer breeders, I'd say it has every once in a while. Is there any chance that another dog got in and bred with your mom's *****? Litters can have more than one sire. That's all I can really think of.

Answer 6

If boxers can be all white, why cant they be all black?

I have seen them for sale, and man do people jack those prices up, because of the rare coloring. That is why I dont own a black boxer as of yet. But I am constantly on a search, and when I find one that I can afford, I am snatching it up.

Answer 7

Could possibly be a genetic anomaly, like being albino (i.e. a black leopard).