[lovemygreys]

There is no such thing as Black boxer - seriously. It's genetically impossible to have a pure-bred boxer with a solid black coat. It was either mixed with something else or a very dark reverse brindle which can appear to be all black, but in the right light you will see some brindle striping.

We call that black brindle in greyhounds. Dogs look black except in sunlight and you see hints of the golden brindle in their coat. Our boy Grandpa is a black brindle, though he was registered as a red brindle...i have no idea how they screwed that up as black brindle and red brindle look VERY different LOL

[BoxMeIn21]

Originally Posted by Curbside Prophet

Believe it or not, there is a boxer that is said to be black. However, it's not in fact black, but because of it's super dark brindle coloring it appears black, and called black, but in reality it's just a boxer selected for super dark. You may be aware of this.

BYB's like to call them Black, so they can sell them for an outrageous amount, but no ethical breeder would ever claim this since they truley are very dark reverse brindles. Let me also note that "reverse" brindles is not a color that is any different to any other shade of brindle. It is a term used simply to describe a dog that has such a heavy concentration of brindle stripes so as to have the appearance of being a dark dog with fawn stripes (as opposed to a fawn dog with dark stripes). But that is appearance only. There is nothing genetically different about any of the shades of brindle - just a matter of how many stripes the dog has. The opposite is "light" brindle - describing a dog that has very few brindle stripes. And in between all that, there is "golden" brindle, "fawn" brindle, "brown" brindle, "red" brindle, "mahogany" brindle, etc. These simply describe the shade of fawn ground color, exactly the same as for differing shades of solid fawn boxers.

Originally Posted by sillylilykitty

Mother nature defies the impossible Nothing in nature is truly impossible.

Mother nature has many wonders, but in this case it simply is impossible. There is no such thing as a black boxer. It is a genetic impossibility for a boxer to be purebred and also black. The gene for 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 one is to breed a boxer with some other breed that does carry that gene (labradors, for example).

[Chloef_2799]

My friend has a white shepherd husky cross. She is four and a half months old now and she is all white with apricot colouration on her back and on her head. Well I took her for a walk yesterday and this guy was like "o wow, I didn't know shepherds came in white. Where did you get her? I am looking for a dog and she is beautiful!" I said she was from an accidental litter and both mother and father have been fixed and she is going to be fixed in a few months but if he was looking for a unique dog he should go to the pound because they have lots there. You know what he said to me? He said "O, well I don't want to go there because all those dogs are sick and they are mixed breeds and I want a pure bred dog." I said well she is a mix, shepherd and husky and no those dogs aren't all sick, they are well cared for and in need of a nice home, but good luck anyways and I walked away. The guy called after me "she is to proportioned to be a mix stupid." TO ME!!!! I just walked faster because if I had turned around.....some not so nice words would have been exchanged.