![]() ![]() considering there is not one visible stripe on his body. I'm sure this could change as he matures, but for now, he is as sealed as sealed can get. All of my boy's siblings were as dark as he is, except for two solid white pups in the litter. Both dogs were health tested and shown in conformation. My pup's mother is a normal flashy brindle and unrelated to the father. only saw photos and listened to the breeder's description of him. My guy's father is a reverse brindle with a little noticeable striping (ACTUAL stripes) on his rear legs. Champion or well-pointed dogs shown in the AKC conformation ring. Possibly the kennel mentioned by Newcastle, though I see no inbreeding or close line breeding in his pedigree. I don't want to name names and get anyone involved in this sort of controversial topic, but my pup is the son of a dog produced by a kennel that has a lot of these reverse or sealed brindle Boxers. If you look at his face you can see that he has a typical black Boxer mask that is considerably darker in color than the rest of his coat. and many of the individual hairs on his body have fawn colored tips. Fawn is visible in his coat, especially around his shoulders. I have a reverse brindle boy who, at 5 months, has zero striping. I've been doing as much research as I can in my spare time about this. No doubt they're registering them as brindle, but if they're really brindles why not market them that way - and if they're not brindle, they shouldn't be registered as purebred. Then, they claim their "black Boxers" are AKC-registered, but there is no option to register a Boxer as "black". ![]() ![]() Next, they display the AKC logo with the words "Proud Member" - but the AKC does not have individual members, only clubs. First, they talk about their "future black Boxer champions", but a Boxer with a solid black coat would be disqualified from the show ring (any color other than fawn or brindle is a disqualification). The site you mention has several humongous red flags, even aside from the obvious lack of any hint of health testing, buyer screening, showing (yet advertising 'champion quality' puppies), etc. The 'black Boxer' fad has been growing and no doubt will for several more years - since people will pay $2400+ for a 'black' puppy. A Boxer-looking dog with a solid black coat has another breed somewhere in the mix (which is usually pretty obvious just by looking at them). While often very heavily brindled puppies will look solid black, as they grow the brindling spreads out and you can see the fawn - often the legs and haunches are the most obvious spots. The standard states that the fawn ground color must be clearly visible. The Boxer does not carry the gene for a black coat. ![]()
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