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Yes, white Boxers can be deaf just like any other white dog regardless of breed. The deafness is because they are white and lack pigment in the inner ear. However, the prevelence of deafness is not as bad as some would have you believe.
There are no studies relating specifically to the boxer and deafness. While many have tried to get a study started their have never been enough breeders willing to have their colored dogs tested. IMO I feel there is a fear that we will find that deafness (especially unilateral) is found breed wide regardless of color.
Just to get this out of the way and hopefully answer some questions up front, below is something I have put together regarding the white boxer. Time for a little Boxer History.
I also have graphics that show color genetics and the inheritance of the white marking gene and I will post that also if requested.
Did you know that the Boxer as we know it today is built upon a foundation of white dogs?
There is so much controversy surrounding the White Boxer, It was requested that I share my thoughts . I have made a great effort to produce this page in an unjudgmental, unbiased, and educational form. I must ask that as you read through what I have prepared you maintain and open mind.
Boxer History
It is important that one understand the foundation of the modern Boxer. The white boxer played a very substaintial role in creating the boxer we know today.
The following lines of descent concentrate on those Boxers who were the primary ancestors of American Boxers.
A Boxer Club had been formed in Munich in 1895, and the founders drew up the first Boxer Standard as a guide for their future breeding
Much of this first standard still remains in the Boxer standards of today. As any good dog club should, they held a dog show as soon as possible. A picture of the Boxers in that show still survives.
Boxer Bench at one of the earliest German shows
The Boxer, John Wagner pg.38
The modern Boxer began in the late-nineteenth century in Germany with Alt's Flora, a brindle grump imported from France by George Alt of Munich. Flora was bred to a local Boxer whose name was never recorded. A fawn and white male from this litter, Lechner's Box No.48, was then bred back to his mother who produced Alt's Flora II and Alt's Schecken No.50.
Alts Schecken No.50
The Boxer, John Wagner pg.43
Schecken, when paired in 1895 with a white bulldog called "Dr Toneissen's Tom" in the records, became the dam of the first Boxer registered in the first stud book in 1904, Mühlbauer's Flocki.
Schecken's sister Flora II was bred back to her father, Box, which produced Maier's Lord, the first noted Boxer sire. Maier's Lord was mated to Maier's Flora (parentage unknown) to produce Piccolo v. Angertor, the sire of Meta v. d. Passage.
Maiers Lord No.13
The Boxer, John Wagner, pg.44
Piccolo v. Angertor No.19
The Boxer, John Wagner, pg.48
Meta von der Passage 30
The Boxer, John Wagner, pg.48
In 1898, a repeat breeding of Schecken and "Dr. Toneissen's Tom" produced Ch. Blanka v. Angertor. Ch. Blanka v. Angertor was the mother of Meta v. d. Passage
CH. Blanka v. Angertor
The Boxer, John Wagner pg. 36
John P. Wagner states: Meta v. d. Passage played the most important role of the five original ancestors. Our great line of sires all trace directly back to this female. She was a substantially built, low to the ground, brindle and white parti-color, lacking in underjaw and exceedingly lippy. As a producing grump few in any breed can match her record. She consistently whelped puppies of marvelous type and rare quality. Those of her offspring sired by Flock St. Salvator and Wotan dominate all present-day pedigrees. Combined with Wotan and Mirzl children, they made the Boxer."
(Wagner, 1950, p. 47-48)
The white boxer has not always carried the stigma it carries today. At one time it was sought after and coveted. In 1925 the white boxer was no longer accepted. It is believed that the reason for this was because the dogs were to be used for police work they needed to be a darker color so as not to be easily seen. As a result of rationing at that time resulted in breeders culling the undesirable whites so that the more valuable colored dogs would have plenty to eat. The culling (killing) of whites at birth became a common practice that some breeders still practice today. It is unclear why the white boxer carries the misconceptions it does today.
This link also has some good reading....
http://home.online.no/~hennilu/English/Information/white/
This can open a whole new discussion..LOL
Yes, white Boxers can be deaf just like any other white dog regardless of breed. The deafness is because they are white and lack pigment in the inner ear. However, the prevelence of deafness is not as bad as some would have you believe.
There are no studies relating specifically to the boxer and deafness. While many have tried to get a study started their have never been enough breeders willing to have their colored dogs tested. IMO I feel there is a fear that we will find that deafness (especially unilateral) is found breed wide regardless of color.
Just to get this out of the way and hopefully answer some questions up front, below is something I have put together regarding the white boxer. Time for a little Boxer History.
I also have graphics that show color genetics and the inheritance of the white marking gene and I will post that also if requested.
Did you know that the Boxer as we know it today is built upon a foundation of white dogs?
There is so much controversy surrounding the White Boxer, It was requested that I share my thoughts . I have made a great effort to produce this page in an unjudgmental, unbiased, and educational form. I must ask that as you read through what I have prepared you maintain and open mind.
Boxer History
It is important that one understand the foundation of the modern Boxer. The white boxer played a very substaintial role in creating the boxer we know today.
The following lines of descent concentrate on those Boxers who were the primary ancestors of American Boxers.
A Boxer Club had been formed in Munich in 1895, and the founders drew up the first Boxer Standard as a guide for their future breeding
Much of this first standard still remains in the Boxer standards of today. As any good dog club should, they held a dog show as soon as possible. A picture of the Boxers in that show still survives.
Boxer Bench at one of the earliest German shows
The Boxer, John Wagner pg.38
The modern Boxer began in the late-nineteenth century in Germany with Alt's Flora, a brindle grump imported from France by George Alt of Munich. Flora was bred to a local Boxer whose name was never recorded. A fawn and white male from this litter, Lechner's Box No.48, was then bred back to his mother who produced Alt's Flora II and Alt's Schecken No.50.
Alts Schecken No.50
The Boxer, John Wagner pg.43
Schecken, when paired in 1895 with a white bulldog called "Dr Toneissen's Tom" in the records, became the dam of the first Boxer registered in the first stud book in 1904, Mühlbauer's Flocki.
Schecken's sister Flora II was bred back to her father, Box, which produced Maier's Lord, the first noted Boxer sire. Maier's Lord was mated to Maier's Flora (parentage unknown) to produce Piccolo v. Angertor, the sire of Meta v. d. Passage.
Maiers Lord No.13
The Boxer, John Wagner, pg.44
Piccolo v. Angertor No.19
The Boxer, John Wagner, pg.48
Meta von der Passage 30
The Boxer, John Wagner, pg.48
In 1898, a repeat breeding of Schecken and "Dr. Toneissen's Tom" produced Ch. Blanka v. Angertor. Ch. Blanka v. Angertor was the mother of Meta v. d. Passage
CH. Blanka v. Angertor
The Boxer, John Wagner pg. 36
John P. Wagner states: Meta v. d. Passage played the most important role of the five original ancestors. Our great line of sires all trace directly back to this female. She was a substantially built, low to the ground, brindle and white parti-color, lacking in underjaw and exceedingly lippy. As a producing grump few in any breed can match her record. She consistently whelped puppies of marvelous type and rare quality. Those of her offspring sired by Flock St. Salvator and Wotan dominate all present-day pedigrees. Combined with Wotan and Mirzl children, they made the Boxer."
(Wagner, 1950, p. 47-48)
The white boxer has not always carried the stigma it carries today. At one time it was sought after and coveted. In 1925 the white boxer was no longer accepted. It is believed that the reason for this was because the dogs were to be used for police work they needed to be a darker color so as not to be easily seen. As a result of rationing at that time resulted in breeders culling the undesirable whites so that the more valuable colored dogs would have plenty to eat. The culling (killing) of whites at birth became a common practice that some breeders still practice today. It is unclear why the white boxer carries the misconceptions it does today.
This link also has some good reading....
http://home.online.no/~hennilu/English/Information/white/
