Expert: Jannie Balliett - 4/5/2008

Question
I have a white male boxer he is a great dog and i would like to breed him i had one person tell me that it was wrong to breed him cause of his color then i had onother girl tell me its ok just as long as i have a female with the least white on her possilbe. I have a fawn is it ok or not   thank you

Answer
Boxer breeders will tell you not to breed a white Boxer because of the genetically predisposition of deafness and blindness, and they do not want the genes flooding the Boxer line.

That is a sound logic.

As far as allowed to breed her, yes, no one can delegate whether or not you breed your white Boxer.

And I personally recommend NOT breeding him. All you could possibly accomplish is some of his blindness and deafness genes carrying over into the puppies, thus, those pups being bred at maturity pass those genes on. And some of his pups could either be bind, deaf, or both.