![]() Semi-flashy: Less white than a flashy, more than a plain. No white on the neck.įlashy: White socks or stockings on the feet and legs, a white full or half collar on the neck, white stripe, blaze or wishbone on the face. Plain: White markings confined to the tips of the toes, belly, throat and chin, and small amount on face. White Boxers are still fawn or brindle in color, it is just obscured by the excessive white markings. In general, if the white on the feet is confined to the toes the dog is probably genetically plain. Most Boxers in North America have some white on their belly and throat, even if they are genetically plain. While the difference between the three genotypes is usually obvious based on their appearance, because of modifiers some genetically flashy dogs may look as if they are genetically plain. A dog without any copies of this gene is called plain or classic a dog with one copy is called flashy and a dog with two copies is called white. White markings occur to varying degrees in Boxers and are caused by the extreme piebald gene. The Boxer does not carry the gene for a black-and-tan coat, but some Boxer mixes display this color. The Boxer does not carry the dilution gene, but some Boxer mixes display this color.īlack-and-Tan: A solid black coat with tan points, generally on the legs, chest, and head. The Boxer does not carry the gene for a solid black coat, but some Boxer mixes display this color.īlue/Blue Brindle: A dilution of black which can affect coat, brindle stripes, and the mask. Reverse Brindle: Black stripes so heavily concentrated that the fawn barely, although clearly, shows through (subset of Brindle.)īlack: Solid black coat. Light Brindle: Mostly fawn with sparse black stripes (subset of Brindle). Although many claims are made about "rare" colors such a black, blue, or black-and-tan, because the Boxer does not possess the genes for these colors, they can only have come from another breed.įawn: Solid colored coat ranging from light tan to dark deer red.īrindle: Black stripes on a fawn background. Fawn, brindle and white are the only coat colors/marking pattern genes that exist in the Boxer breed. ![]() ![]() Modifiers affect the depth of color and the degree of brindle striping, as well as the amount of white markings. However, convention is to call the coat colors fawn and brindle and for most purposes this is adequate. In a very technical sense, genetically all Boxers are fawn - brindle is actually a marking pattern, and not a base coat color. Today, Boxer breed standards around the world list Boxer colors as fawn and brindle, consider the black mask an essential part of the breed, and allow white markings not to exceed 1/3 of the body. In the 1830s, English Bulldogs were crossed with Barenbeissers, the Boxer's immediate ancestors, which introduced white markings covering some or all of the body. Historical documents and drawings show that those early dogs were either fawn or brindle, with or without black masks. ![]() The Boxer breed is derived from early mastiff-type dogs used in hunting on feudal estates. ![]()
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