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Originally Posted by AussieGirl
That really depends on where you are getting the info from and if they used BAER testing.
I have found one that showed 20.67% of white boxers were deaf - without BAER testing. Had BAER testing been done it was estimated (based on research and results from other breeds with the same issue) that the 20.67% figure would doublet o just over 40%
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Whatever the case might be, nobody should be killing white boxers nor should they dump them at the shelters to make their litter "look better". I found out that 25% of boxers born are white, so they are not rare or anything. It happens even when you breed flashy fawn or brindle boxers so there will always be white boxers whether some people like them or not. The only way to stop white boxers from being born is to breed pure brindle and pure fawn boxers that lack the white gene. That right now is pretty much impossible. I believe that some people's negative perception of white boxers leads to their killings and mistreatment just because they are considered inferior to other colored boxers. Breeders have been killing them in the past just to sell their other puppies faster and please their customers who may be unaware that white boxers can be and are just as healthy as any other colored boxer.
I see more and more people in my area with white boxers so it is a good start. I own a perfectly healthy white boxer that was tested for deafness and blindness when he was a puppy. Our neighbor owned a fawn and a brindle boxer and after seeing our white boxer, she could not resist but go and adopt one. Now she has 3 boxers - one of each color.
