Boxer colours and litter colours

[Ruby Red]

Just wondering about this, as I know very little. Do red boxers only produce red litters. If you breed a red male and a brindle female [for eg] - do you get a mixed coloured litter of reds and brindles? Do white boxers only produce white boxers? Just wondering, have no interest in breeding any litters, just curious that's all.

[Ruby Red]

LOL - seems no one else knows the answer to these questions either!

[Doreen]

Missi should know.

[bruinsBoxers]

Ok . Let me see if I can explain this as I know it.

There are 2 coat color genes . Fawn ( b) and brindle (B).
A dog gets one copy from each parent .

A fawn boxer has 2 (b) genes . 2 fawns can only produce fawns as they only have the (b) gene to pass along . Easy .

Now brindle is a little more difficult .

A brindle can be a dominant brindle if it has 2 (B) genes . It can only pass along a brindle (B) gene .

There are also non-dominant brindles . They have 1 (b) gene and 1 (B) gene , and can pass along either gene. This is because one parent was
fawn(b) and could only pass along (b) gene .


Now if a dog has 1(b) fawn gene and 1(B) brindle gene it will be a brindle as the (B) coat color gene in itself is dominant over fawn.

Example .

Edy is a non-dominant brindle . She has 1 fawn parent and 1 brindle parent .

If bred to a fawn she could produce both fawn & brindles . As the puppies could be (bb) , (bB) .

If bred to a non- dominant brindle she could also produce both fawn & brindle .There could be (bb) , (bB) , (BB).

If bred to a dominant brindle the puppies would all be brindle . The puppies would be (bB) , (BB) .


Make sense?

[Doreen]

I am just to tired to try to figure this one out, LOL... I've been babysitting my 2 grandkids all day!!! Sounds like algebra to me and I just don't have it in my right now, LOL.

But where does Red come in?

[bruinsBoxers]

Sorry .
Red is fawn . In the UK and Europe they do not call them fawn but red .


It is not really hard . The brindle color is dominant over a fawn (red) color .
So if a dog has even 1 brindle gene they will look brindle .

[KeeperBoy]

I didn't realize fawn was recessive, that's really interesting. It seems to me I've seen more fawn boxers than brindle. Maybe some are just lighter brindle and I didn't notice. Is the rules for boxers like it is for bostons, where nearly any amount of black (in BTs case brown) makes the dog brindle?

[Doreen]

Originally Posted by bruinsBoxers

Sorry .
Red is fawn . In the UK and Europe they do not call them fawn but red .


It is not really hard . The brindle color is dominant over a fawn (red) color .
So if a dog has even 1 brindle gene they will look brindle .

Oh!!!!!

[bruinsBoxers]

Originally Posted by KeeperBoy

I didn't realize fawn was recessive, that's really interesting. It seems to me I've seen more fawn boxers than brindle. Maybe some are just lighter brindle and I didn't notice. Is the rules for boxers like it is for bostons, where nearly any amount of black (in BTs case brown) makes the dog brindle?

Even 1 black stripe makes the dog a brindle .

One of Edy's brothers had very few stripes , I would call him a frindle , half fawn half brindle .


Every few years I see the color preference change . Some years you see lots of fawn then a few years later lots more brindles . I honestly think it has a lot to do with what dogs are winning big . Then people tend to breed to them of their close relatives.

[Ruby Red]

Thanks ever so much Missi for taking the time to explain it all, I appreciate that. You wrote it really well and I understand what you have said, many thanks again, SO interesting!