Why cant you have a white boxer in a dog show?

A white Boxer does not meet the Standard set by the AKC…This doesn’t mean that your Boxer isn’t purebred, or that there’s anything wrong with him at all…he’s disqualified for color… Here is the AKC’s standard for color in Boxers.

“Color The colors are fawn and brindle. Fawn shades vary from light tan to mahogany. The brindle ranges from sparse but clearly defined black stripes on a fawn background to such a heavy concentration of black striping that the essential fawn background color barely, although clearly, shows through (which may create the appearance of reverse brindling). White markings, if present, should be of such distribution as to enhance the dog’s appearance, but may not exceed one-third of the entire coat. They are not desirable on the flanks or on the back of the torso proper. On the face, white may replace part of the otherwise essential black mask, and may extend in an upward path between the eyes, but it must not be excessive, so as to detract from true Boxer expression. The absence of white markings, the so-called “plain” fawn or brindle, is perfectly acceptable, and should not be penalized in any consideration of color. Disqualifications Boxers that are any color other than fawn or brindle. Boxers with a total of white markings exceeding one-third of the entire coat.”

A person can’t show a White German Shepherd, or a long coated German Shepherd, either…my dog doesn’t fit the “standard” for showing either…he’s 3 inches too tall, and 30 lbs too heavy…He was bred to be big like that…and I’m sure the breeder of your Boxer likes the white ones…so that’s what he breeds.

phrannie