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An adult boxer typically weighs between 55 and 70 lbs (25 and 32 kg). Adult male boxers are between 23 and 25 in. (57 nand 63 cm) tall at the withers; adult female are between 21 to 23 ½ in. (53 and 60 cm). Docking of the tail remains popular, although cropping of the ears is gradually declining in popularity and both are now prohibited in many European breed standards and are slowly being banned in many countries. As of March, 2005, the AKC changed its standard to allow the showing of uncropped Boxers.
Color
Boxers are typically either fawn or brindle, often with a white underbelly and white on the front or all four feet. The whiteness, called flashiness, often extends onto the shoulders or face. White boxers account for approximately 25% of all boxers. Boxers with white coloring covering more than one-third of their coat do not meet the boxer breed standard by the American Kennel Club.
Some brindled boxers are so dark as to appear black but really the stripes are so close together that they are considered reverse brindles. Black Boxers do not exist. In the UK, fawn boxers are typically richer in color and are called "Red".
White BoxersThe Boxer breed standard stipulates that two-thirds (roughly 67%) of the body be either fawn or brindle in color. Some boxers have white markings that do not meet the standard and are therefore mostly or entirely white. Contrary to popular opinion, white boxers are neither albino (lacking pigment in the skin and eyes), nor rare. Genetic analysis indicates that as many as one-quarter (25%) of all boxers are white.
Boxers have an underbite, and as a result, their lower row of teeth can get caught in their jowls. Boxers make brilliant guard dogs. |
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