Different Color Boxers

[Atticus]

they look liek they could be brothers lol

[Alisha Mobley]

Originally Posted by Atticus

Atticus is a Flashy "reverse Brindle" but he is a Brown with Fawn lines

Did you mean black with fawn lines? Fawn is basically brown.

His head and shoulders hold more fawn than brown but as it moves down to his bum he is more brown than fawn..then his legs are DARK brown(almost light black) with LIGHT fawn lines......

After looking at his photos, it seems what you are calling brown is actually black. Atticus looks like a norm reverse brindle in his pictures...more black than fawn creating the look of a black base color with fawn stripes.

Cute puppy btw.

[Atticus]

no i said what i said! the pictures are dark my camera sucks, the only black on him is his mask. but his back legs are DARK brown... the fawn is ...fawn...he is basically Brown with fawn lines......its hard to explain


ps: thankx

[entelekia]

Ok, I just had a wild thought.... I KNOW there are NO such things as black boxers, and it was mentioned that there is absolutely no Black gene... but I was wondering where does the gene come from for the black masks? and, is it possible that in some dogs the "black" from the mask may extend to other parts of the body? Or is a "black" mask really not black?

Again, these are just weird things that literally JUST popped into my mind while I was reading the thread... thoughts?

[gmacleod]

Most unlikely. The black mask is caused by an entirely different gene to that which governs base coat colour or marking pattern. You can find a bit more information in this article which discusses Little's work on canine coat colour genetics http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/ColorGen.html But basically, in order for the black mask to extend to the body, a dog would need to be carrying some allele of the (a) series gene. Boxers don't

[elbykitty]

My Oscar is a Reverse Brindle. Although he looks like he is black in his pictures, he photographs darker than he is. In person he looks like he has black stripes along his sides with some fawn color in between.
Elbykitty
Mom of Oscar 14 week boxer
Mom of Lilly 3 year old hound

[Alisha Mobley]

Originally Posted by Atticus

no i said what i said! the pictures are dark my camera sucks, the only black on him is his mask. but his back legs are DARK brown... the fawn is ...fawn...he is basically Brown with fawn lines......its hard to explain

I still have a feeling the "brown" is black, maybe not as deep as his mask but still black. On a Boxer, brown *is* fawn...fawn comes in many different shades. A brown Boxer with fawn stripes would be a fawn Boxer...it takes black stripes to be brindle.

Sucky cameras tend to take better photos in natural light (or at least in my experience they do)...try taking photos outside in the sun, maybe your camera will pick up his true colors for us all to see.

[entelekia]

Originally Posted by gmacleod

Most unlikely. The black mask is caused by an entirely different gene to that which governs base coat colour or marking pattern. You can find a bit more information in this article which discusses Little's work on canine coat colour genetics http://bowlingsite.mcf.com/Genetics/ColorGen.html But basically, in order for the black mask to extend to the body, a dog would need to be carrying some allele of the (a) series gene. Boxers don't

Ahhh..... exactly what I was wondering (just for curiosity's sake). Thanks for the great info! I love this stuff!

[Atticus]

i swear to you all he is Brown...like...chocolate...lol.....the ONLY black on his body is his mask...i look at him everyday

[boxer]

Atticus: This is the dog in your photo gallery? LOL - looks like a perfectly normal dark brindle to me

[JulieM]

Well, if he's fawn with brown stripes, he's not a Boxer at all, because Boxers don't have the genes for that type of coloring.

Looking at his pictures, though, I would say he is entirely Boxer, and he is entirely brindle. His mask looks darker because there is no fawn mixed in with it. As he gets older, the brindling will probably spread out some, so he may end up as a "regular" brindle as opposed to a reverse.

[Atticus]

yeah he is about there.....he was reverse as a baby his brindle shows ALOT more now...his head and shoulders look like regular brindle