Boxer Bloodlines...

scorpio168 · #1 10-13-2005, 10:21 AM

Hi,

Just curious to know more...
I know there is a US bloodline and German bloodline...
What other bloodline for boxers?
Thanx!

Cheers,
Aaron

**gmacleod** · #2 10-13-2005, 11:29 AM

English, Irish, Scottish, French, Italian, Belgian, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Norweigan, Dutch... and we're not even out of Europe yet. Then there's South African, Malaysian, Japanese, Australian and New Zealand. Need I go on? There are bloodlines for every country round the world that breeds boxers - and there are *many* of them.

There are, however, no recognised different types of boxer. They are *all* German boxers.

Alisha Mobley · #3 10-13-2005, 11:46 AM

...and that only gets you started...each country has many bloodlines within it!

scorpio168 · #4 10-13-2005, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by gmacleod

English, Irish, Scottish, French, Italian, Belgian, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Norweigan, Dutch... and we're not even out of Europe yet. Then there's South African, Malaysian, Japanese, Australian and New Zealand. Need I go on? There are bloodlines for every country round the world that breeds boxers - and there are *many* of them.

There are, however, no recognised different types of boxer. They are *all* German boxers.

Yes, there is also UK bloodlines...
But is there any difference between the bloodlines?
Example like US bloodline tends to be a plumer side...
Whereas, German bloodline tends to be taller and slimmer...

Cheers,
Aaron

boxer · #5 10-14-2005, 05:13 AM

There is a lot more than just the US, UK and Germany. That would be a very narrow minded viewpoint

Boxers have been bred outside of Germany for many years in many different countries. And they're *all* descended from the same dogs.

If there's a "distinct" US bloodline (and I don't agree for a moment that there is) then there's also a distinct Australian one, and a South African one, and an Italian one, etc.

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Example like US bloodline tends to be a plumer side...
Whereas, German bloodline tends to be taller and slimmer...

Not true. If there's any difference at all, it is the American dogs that are rather taller and more lightly built than those in Germany. That would be amongst the poorer specimens though. A correct dog in any country is difficult to tell apart from a correct dog in another country. It is only amongst the incorrectly structured, poor specimens of the breed, that you see any appreciable difference.

kassa · #6 10-14-2005, 03:23 PM

American boxers trace their ancestry to just a handful of imported German dogs -- and nearly all to FOUR dogs. With other bottlenecks through the years, there are very few North American boxers who aren't fairly close cousins.

Descendents of those four dogs were sent back to Germany after WWII to help revive Frau Stockmann's kennel -- so you could certainly say that a good many German boxers descend from American boxers.

And some of the top English producers of recent years have American ancestors as well, and not all that far back.