Just to clarify something - the white GSD is not excluded from the show ring if registered with ckc . It can go into the ring but the reason you don't see them is that although they can be shown, no judge will ever put them up, the standard requires it to be standard in every aspect including colour. So it's wasting an entry fee to put the dog in, probably another good reason for not entering them.
White GSD, Dobermans, and Boxers
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The GSD/swiss shepherd thing reminds me of cairn terriers. Westies are, really, just white cairn terriers because white is a DQ for cairns as well. Obviously in that case, there are no health problems associated with the color if Westies are the result.
With boxers, it's a DQ if over 1/3 of their markings are white. Deafness is common among white boxers... Juno's breeder has a white girl who has no issues, but out of the 2 deaf dogs I've ever met, one of them was a white boxer.
With boxers, it's a DQ if over 1/3 of their markings are white. Deafness is common among white boxers... Juno's breeder has a white girl who has no issues, but out of the 2 deaf dogs I've ever met, one of them was a white boxer.
White in Boxers is just the extreme white spotting gene. I've always found the stigma about white Boxers peculiar. Sure, they are sometimes deaf. But, it's the same genetics that you find in white Bull Terriers, Dogo Argentinos, and a modification on what you find in Dalmatians and Australian Cattle Dogs. Somehow none of those breeds have managed to implode, and most of them actually can hear and are no less healthy than the average breed.
Here is a good link on white Boxers: http://bit.ly/6PjQTW
I read the reason white GSD's were selected against was because they didn't stand out against the sheep enough.
Black is recessive, yet common enough, so no real reason white couldn't be, even if sable is dominant.
I like them. Someday I'm going to figure how to get a working one. Does white occur in mals or dutch shepherds?
Black is recessive, yet common enough, so no real reason white couldn't be, even if sable is dominant.
I like them. Someday I'm going to figure how to get a working one. Does white occur in mals or dutch shepherds?
I'd have to ask him, but my guess is that the K9 handlers are used to working GSDs and mals are a bit different, so to speak 
. People tend to gravitate toward what they're familiar with.
I did like these whites, it looks like this kennel has been doing things right for a couple of decades now. Google translate makes some bizarre translations though, lol. "Stallions" They do have some of their swiss shepherds working as police dogs.
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. People tend to gravitate toward what they're familiar with. I did like these whites, it looks like this kennel has been doing things right for a couple of decades now. Google translate makes some bizarre translations though, lol. "Stallions" They do have some of their swiss shepherds working as police dogs.
LES BERGERS BLANCS SUISSES DES GARDIENS DU PACTE
