Didn't mean to start a riot!
It seems that everyone has the same issues that I had reguarding this post. The majority of us here at BW realize especially since finding this site that breeding whites is a no-no. I am NOT defending anyone but, in the "general" society I don't think that this is a well known thing. Telling owners of whites or even owners of boxers in general that are not aware of this fact is really all that we can do. We can try and arm these owners with loads of information on the subject but in the end we must realize that not all dog owners are as passonate about about the breed as we here at BW are. We would love it to be so but in the grand scheme of things sadly it isn't.
Again, I am not defending as I am the original poster and was and still am appalled at the situation that was described to me.
My friend loves her dog as well as her BF's dog, (the boxer). They are both well behaved (much better so than my boxer), and they do use other means of disipline than I do, (such as hitting) that I don't agree with. My girl will never be hit, not even a light thump on the bottom......my dog has never even been yelled at. I am told often by this friend that the reason that my girl acts the way she does is because of my lack of disipline. On this issue we agree to disagree.
The only thing my friend is guilty of here is the fact that she is involved with someone....who knows of someone.....who owns the white female. He, (BF), wants a white male and the owner of the white was under the impression-- WRONG impression that you should let females have a litter (reguardless of color) to avoid certain cancers. Again....wrongfully informed. She has only had males, I did inform her that it was the other way around and that the best way to avoid certain cancers was to have the female spayed before the first heat cycle.
No matter how horribly discusting it is to think of what these "possible" pups may endure I can't stop it. I do not know the owner of the female or the location. I can and will talk till I am blue in the face to my friend and try and persuade her to get the pups and take them to a vet for the dew claw removal and the tail docking as well as anything else that is required for these pups when they are born.
I have explained that keeping a boxer or any dog caged up is inexcusable as it is my understanding that most dogs if threatened by something/someone would all react in the same manner. They will bark, bite, and try to defend themselves and surroundings. She agrees with this and is against her BF's wishes to do this to any dog.
As far as not being able to be friends with this person.....I hope that you all don't find me a terrible person but she is my friend. I won't get into the entire scope of our 20+ year relationship or the fact that our parents were friends as teenagers but this world is a big place and close friends are hard to come by. I do not agree with any of this (in reference to the dogs), but I can try to teach her and guide her to a higher standing of what being a boxer mom is all about. I am sure that we all have friends or even family members that we don't agree with on certain issues, not just pet issues. Are we all to just "kick these people to the curb"? I would think that this would eventually get to be a pretty sad world if that were the case. Would it make me a better person to end our friendship because of this? I don't think so. I think it would be better to do what I am doing and try to educate her on why this is wrong on so many levels.
Having a male (bf's dog) that is unneutered is wrong. The fact that this dog wears a choker chain because it makes him "look tough" is wrong and believe me I have gone there too many times to count. Breeding a white is wrong. Home amputations is completly wrong.
If we all stop dealing with these issues I can only foresee that the problem will continue. I chose to educate what I have researched to be correct and try to do what I can to better the breed in my small corner of the world.
I am sorry to have upset so many of you because of what I shared. Again, lets just pray that this female does not end up pregnant and all of this can be avoided.
Susi & Cami
