I love dogs. All breeds, really. My friend has a Boxer with a white coat who is deaf, and I am in love with him.
Is deafness common in Boxers?
I don't think deafness is necessarily common in Boxers, but hearing loss is common in albino dogs, like white boxers, as a consequence of genetics.
Oh, same thing for white cats!
Cat senses
Cat senses are adaptations that allow cats to be highly efficient predators. Cats are good at detecting movement in low light, have an acute sense of hearing and smell, and their sense of touch is enhanced by long whiskers that protrude from their heads and bodies. These senses evolved to allow cats to hunt effectively at night.
Sight.
Cats have a "tapetum lucidum", which is a reflective layer behind the retina that sends light that passes through the retina back into the eye. While this
with excessive white markings overlying the base coat color. Like fair-skinned humans, white Boxers have a higher risk of sunburn and associated skin cancers than colored Boxers. The extreme piebald gene, which is responsible for white markings in Boxers, is linked to congenital sensorineural deafness in dogs. It is estimated that about 18% of white Boxers are deaf in one or both ears, though Boxer rescue organizations see about double that number.
In the past, breeders often euthanized white puppies at birth. A 1998 study of