Boerboel Question

[Kiloteague]

Hello there, I am probably getting a dog in the next year. I'm in the middle of making my mind up between a Neo and a Boerboel.So to my questionIs it true that the Black Boerboels are not recognized by the AKC, and if so is there a process going on in which at some point the Black Boerboel will be recognized by the AKC?

 

[Joao M]

There was a thread about this some time ago. Here: News about the black boerboel - Mastiff Forum

 

[Kiloteague]

ThanksPretty messed up that people bought dogs that were at one point cleared as purebred only for that to be taken away. Especially when physically the Black and tans ones are built the same and look the same other than the color.

 

[DMikeM]

They are not the same. When you talk to the black dog lovers they will tell you how much better their black dog is than a tan Boerboel. Tell me that does no mean they are different. If the black dogs are not the same in temperament and conformation that means it is mixed with something else. There is not one black dog that looks the same to me as a tan Boerboel. Everyone of them looks different in some manner.
A breed standard mean the dogs will be a cookie cutter of each and every other dog in the breed. Not this color is better than that color. All so called black boerboels can be traced back to 3 dogs that have incomplete and forged pedigrees. These three dogs were introduced into the SABT registry under false paperwork that declared them as "Brindle". The person that entered these dogs was on the board of SABT and the standard was rewritten to accommodate the black dogs into the breed.
Right now the South African government has put a ban on the export and registration of all black boerboels and declares it illegal to post them on social media as a Boerboel.