According to the American Boxer Club "Approximately twenty-five percent (and this is an estimation as exact records have not been maintained) of all Boxer puppies are either white or almost all white, making white puppies neither 'rare' nor 'unusual.'" Because of this limitation, white boxers do not meet the breed standard and are therefore frequently euthanized at birth. Many breeders feel that white Boxers are inferior to standard colored Boxers and have more health problems than those of standard colored boxers and therefore they areeasily dismissed. The American Boxer Club does  allow white Boxers to be registered with the AKC on limited privilege.

Many breeders have not adopted this same philosophy and still have by-laws calling for the euthanization of any white offspring. It is for this reason that there is much controversy over white Boxers with no end in sight.  There is however a positive sign t that an increasing number of breeders are electing to place their white boxers in rescues and homes rather than destroying them.