We are breeders of purebred boerboels located in Lagos Nigeria. After a decade of initial involvement including an active leave of absence for about a year, we are back with this peculiar, special and intriguing breed.
We are one of the pioneers of purebred boerboel breeding in Nigeria. We imported some of the first fully documented dogs and were the first Nigerian breeder to be registered as a memeber of a major South African boerboel breed club. We bred some of the early 100% purebred boerboel litters and pioneered health checks for the breed and indeed all other purebred dogs in this country by owning and promoting the first boerboel to be certified for health and elbow dysplasia in/from Nigeria (Dopper Ajartodar Asiwaju) Over several years, we've been at the forefront of promoting the breeding of boerboels and purebred dogs in general, only with papered dogs.
Arguably, no other breed of dog has been more misprepresented, misunderstood, battered and 'vandalised' than the boerboel in this country, and this sad episode has taken place in a relatively short space of time. Over 90% of dogs currently being paraded as boerboels in Nigeria are not boerboels. Early discordant tunes from South Africa (the breed's birthplace) have lent local folks the convenient excuse and temerity to redesign their own breed. Our opinion has always been that when you have the fundamentals of any breed of dog twisted ab initio, you shouldn't be involved with ushering in the next generation.
So here we go with our second bite of the cherry.......okay, it's hardly a cherry! We understand it's a job-and-a-half to try to breed boerboels, especially because of a breeding-quality-selection-ratio of less than 20% when the strictest criteria are applied. Our goals this time have therefore been somewhat redefined and moderated by our experiences the last time around.
One of the legends of the breed, Rev. Buys of Dopper Boerboels, South Africa remarked that "boerboel breeding is not for cry babies!" just as Sascha Ernst of Akira Boerboels (who has painstakingly prosecuted one of the most conscientious breeding programs of contemporary times for over a decade) observed that "this is one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my life"
Humbled by the opinion of these vastly experienced boerboel breeders, and mindful of the status of the breed as at the time of present writing, our re-focused program will not be scaled as elaborately as we set out earlier; we intend to keep it engagingly small and tediously orchestrated towards modest goals.  |