The owner: My name is Rev. J.C. Buys, a retired minister of the Reformed Church. We descended from a nation with a Calvinistic outlook on life. With this attitude we try to give honour to God on all spectrums of life. Therefore our name Dopper Boerboele (see more about it in the homepage). I am happily married with Elsabe, a great hand in this breeding. We have six children and 12 grandchildren. We live in Parys in the Freestate Province, on the banks of the Vaalriver.

History: As a child I grew up with Boerboele. I cannot imagine my life without them. In those early days the old people inbreeded the Boerboele with other dogs. I dislike it and believe that you must rather improve a race by keeping it pure.

From the early eighties, when I lived in the North Eastern Cape Province, the Mecca of the Boerboele, I did a lot of research on this racel. I was trying to find an excellent breeding male until I found Kringkop Ditsem. I imported him from the Cape Province. I did not realize then that he would become such a legend. He is the ancestor of many outstanding bloodlines. I.e the father of the legendary Dopper Oubaas (Bottom right). Breeding is a commitment of a lifetime and success do not come quickly or easy. We are obviously more satisfied now than decades ago when I received my first Boerboel, but there is still a lot to be done.

About us: Dopperboerboele want to discriminate us from most of the other breeders in the sense that we tried from the beginning to breed genetically pure dogs. It is not a new issue for Dopper Boerboele. Nowadays most of the breeders are aware of genetically transferable diseases like hip dysplasia, hiperplacia, ectropion, entropion etc. Some of these culprits ended many potential breeder's careers. These are indeed very difficult diseases to cope with and not one breeder in the world can as yet claim that he breed dogs which are genetically free of these diseases. We have to give away "excellent" dogs several times in the early days due to some of the above-mentioned diseases. We achieve a lot but still working hard to get Dopper Boerboele genetically pure from these diseases. It costs us a lot of money and tears therefore we understand the frustation and growing pains of young upcoming breeders.

Thankfully we can say that all our breeding males and most of the females have a hip status of not worse than 1/1. All the females are tested for hiperplacia and none have any of the above mentioned eye diseases. Dopperboerboele do not breed with dogs with visible genetic defects.

Some scientists say that 50% of the dog development depends on the owners care. Nutrition, environment and exercise (balance) of the puppy are very important for the development of the hips. Therefore a Boerboel owner cannot blame the breeder of the dog if things go wrong and the owner him/herself did not look after the puppy properly. We try to breed the best Boerboele in the world and therefore we give some after sale services. A friendly invitation to every Boerboel lover to contact us on issues or questions about this great breed. We will try our best to assist you. To breed with Boerboele is not for everyone. Guts and commitment are necessary. Our success would not be possible without the grace of the God.

Boerboel greetings

Rev. JC Buys