Name: Great Lake Boerboels
Address: Richland, MI, USA
Telephone: +1-810-743-1369
Price range: $$$

Dormant

Great Lake BoerboelsInactive 7+ yrs

Richland, MI

Great Lakes Boerboels is a southeast Michigan program operated by Terry Alexander in the Mount Morris area, with a kennel website and a Facebook page under the kennel name ^[1]^[2]. The website presents the program as a breeder of South African Boerboels bred to the SABT standard and selected for health, temperament, and structure ^[2]. A Better Business Bureau business record lists a July 6, 2007 start date for the kennel; that profile is not BBB accredited and currently carries no BBB rating (NR), with no complaints on file at the BBB ^[3]. Separately, a single consumer complaint posted in January 2013 to two consumer-review sites alleges that a puppy bought from the kennel was later diagnosed with a genetic heart murmur and that the buyer was refused a refund; the complaint is more than a decade old, reflects only the buyer's account, and has not been independently corroborated ^[4]. SABT registration and the health-testing practices described are stated on the kennel's own website and were not independently verified in this review ^[2].

+1-810-743-1369

greatlakeboerboels@gmail.com

Last boerboel activity: May 22, 2019 · facebook

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Verification

Last reviewed: July 21, 2026
Links checked: March 26, 2026
Supported by 4 cited sources

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OFA Health Testing

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Public OFA records for dogs bred by this kennel, identified by the kennel prefix in each dog's registered name. A dog may have been owned by someone else when it was tested, so these records reflect what the kennel produced rather than what it currently owns. Counts include all-time history; scoring uses the past 5 years only.

Dogs tested

Tested in past 5 years

2010–2015

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Hip result disclosure

Hip results are public for 6 of 8 dogs screened for hips or elbows. Across all Boerboels in OFA's database the figure is 78%.

OFA screens hips and elbows on one application, and that form lets the owner keep a result off the public database if it comes back abnormal. 2 dogs have an elbow evaluation on file with no matching hip evaluation. That usually means a hip result exists and was not released, though hips screened through PennHIP also stay off OFA unless the owner files them there as well. Either way the grade is not public, and the choice belonged to whoever owned the dog at the time, who is not always the kennel that bred it.

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Consumer Complaintinformational2013-01-11
Single consumer complaint (Jan 2013): Boerboel puppy with a genetic heart murmur, refund refused
A consumer-review post dated January 11, 2013 (ComplaintsBoard and PissedConsumer) by a buyer in Caledonia, MI states a $1,400 puppy (plus $450 shipping) was later diagnosed with a genetic heart murmur, alleges the breeder refused a refund and withheld registration papers, and quotes the breeder as admitting prior puppies passed with murmurs. The complaint is single, over a decade old, unverified, and presents only the buyer's side. Identity is likely but not confirmed: the complaint names Great Lakes Boerboels LLC in Michigan with an 810 area-code phone, but does not state the owner name or Mount Morris.
Sources: Consumer complaint (January 2013): Boerboel puppy with a genetic heart murmur, refund refused