Dormant

Darkwater BoerboelsInactive 9+ yrs

Norfolk, VA

Darkwater Boerboels is a Boerboel kennel run by Eileen B. Weatherbee in Southeastern Virginia, near the Great Dismal Swamp; its website describes AKC- and SABT-registered dogs and states the first Boerboel was acquired in 2002 ^[1]. The kennel's flagship dog, CH Darkwater Oblio (born July 19, 2014; sire Afrika Baako, dam Afrika Zainabu), is documented in a pedigree database ^[2]. Darkwater Oblio won Best of Breed at the 2016 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show ^[3] and placed first in the Guardian Dog Group at a United Kennel Club show on May 5, 2017 ^[4]. The kennel's website copyright is frozen at 2016, with no dated litters or content after 2017, indicating the program is now dormant ^[1]. The most recent verifiable activity is the May 5, 2017 United Kennel Club show result ^[4].

Last boerboel activity: May 5, 2017 · registry

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Activity Status: Dormant

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Verification

Last reviewed: July 5, 2026
Links checked: March 19, 2026
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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

2013–2021

Date range

Hip result disclosure

Hip results are public for 3 of 5 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.

Test types on file

ADVANCED CARDIACCONGENITAL CARDIACDNA DATA BANKELBOWEYESHIPSHYPERURICOSURIA