Parti Yorkies (Partially Colored Yorkies)

[Linda Blake]

Had my first Yorkie at age 3, and I'm turning 60 on Monday, with many Yorkies inbetween. So, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about Partially Colored Yorkies, which the AKC was forced to recognize a few years ago. White Yorkies (usually with traditional gold heads and some black spots on back) are born about one in 5,000, and breeders used to cull them (read "kill") as they do not meet the AKC standard of gold and blue black. Now, they are the "hottest" Yorkies and are gaining the recognition they deserve. I'll post photos.

[Pinehaven]

Originally Posted by Linda Blake

Had my first Yorkie at age 3, and I'm turning 60 on Monday, with many Yorkies inbetween. So, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about Partially Colored Yorkies, which the AKC was forced to recognize a few years ago. White Yorkies (usually with traditional gold heads and some black spots on back) are born about one in 5,000, and breeders used to cull them (read "kill") as they do not meet the AKC standard of gold and blue black. Now, they are the "hottest" Yorkies and are gaining the recognition they deserve. I'll post photos.

Welcome Linda and early happy birthday!

"Parti" is an old a term used to describe two or more colors on a dog, with one of the colors being white.

It was due to the efforts of 2 people who owned non registered parti yorkies, from AKC registered traditional colored yorkie parents back in the 1990's, that AKC now allows parti color to be registered. These ladies felt it was time to no longer cull the parti color that kept showing up in a certain line of Yorkies. After a lengthy AKC investigation where old time breeders were interviewed and the DNA'ing 42 litters and as many living adults as possible from this kennel, AKC determined that parti color can show up in normal litters of yorkshire terriers.

Do you have parti colored yorkies? I look forward to seeing your photos.

[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by Linda Blake

Had my first Yorkie at age 3, and I'm turning 60 on Monday, with many Yorkies inbetween. So, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about Partially Colored Yorkies, which the AKC was forced to recognize a few years ago. White Yorkies (usually with traditional gold heads and some black spots on back) are born about one in 5,000, and breeders used to cull them (read "kill") as they do not meet the AKC standard of gold and blue black. Now, they are the "hottest" Yorkies and are gaining the recognition they deserve. I'll post photos.

Just an FYI......The AKC is just a breed registry. The Yorkshire Terrier Club of America sets the breed standard.

The AKC will register a Parti Yorkie, but they are considered a color fault by the YTCA.

Do not be fooled into buying one of these dogs.
Now that Designer Dogs are the rage, the “new” Parti-Color Yorkie is certain to draw attention. While we have had problems in the past with “rare gold” Yorkshire Terriers being advertised, the parti-color is a new one! While some breeds have an occasional mismark and some breeds do have a gene for a white dog, we do not. Had there been a problem with white markings, piebald dogs, or white dogs, it would have been addressed in our Standard. Due to unscrupulous breeders advertising parti-colored Yorkshire Terriers at premium prices, our members voted unanimously at our annual meeting to add a disqualification for these and other off colored dogs.

The Yorkshire Terrier is a tan dog with a blue saddle. The “rare gold” Yorkie is actually a dog that appears as such due to an improper saddle pattern. Show breeders have seen this and commonly call it running gold. When the dog is cut down, you can see that the blue saddle does not come down far enough. The Yorkshire Terrier blue saddle extends lower than some of the other black and tan terriers extending to the elbow and also to the hock on the rear leg. Gold hairs can occur in the blue and black or blue hairs can appear in the gold. These faults are addressed in the Yorkshire Terrier Standard. These dogs have serious faults and they too should not be sold as "rare" but placed in loving homes as they are very incorrect. Yorkies do not have white markings…never have. A small white strip is sometimes seen on the chest of newborns but this always turns to tan within a few weeks. The AKC registration form for Yorkshire Terriers allows for four choices: blue and tan, blue and gold, black and tan, black and gold. There is no provision for markings.

A brief history of the development of the Yorkshire Terrier will show that the dog was developed in the 1800’s. In England, the Waterside Terrier was often crossed with the old English terrier, a silky coated black and tan or blue and tan terrier weighing around five pounds. When crafters from Scotland came into England, they brought several “Scotch“terriers, among them the Paisley and the Clydesdale. The Paisley was a small silky coated dog in various shades of blue. The Clydesdale was a blue and tan dog with the exact color pattern as the Yorkie of today. All of these original breeds were grizzle, tan, blue, blue and tan, or black and tan. No white dog or dogs with white markings were involved in the process of developing the breed. The first Yorkshire Terriers were entered at shows as Broken Haired Scotch and Yorkshire Terriers. In the early days, dog classes were often divided by size, under five pounds and over five pounds; however, there was never a class for colors other than the blue and tan we see today. The color pattern and coat texture has bred true and has been dominate enough that the Silky Terrier evolved by crossing the Yorkshire Terrier and the Australian Terrier with basically the same coat of the of the Yorkie.


Yorkshire Terrier Club of America (Awards)

[livingdustmops]

Linda, are you a breeder?

We have Parti Yorkie breeders on YT. I am not sure where you are coming up with the 1 in 5000 because I just don't think that is true. These dogs have a piebald recessive gene which is what is causing the white coloring IMO. We do tend to have little fights here on YT about the Parti's and the Biewers with people who only believe in the standard Yorkie so it is best to learn and ask questions on this forum with this understanding...No one is right and no one is wrong unless you are a lousy breeder/owner and you don't do right by your dogs.

[MauiGirl]

Originally Posted by Linda Blake

Had my first Yorkie at age 3, and I'm turning 60 on Monday, with many Yorkies inbetween. So, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about Partially Colored Yorkies, which the AKC was forced to recognize a few years ago. White Yorkies (usually with traditional gold heads and some black spots on back) are born about one in 5,000, and breeders used to cull them (read "kill") as they do not meet the AKC standard of gold and blue black. Now, they are the "hottest" Yorkies and are gaining the recognition they deserve. I'll post photos.

I have seen many beautiful Parti's on YorkieTalk, and if you are looking to buy, check out the section for Yorkies For Sale or Wanted and post there.

Here are pics of some I saw today, soooo cute!:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/my-...ti-litter.html

Also do a search for Parti's and you will find much information about them on Yorkie Talk. One more thing, you might not want to post your phone number publicly, as you are inviting scammers. If you wish to remove it you can send a PM to Admin.

[MauiGirl]

Welcome to Yorkie Talk, and Happy Birthday.

More Parti's: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ver-homes.html

[goldilocks]

while the standard is just that, a standard. my yorkie is solid gold. i laugh at that being considered a "serious fault" tell me how it will affect her health in any way whatsoever? standards are just written by a person saying they should be a certain color. solid gold yorkies are beautiful and pop out from two purebred regular colored yorkies. and is just that, nothing more, simply a color. "serious fault"? lmao. are they rare? yes of course they are. because they come from regular "standard" colored yorkies but very rarely. If u are one of those slaves of standards written for colors, thats fine. just be aware those standards change all the time. standard or not, i think the solid gold are the most beautiful, and no written standard will change my mind on that. personally i feel that many "standard slaves" should relax a little, as its funny when the standard changes and accepts a color that it used to be against and now all the slaves have to re-write their opinions on the new "accepted" color.

[My Sophia]

Originally Posted by MauiGirl

Welcome to Yorkie Talk, and Happy Birthday.

More Parti's: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ver-homes.html

Definitely check out Cadbury and Cupcake. They are two absolutely GORGEOUS babies. If I had the money only one of them would be available right now because little Cadbury would be on his way to Vegas.

[TammyJM]

Originally Posted by MauiGirl

Welcome to Yorkie Talk, and Happy Birthday.

More Parti's: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ver-homes.html

Originally Posted by My Sophia

Definitely check out Cadbury and Cupcake. They are two absolutely GORGEOUS babies. If I had the money only one of them would be available right now because little Cadbury would be on his way to Vegas.

Thank you both so much for mentioning my precious babies...so sweet!!

With that said (written)...to the original poster, you need not contact me about my babies. I am not trying to be rude, just letting you know that I have no interest in selling my puppies with full registration, especially to a large-sized breeder. If I'm wrong about you and your breeding practices, I do apologize...and if I am indeed incorrect, you may want to contact Google to see what you can about alllllllll of those listings that you have and alllllll of the different breeds that you raise.

If this appears to be hateful on my part, then that's okay....we have to look out for our fur babies.

[livingdustmops]

Glad you saw that Tammy...why do people think they can come on here with all their greed...Look at what I found and it didn't take any work at all.

Precious Puppies - Home - About Us

Jail time for 'bad' lawyer

http://www.justiceteam.us/fameorsham...nda_blake.html

It is right on her bio that she is a retired lawyer..right and a yorkie breeder...

[TammyJM]

Originally Posted by livingdustmops

Glad you saw that Tammy...why do people think they can come on here with all their greed...Look at what I found and it didn't take any work at all.

Precious Puppies - Home - About Us

Jail time for 'bad' lawyer

http://www.justiceteam.us/fameorsham...nda_blake.html

: Tsk, Tsk!! I certainly hope that she is kinder to all of the dogs in her life than what she has been with humans that have crossed paths with her.

Seriously...

[livingdustmops]

Well her little post and what has been going on lately made me do a little digging right away..."Hot" and her phone number (hmmmmmmm) and then her bio...it is all on the internet now days....

[miabellaamoure]

Originally Posted by TammyJM

: Tsk, Tsk!! I certainly hope that she is kinder to all of the dogs in her life than what she has been with humans that have crossed paths with her.

Seriously...

I wouldn't count on it...I mean what were the odds that the first breeder she lists below her name is one by the name of "Forgit"...just what she was in trouble for a few years back!

http://www.preciouspuppies.vpweb.com...sBreeders.html

[TammyJM]

Originally Posted by livingdustmops

Well her little post and what has been going on lately made me do a little digging right away..."Hot" and her phone number (hmmmmmmm) and then her bio...it is all on the internet now days....

I am a little surprised that she freely added her phone number, but I guess someone with that many dogs will find another breeder with the same practices that won't mind selling them a puppy.....*sigh*

and the cycle continues.....

[Mardelin]

Originally Posted by Linda Blake

Had my first Yorkie at age 3, and I'm turning 60 on Monday, with many Yorkies inbetween. So, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about Partially Colored Yorkies, which the AKC was forced to recognize a few years ago. White Yorkies (usually with traditional gold heads and some black spots on back) are born about one in 5,000, and breeders used to cull them (read "kill") as they do not meet the AKC standard of gold and blue black. Now, they are the "hottest" Yorkies and are gaining the recognition they deserve. I'll post photos.

The only thing I can gather from this post is that your reason for breeding the parti is to capitlize because they are such a hot commodity.

By the way while culling in the old days late 18 hundreds, early 19 hundreds, meant just as you said (kill). However, any knowledgable breeder knows that in todays world it has a whole different meaning. Culling a litter to seperate breed/show quality from pet quality. Or culling to decide which pup a breeder will keep for themselves. Dividing them by personality as to which type of home/environment they would better fit into.

My advice to you is that if you haven't started breeding, please do a bit more research, studying genetics, whelping, pedigrees, etcl. But, I think most on this thread will agree with me......find a mentor.