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Originally Posted by kathy785  Biewers are NOT a mix. They ARE yorkies with white in certain places. There full name is Biewer Yorkshire Terrier a la Pom Pon. A German with the sir name of Biewer bred the yorkies to get white. Most of you have seen the yorkies with the white chest spot. He breed the yorkies that showed white until he got the pattern of white legs, white belly, white tip on tail (illegal to dock tails in Germany) and some white on the head. It is caused by a recessive white or pie bald gene. When a Biewer is bred to a standard Yorkie all of the babies will LOOK like standard Yorkies, but ALL will carry the pie bald gene. Those babies when bred to a Biewer will produce some Biewers and some Standard looking yorkies, but they also will carry the recessive or piebald gene. These standard looking Yorkies that carry the piebald gene are called splitters. Sorry for the long lesson, as I know it is on the forum somewhere else, but it is maybe buried with new threads. |
Good information!! They are beautiful dogs -