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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  Has anyone ever studied yorkie genetics? The true yorkie does not carry the piebald gene. The only way they could have gotten it was through mix breeding.(probably maltese or shih-tzu) This, no doubt, happen generations ago and would be extremely difficult to trace. There was a show breeder that got piebald puppies and after thinking about it, determined there was a mix in the pedigree and had the dogs spayed and neutered. Its funny that 99.9 percent of the show breeders do not come up with color faults, and its mostly the back yard breeders that do. To the person who has Nikko everywhere in the pedigree: Did you personally get the dog from Gloria Lipman? I have never heard of Nikko producing odd colored puppies. I have never heard a bad thing about that kennel. Ever hear about unethical breeders switching AKC papers before AKC Limited registration came out? That was a common occurance. And then there are the byb's with 2 or more different breeds. Oops, the male Maltese bred the Yorkie. I will register them all as Yorkies. No one will know and they will all be sold with AKC papers and breeding rights. This was a common occurence not that many years ago. And I wonder where that piebald gene came from 10 years later??? And you wonder why the show breeders wont sell puppies unless they are on AKC Limited/spay/neuter contracts. The show breedes are the ones that put their blood, sweat and tears into every litter. They were the ones footing the bill for research to battle genetic problems. The show breeders are the ones giving 100%, 24/7, 365 days per year. They are always reading and up-dating their knowlege with the only goal of betterment for the breed. The back yard breeders are only riding on the show breeders coat tails.
Boy, did I ever open a can of worms!!! Lynn |
The mixing makes the most sense to me so far as the parti-yorkies. I've always thought they looked like they had a yorkie face with shih tzu coloring. In fact, when I was describing them to someone I said they remind me of a shih tzu.
So far as the blondes and chocolates, I can see that happening as it's really just a mild variation in the yorkie's true colors. The chocolate is a dilution.
But anyway, without a lot of knowledge on the matter, I've always suspected the partis started with some kind of mix a really long long time ago.
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