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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  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. |
They yorkie breed itself is just a hodge podge mix so there is no way of knowing which dog carried the gene because there is no way of knowing which dogs were used to make up the breed.
When they first started the breed, they were not after the long silky coat with a blue coat and tan face, and not all of them had that. they just wanted a small dog.
It was only after the aristocrats got ahold of them and started breeding for specific traits that those traits were developed. that is one of the reasons why there are so many different sizes and coat textures. They are a hodge podge of genes and any gene can be thrown at any time.
The standard has been changed several times over the years to accomodate the desire of the people.