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Originally Posted by kathy785  If you are thinking of purchasing a Biewer from someone in the US, you may want to make sure it is registered with the IBC. The IBC is one of the largest clubs in Germany for the Biewers. They have told people that if puppies born in the US are not registered with them, they will not honor or register any of the resulting offspring. There are also "registries" popping up in the US that are for Biewers only. These are not worth the paper they are printed on. |
Just to clear up some misconceptions here... although I am not familiar with what the BYA stands for -- in order to draw your own conclusions, you should go to their site and read...
You will find many people who say the IBC is the only acceptable registry. Number one... the IBC is NOT a registry -- it is a Biewer Club. There are many registries in Germany that accept the Biewer Yorkshire Terrier, and they all acknowledge and accept each other's registry. There are registries in the U.S. as well, which have been started to "register" the Biewers that are born in the U.S., in order to keep track of the lines here. Out of the five Biewer Clubs in the U.S., four of them have started registries, and I'm sure these Clubs do not feel it's a "worthless" piece of paper. When a new breed is starting out in a new country, it's important to keep track of bloodlines. Isn't this what happened when the Yorkshire Terrier came to the United States? In order to get breed acceptance, there must be records kept.
I know that the BNR has been validated by both the IABCA and the NAKC and are allowed to show using this registry. These are the only show venues that the Biewers are allowed to show in in the United States at this time.
For the Original Poster, I would suggest you check out a couple of great club websites and do some further research if you have any concerns...
www.bytnc.org and
www.biewerbci.org