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Originally Posted by BabyFidgette  Thanks for the explanation.  But why is it "okay" for other breeds to have different color variants, but not the Yorkie? I'm being serious, not sarcastic. |
I know it is confusing and it is the confusion that leads to people not quite understanding about colour in some breeds.
For example, Poms at one time were pretty much only the orange we all remember seeing. Other colours started showing up more and more. The parent Club for the Pomeranian did not close that door on colour and now any colour goes. There are many long time Pom breeders taht are not happy about it but not much can be done now it is too late. Some colours they feel are sure they are the result of crossing but are now stuck with it.
The Miniature Pinscher were traditionally the red colour. An old time breeder freind of mine told me the black and tan colour in the Minpin was the result of crossing with the Manchester Terrier. This was many years ago. Again the parent club did not close that door either.
However, about 30 years ago, a breeder here in my area of German Shorthair pointers was trying to get the black and white German Shorthairs recognized. A German Shorthair is Liver and white with ticking. The parent club for the German Shorthair put a stop to it. The black and white German Shorthair is an unacceptable colour although they can appear in a litter, they again are not something to be bred for and to this day, 30 years later breeders do not breed for black and white and you will not see them in the show rings.
The Yorkie has been bred with the intention that it is to be a steel blue and tan or gold is acceptable as well. Steel blue is the saddle part, legs head are tan etc. Well, you know the standard.
Chocolate gene actually is carried in the Yorkie but is a recessive gene meaning both parents have to be carriers or at least one is a chocolate. So even though the colour is there just as in the Black and White GErman Shorthair, it is unacceptable for the breed standard.