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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  Chocolate Yorkies are a definate fault. The Yorkie is a shaded tan toy terrier with a blue saddle. YTCA and AKC agree that they are a fault, shouldnt be bred and cant be shown. There are many opinions on how this color came to be. Some say its a double recessive that results in this color. Some believe that is due to mixed litters many, many years ago.(way before DNA or AKC inspections) The same goes for the other designer color Yorkies. YTCA is diligent about keeping them out of the show ring. As for cute or pretty? That is an individual preference. |
Chocolate Yorkies are a fault in the show ring, as are black and gold/black and tan. They are the result of mom and dad both carrying a recessive Chocolate gene. If a dog carries one recessive chocolate gene, it looks like a normal yorkie color, but if it has 2 recessive chocolate genes, the black in his coat and skin are diluted to a brown or liver color.
A carrier will pass the chocolate gene onto 50% of his offspring, so if you have a prolific and popular line that's been breeding, there's a lot of pups who are receiving that recessive gene. Remember, you won't know they are carriers, unless they breed to another carrier and produce a "double diluted" chocolate puppy.
To get an idea of how theses recessive came into the gene pool prior to the Yorkie becoming an official breed, please see the attachment. The illustration was drawn in the 1800's showing terrier type dogs at play and depicts the Skye Terrier. the Scotch Terrier, the English Smooth Terrier, the Crossed Scotch Terrier, the Dandie Dinmont and the Bull Terrier. The Bull terrier and the crossed Scotch terrier are Parti colored. One of the early foundation dogs of our breed "Swift's Old Crab" was a crossed scotch terrier. He showed the correct blue and tan coloring but who knows what recessive genes he harbored (maybe he was a descendant of the parti colored crossed scotch terrier in the drawing?)
Just some things to ponder.