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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  That is not why YTCA banned chocolate yorkies. They banned them because they, as well as all the other designer colors, are incorrect. They did not ban them from being registered as AKC. Showing is for exhibiting your breeding stock and these designer colors are faults and shound not be bred or included in showing for that reason. they never said anything about rare breeds. |
Because an off bite is caused by a recessive gene you can breed dogs to have them by bringing 2 homozygous recessive dogs together. That doesn't make the trait rare or designer it simply makes it out of standard. Out of standard is a disqualification for show because we are suppose to be breeding to the standard and we are judging breeding stock. YTCA is trying to keep our breed true. Any recessive trait can easily be bred but that doesn't mean that it should, I guess it depends on your reason for breeding. Personally I prefer black noses as it lends to expression and that is very important in the yorkie.