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Originally Posted by Lorraine  The Yorkie does not carry the gene for tri colour according to the parent club and it is mostly believed a cross occured.
Chocolate, gold (running gold so much into the blue it looks gold) are carried in the genes of the YOrkie.
They are wrong colour however and as such, not something that should be endeavoured to breed for.
Breed standards for the purebreds exist for a reason regardless of the breed you are talking about. Some colours are not acceptable in some breeds although they may genetically carry the colour. It isn't a new concept.
IMO, breeding for the 'rare' and wrong colours ran rampant when it was discovered much higher prices would be paid for producing wrong colours. It isn't for the betterment of the breed, it is for the filling of the pocket book and also because the world of the purebred dog and the breed standards concept is not understood by those that perpetuate dogs that are not being bred towards the standards.
Argue all you wish, that is my opinion and hopefully, others will think about it if nothing else. |
Because the Parent club "SAYS" the yorkie does not carry the gene for tri color, doesn't mean that they don't. No one can take something that
is and Will or Wish it to
not be?
Off colors have been appearing in the breed since the beginning of the breed and they continue to be showing up in all the time, coming from many different lines. This breed was started by many different breeds of dogs. Dogs with no pedigrees or traceable bloodlines, dogs who ran freely and did what they wanted to do with whatever dog they wanted to do it with. And if people can't understand WHY or WHERE these recessive genes came from in our dogs, than I really feel sorry for them.
My Parti yorkies are PUREBRED, AKC registered and DNA'd and just because your (general your) dogs look blue and tan doesn't mean that they are not carrying recessive genes for producing off colors when bred to another carrier - it just means that the genes are hidden in that dog (for the time being). Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.
As for standards, we've seen standards change over the years and I'm sure they'll continue to change in the future.