[QUOTE=JeanieK;1638782]First of all, I thought the Biewers were a breed separate from the Yorkshire Terriers. Isn't there a Biewer Club and registry???
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I was trying to not jump in....the following is my opinion or knowledge only:
Mrs. Gertrud Biewer is alive and well. She recently went on record and has posted that the IBC (International Biewer Club in Germany)
(
http://www.ach-l.de/home2.Internatio...ier%20Club.htm) is the formal registry for the Biewer--no American registeries are acceptable at this time. The UCI of Germany has recognized Biewers as a separate breed from Yorkies. Mrs. Biewer also recognized and recently became a member of the Biewer Terrier Club of America (
http://www.biewer-btca.com). IABCA and NAKC have recognized Biewers as a separate breed for the show ring.
Did the Biewers start from two traditional yorkies? Yes-- two yorkies that carry the pie bald recessive gene. Pedigrees go back 5 generations for the German Biewers.
Biewers have strict standards of where the white, black, and gold should be. I do not at this time believe the parti's have a standard.
While not all the Biewer clubs or organizations here in the U.S. agree on everything/anything; however, most of us could produce a list of other breeders. The Biewer breeders do not consider their dogs' color as a "fault". All breeders codes--no matter what breed--state that breeders should not be duplicating faults--they should be taking faults out of the breeding lines. This means bad bites, liver diseases, one testicle--all are faults and should not be reproduced.
Maybe the parti-yorkie breeders might want to find a new breed name for their dogs if they want a new breed. Just a thought.