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YorkieRose · 01-01-2008, 08:37 AM

For what is worth..here it is as I see it and many I know...

If you say a dog must be white, as in the Maltese breed..how many Maltese breeders are going to disagree as to what is white...I realize some Maltese are not a bright, clear white, due to grooming..but if you see a Maltese with any other color then white mingled in, it is obvious the dog is not correct...

This is not the case in Yorks....we still can not agree on what is true steel blue and gold..this is never more evident then a recent discussion on a forum.
A picture was posted...some saw black..others saw a dark steel, others thought correct, many thought not correct....and since a Yorkie is not born the color it will finally be as a mature adult, some want to wait and see if the color changes at maturity...see my point?

If you look at a line of enteries of Rotties..you see black dogs, no light black and dark black, greyish black, silvery black, if there is such a thing...but all the same black..same with a B/T Doxie..then look at a line of Yorkies enteries...you can not produce the exact same color on each one and say that is the perfect and only acceptable color...so we have to start by saying what is not correct..and Parti's, reds, chocolates are easy to agree on as not being correct...then we progress to correct blue...and since color in not that easy to nail down and reproduce 100% in each litter, we will forever be discussing this subject.

I have sat in the kennels of some the best names in the Yorkie world and seen Yorkies from silver to black and every shade in the middle...this is extremely hard to refine to a science...breeding dogs is an art anyway....

I looked on Nikko's site...she has a photo of her and Johnny Robinson, of course it is an antique...but my point is..I knew Johnny quite well. I loved Trivar structure, small ears, outgoing, sassy, cobby and compact..BUT I did not like color and texture.
He liked black or almost..to him that was a true steel that lasted 15 yrs...I got the best puppy litter from my Cookie Monster bitch and my Gator son...Johnny looked at the litter of 6...he told me to sell four..they were going to be too light. I could keep two girls and breed back to Cookie to improve the color. In his opinion he wanted me to sell the best colors..I felt four were ideal and that is where I got my good silk and color from for the future...we had to agree to disagree...

I think the Yorkie got too light for some years and breeders are doing a fantastic job with color...but we will never have a color all agree is correct..Yorkies are not Rotties or Doxies...

01-01-2008, 08:37 AM	#94
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	colors For what is worth..here it is as I see it and many I know... If you say a dog must be white, as in the Maltese breed..how many Maltese breeders are going to disagree as to what is white...I realize some Maltese are not a bright, clear white, due to grooming..but if you see a Maltese with any other color then white mingled in, it is obvious the dog is not correct... This is not the case in Yorks....we still can not agree on what is true steel blue and gold..this is never more evident then a recent discussion on a forum. A picture was posted...some saw black..others saw a dark steel, others thought correct, many thought not correct....and since a Yorkie is not born the color it will finally be as a mature adult, some want to wait and see if the color changes at maturity...see my point? If you look at a line of enteries of Rotties..you see black dogs, no light black and dark black, greyish black, silvery black, if there is such a thing...but all the same black..same with a B/T Doxie..then look at a line of Yorkies enteries...you can not produce the exact same color on each one and say that is the perfect and only acceptable color...so we have to start by saying what is not correct..and Parti's, reds, chocolates are easy to agree on as not being correct...then we progress to correct blue...and since color in not that easy to nail down and reproduce 100% in each litter, we will forever be discussing this subject. I have sat in the kennels of some the best names in the Yorkie world and seen Yorkies from silver to black and every shade in the middle...this is extremely hard to refine to a science...breeding dogs is an art anyway.... I looked on Nikko's site...she has a photo of her and Johnny Robinson, of course it is an antique...but my point is..I knew Johnny quite well. I loved Trivar structure, small ears, outgoing, sassy, cobby and compact..BUT I did not like color and texture. He liked black or almost..to him that was a true steel that lasted 15 yrs...I got the best puppy litter from my Cookie Monster bitch and my Gator son...Johnny looked at the litter of 6...he told me to sell four..they were going to be too light. I could keep two girls and breed back to Cookie to improve the color. In his opinion he wanted me to sell the best colors..I felt four were ideal and that is where I got my good silk and color from for the future...we had to agree to disagree... I think the Yorkie got too light for some years and breeders are doing a fantastic job with color...but we will never have a color all agree is correct..Yorkies are not Rotties or Doxies...