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Originally Posted by Pinehaven  Good Morning and Happy New Year!
I think with Parti breeders like myself, Jeanie and Tammy, our first steps towards achieving our goals for the parti's is by educating people about the genes behind the color. We are trying to get people to understand how recessive genes work. Once there is a better understanding about the color, there will be more acceptance towards the color.
We do our research and we try to present facts. We study pedigrees and look for common links as to where some of the parti lines are cropping out of. We talk to other parti breeders and get their feedback and opinions. For us, we are just as passionate about this color, and striving to learn, and to educate and to improve the quality of our dogs, as the Yorkie Purists feel about their beautiful blue and tan dogs.
The Yorkshire terrier breed didn't begin over night, it took time and with the parti color only being eligible for registration for the last 5+/- years and many of the parti breeders still having young stock, it will take time for us to figure out the right way to gain acceptance in the ring.
Personally, I would like to see all the off colors that are currently being disqualified from the ring; black coats, the lighter blue coats, parti, golden and chocolates, to band together to form a "Rainbow" unit. I'd like to see all the off colors to be able to show in a color variation class as a Yorkshire terrier but time will tell what route we wind up taking. That's just my opinion ... and I reserve the right to change my opinion at any time ;-) |
Thanks Sue. I was trying to say that but you're so much better with words, and have a much better understanding of all of this through your experience with horses.
It just isn't going to happen over night and to realize this is half the battle, because anyone who thinks it is going to be easy, will get discouraged in a hurry.