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katiedawn · 01-17-2008, 09:40 PM

The answer to that question depends on who is answering it. The ACH-L in Germany (aka IBC) says that the name "Biro" is given to represent the color. Others will tell you they are a seperate breed. Think about for a minute....if you breed an AKC Chocolate Yorkie to an AKC Parti Yorkie. Do this with two different breeding pairs and keep a puppy from each litter. Breed those two dogs together (they carry the chocolate gene and the parti gene) and you get a combination of 4 colors (black-tan, chocolate-tan, black-tan-parti, and chocolate-white-parti). Now, are they 4 different breeds??? Or just different colors? They are all littermates and all yorkies. Its just a matter of color genetics.

01-17-2008, 09:40 PM	#27
katiedawn Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 13	The answer to that question depends on who is answering it. The ACH-L in Germany (aka IBC) says that the name "Biro" is given to represent the color. Others will tell you they are a seperate breed. Think about for a minute....if you breed an AKC Chocolate Yorkie to an AKC Parti Yorkie. Do this with two different breeding pairs and keep a puppy from each litter. Breed those two dogs together (they carry the chocolate gene and the parti gene) and you get a combination of 4 colors (black-tan, chocolate-tan, black-tan-parti, and chocolate-white-parti). Now, are they 4 different breeds??? Or just different colors? They are all littermates and all yorkies. Its just a matter of color genetics. Last edited by katiedawn; 01-17-2008 at 09:45 PM.