[QUOTE=Pinehaven;1912957]I searched "Why Not White" on the internet and was unable to find the site (s) you're talking about?
You are correct on some points. Yes, the YTCA Standard has always said that the only correct adult color is blue and tan. So tell me why have black and tan, black and gold and blue and gold "off colored" dogs, entered the show ring and won championships in the past? Why do breeders (show breeders included as seen in previous threads) continue to breed the off colored black coated yorkies to their blue and tan yorkies? Black coated adults according to old standards and to the new DQ rule, are considered to be off color and not correct. I don't hear anyone saying that "those" dogs should be spayed/neutered and sold without papers or sold as pets?QUOTE]
I'm saying it. I have a 6 month old gal that I am presently holding for show. She has structure to die for and has been trained to go into the ring. She has yet to break color even on her thighs. If she doesn't break color and remains black and gold she will be spayed and sold as a pet. I can either stand by my convictions and abide by the standard or I can forfeit my title as an ethical breeder. If I were to get parti-colored pups in a litter I would sell them as pets and would not repeat that breeding. I've commited myself to breeding show quality, healthy yorkies who conform to the standard anything else would be a compromise of my ethics.
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