[cooperk]

AKC breeding is a hobbie. With any hobbie, one must find new and interesting things about the subject. I think creating new variations of the breed, but keeping the original Yorkie standard seperate would be a good thing. Perhaps it would keep some AKC breeders from distorting some breeds to the brink of unhealthiness. I am disheartened when I see any dog's nose so compressed that they cannot breath correctly. There was a great show on PBS about the history of AKC (or KC), which showed what certain breeds looked like years ago and how they have been changed so much within AKC. Breeders have not always done a service to the breed.

Beautiful color variations would be a lovely interest that would not be unhealthy to the breed. I would most certainly want to see it as a different listing of the breed, to preserve the Yorkie standard as it is now.