It is unfortunate that when there is real information to be shared: genetics, liver shunt, bad bites, testing results, future studies, each group takes it behind closed doors. This hurts all breeders, regardless of breed.
I just read in one of the other sections about someone with a 3 month old 2.5# yorkie wanting to know how she can contact others for studding him--his breeder sounds like a broker, and his mother was only 2.9#. She has no clue why he should be bred--sounds like a good idea I guess.
The ARBA acceptance of the Biewer Terrier as its own breed is the 1st step in a long path. The results of over a 100 Biewers tested shows clearly there was some breed mixing in earlier generations. For those who keep insisting "pureity", the evidence is there or have you all tested your dogs somehow (not using Mars) and can prove there is no other breeds in these lines??
The Biewer Terrier, as a toy dog, will someday be in AKC. Maybe not in our life time, but they will. |