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Originally Posted by Pinehaven  As I said before, articles are written with biassed and unbiased opinions. The link you've posted is obviously an old article or written by someone who didn't do their research, since the American Kennel Club does recognize and register these off colored yorkies, as do other registries. The article is correct that chocolate is not in the breed standard (but neither is black and tan). Man dictates what the standards are (and he changes the standards according to what he wants) but it is God who dictates what genes the dogs carry.
Since this breed was started with unregistered dogs, dogs with no pedigrees, dogs who were allowed to run loose and dogs who's heritage was unknown, there is no guarantee as to what recessive genes are hidden in some of our yorkies and no man can just "wish" these genes away.
If the off colored pup is produced by two registered parents, that pup has
just as much right to be registered as their traditional colored siblings have.
A good yorkie, isn't a bad color. |
We aren't talking about registration, we are talking about breeding the dog.