Here is info on Biewers. I just got two!
HISTORY OF THE BIEWER YORKSHIRE a' la POM-PON
The unusual result of the mating of two lovely standard Yorkshire Terriers in Germany was the beginning of this wonderful breed. The parents were blue & tan Ruede Darling of Friedheck, world youth winner 1981 in Dortmund and blue & tan Fru Fru of Friedheck, world youth winner 1981 in Dortmund. The product of this mating in 1983 brought the first blue-white-golden Yorkie in the world - " Schneefloeckchen (snowflake in english) of Friedheck " owned by Gertrud and Werner Biewer.
From this mating the Biewer family continued to breed its "colored Yorkies". It is thought that a recessive piebald gene present in both dogs combined making the dominiant gene in the puppy giving the white underbelly and unusual markings. Using careful line breeding, the Biewer was developed and is now recognized in German registries and the standard was recorded in 1989.
When the husband of the singer Margot Eskens saw this remarkable little dog, he bought a Biewer Yorkshire for her. This dog was presented to her with a baptizing meal in a French restaurant on the tray with a giant Trara by the chief cook. That made this evening a "Pom Pon celebration". And so the name was attached to the Biewer Yorkshsire. Ms. Eskens' dog lived to 16 years old. |