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Old 07-28-2008, 07:10 PM   #16
Nancy1999
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Originally Posted by jrincon17 View Post
what is a parti yorkie supposed to be?

Some yorkies have a recessive piebald gene; they look like regular yorkies except for some subtle things. If you breed two of these Yorkies together with the recessive piebald gene, some of the off spring will have white coloration on it, in no particular pattern. The Biewer Yorkshire Terrier was created this way, but taken several steps further, and the white coloration has to be in specific areas. The Biewer breeders are trying to get classified as a separate category in the AKC.
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