They are the same thing in that they both derived from standard Yorkies, or so the story goes. I do not see any desire for either side to combine efforts though, as there ARE differences between the two. As you pointed out, the German ancestry, there is a standard regarding color placement. Biewer breeders have worked decades to assert that there IS a difference and to separate the Biewers from Standard Yorkies, develop their own breed club(s) etc. That has not been done with the Partis. |