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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  The saddle, as well as correct color and color placement, dark eyes, conformation, hair quality, etc are all a part of the complete package. These qualities are what responsible and reputable breeders are striving for in their breeding programs. Without the complete package, you do not have a Yorkie. I have never met a Yorkie that did not have a saddle pattern. I have only seen the "designer colors" in pictures. None of them had the correct color and color pattern, most had incorrect hair texture, chocolates had incorrect eye/nose color and the conformation quality on most was poor. I have only seen one Biewer in person. It was a chocolate, white with some black points and the wavey hair had the same texture as a Shih-tzu. I am sure this one must have been of sub-standard quality. I am assuming that is what you mean. |
Red legs, black and tan, and running golds, are not the correct color and most do not have the correct coat texture. They may have the saddle, but so do Chocolates and partis (parti's would be Bi colored and not Tri colored if they genetically did not have the gene responsible for producing the saddle pattern, parti's would be white and tan and not white, tan and black/blue).
So wouldn't breeding a red leg, black and tan and running gold into a breeding program also be considered using sub-standard quality dogs and no responsible or reputable breeder would do that?