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Originally Posted by Pruett  Thank you BiewerTerrier for the compliment.
I would like to address Bama's statement about opinions, theories and conclusions. Opinions make the world go round and if people can talk without accusations and lies, they are great to learn from each other. The theory that the BTCA, Inc. has on the establishment has been proven except the accidental breeding of a Shih Tzu and a Yorkie from the Streamglen Kennel. Our theory that another breed or 2 was introduced to make the Biewer Terrier has been proven. Conclusions based on facts should always be the same. If you are using facts to base your conclusion, then it would be no different than the guy next door.
There has not been a breed signature develope for the Biewer Terrier yet. When we tested Yorkies and Biewers, the Yorkie fell in it's own group and the Biewer fell in it's own group. If they were the same just different colors, they would have all ended up in the same cluster.
You are right about the Biewer having a ways to go, but with the aide of science we are years ahead of the game. |
Has that accidental breeding been proven? Or is it just a theory. It is possible that there are lines that have some other breed mixed in and there are lines that do not. and until they are able to use DNA to distinguish breeds, I do not see how the issue will be resolved.
I am guessing that there are lines out there being sold as partis that have been mixed also and are not pure bred yorkies. That hasn't been proven, but with extensive DNA testing, on different lines, we would probably find a lot of interesting things.