[yorkiekist]

Originally Posted by Pruett

Hi Lorraine and thank you for your support of what we are doing for the breed. I'd like to clarify the reason for our testing almost 100 Biewer TERRIERS to date and that was to prove that they were not Yorkshire TERRIERS. The standard of 4 white legs, feet, belly, chest and tip of tail is the first clue, among many, that something else was in the breed. The si gene is usually responsible for patterned coloring, the sp gene would be responsible for the black and white spotting across the back, and the sw for the predominantly white color dogs. NONE of which the Yorkie possess.
Our Geneticist, said "The chances of such independent mutations bumping into each other are astronomical. A stray chunk of chromosome from a little cross-breeding wandering into the mix is much more probable".

The reason for the name Biewer Terrier is quite simple. Biewer, the man that originated the breed and Terrier, the type of dog we are breeding, thus Biewer Terrier.

We have updated our web site and have not got all the pictures back up. We back up what we say with documented facts. We don't add our own interpretation to the findings as some people do. Any one wanting to see the information proving the Biewer TERRIER a breed of their own may email me and I will provide them with the information.

As far as the parti goes, I can't help think that they are all the sudden looking like our Biewers. A few years back there were only a hand full of parti breeders, with dogs that look nothing like the Biewer. To bad AKC doesn't require DNA on ALL breeding dogs.
I am not saying that all the Parti breeders are mixing Biewers with their Parti's, please don't misunderstand me.

Anyone wanting to work toward the betterment of the breed may contact a BTCA, Inc. representative for more facts.

Thank you for your very informative post!!