 choc yorkie
Hi everyone, I posted some info on the talk yesterday on the chocolate yorkie. This was the first time I have posted anything. I thought I needed to after reading about the chocolate yorkie in an previous forum. I would say a lot of people breeding yorkies do not understand genetics. If we only breed for the AKC standard then we have problems indeed. Some are inbreeding to get their perfect dog according to the standards causing major defects in other areas that may not be seen with the eye, bad livers, weak joints, etc. These defects are then passed on for generations. Some of the chocolate yorkies are produced from inbreeding causing the defect seen. This is a weak dog and will carry many other weaknesses if inbreeding is continued. Some chocolate yorkies are born as mine was from other things that may have caused the change in the dna. This would still be a strong and healthy dog but not to the akc standard. If two of the chocolate yorkies are bred together and then produce a dominate gene. the chocolate yorkie would be established as a new color phase of the yorkie. This yorkie would still have all of the champion genes from it ancestry as registered with akc or other registries. I am still trying to post a picture as an attachment. Wayne |