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Originally Posted by Lorraine  Yes there is proof Biewers are not pure yorkies. The Biewer Club members submitted DNA samples from their dogs to a geneticist; the report came back there is very little yorkie in these dogs.
That was on the Biewer Terrier CLub of AMerica website for a while, disappeared last time I checked . |
There are a number of different Biewer clubs, and their rules and standards seem to differ from one club to the next. It would be to the Biewers benefit to be determined as not being purebred yorkies. I believe one of requirements with AKC to allow a new breed into the registry, is that the new dog breed must have several different breeds making up the new breed? The mars test showed that the biewers tested, were made up of several breeds ... but the test also states that it is not made to test pure bred breeds (why? does it not correctly show that a pure bred is a purebred?)
The test is still realitivly new so at this point I'm not sure I hold a whole lot of faith in the testing.
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Originally Posted by Lorraine There is no such colour as a gold born yorkie pup. I have seen pictures of alleged pb gold born and they do not look at all like purebreds.
A gold mature yorkie can result from colour running gold where the gold furnishings have run into the blue covering the blue. Buit if you cut down the coat, you can see the blue pattern. It would considered to be pet quality, not something to be used in a breeding program.. |
Well, I beg to differ with you. I have seen golden born yorkies, out of and by AKC parents ... these pups are clearly born in shades of tan through rich gold, with clear coats and no saddles - they look like yorkies as pups and as adults.
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Originally Posted by Lorraine Chocolate colour yorkies are a result of two recessive genes. There have been certain health issues mostly skin problems but not really something you can 't live with as far as I know. I don't know what kind of longevity for a life spand has been noted in a Chocolate yorkie. |
Chocolates are no more prone to health and skin conditions than traditional colored yorkies are ... it's the blue born yorkies who have health and skin problems.