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Originally Posted by TeahsPet  When did the BTCA stop breeding to splitters? I know when I was researching clubs (less than a year ago) the BTCA not only condoned but promoted the use of splitters in their breeding program. This is an interesting turn of events.
Thank you Jaxx for posting the link to Colorful Yorkies...contains good information.  |
To begin with, unless you are a member of the BTCA, Inc., you would not know the extent of the research we have been involved in.
When we first got our dogs from Germany every breeder said that it was important to breed Yorkies back into the lines. A couple of us experimented with this theory and know first hand the results of such breedings. Because of this we are better able to understand why some litters born to Biewer to Biewer breedings have turned out the way they have.
We contacted Mars Veterinary in Feb of 2007 and were not able to begin testing until Sept. Once it was verified that we had a truly separate breed from the Yorkshire Terrier we called a stop to adding Yorkies back in.
If they had tested out to be Yorkies then there would have been no reason to stop breeding to Yorkies, because after all, that's what they were, right?
Now doesn't the bbci claim that they are a Yorkshire Terrier with a mutant piebald gene? If that is the case then can you explain what the difference is between what you have and the what the Parti breeders have?