Quote:
Originally Posted by Pruett  So you can see why the Yorkie people are upset about the Parti's, knowing that another breed was in involved in its coloring.
I myself believe that some, not all, of the parti's now being produced have Biewer in them, which is upsetting to our breed.
There is an easy end to the controversy, and that is the testing of dogs. |
Most of the Parti lines that I've researched including the Nikko's line, are tracing back to one dog. I thought I had my own outcross line but he also traces back - 12 generations? - to this dog born almost 50 years ago
(1959). If the parti gene can be passed on for 50 years, why couldn't the parti gene have been past on for 50, 60 or 70 years prior to that, introduced by the unpapered, non purebred dogs who began this breed?
According to the website, the Mars test is not to be used for testing purebred dogs ... why? Does it give off false readings when you test a purebred? Did you also test Yorkshire terriers when you tested your Biewers to see how the results compared?