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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  As yorkiekist stated, there are several members here on YT who either breed or own non-standard colored Yorkies. Not sure what site you are looking at and I'm certainly not an expert on the off colored little ones, but chances are that maybe what you saw WERE actually mixed breeds. I'm sure there are quite a few scammers out there trying to pass off mixes as full bred Yorkies so that they can capitalize on "rare" Yorkies. Some of the off colored dogs pull in quite a high amount for the breeders who produce them. |
I am a breeder of Parti colored yorkies ...
There are probably more members here who own or breed non standard colored yorkies than we are led to believe, since only a small percentage of dogs are
correctly colored, per the YTCA's color standards.
Black coated yorkies, light blue or too dark of blue coated yorkies, yorkies who have dark hairs mixed in their tan coloring - they are all considered to be "not to standard." It's not just parti, chocolate or golden breeders who own and/or breed that have "non-standard" colors, it's any color other than steel blue and tan yorkies.
Just as you have traditional colored yorkie breeders who scam the public, you will also find golden, parti and chocolate breeders who are out to make a quick buck and to try to capitalize on the "rare" colored dog. To them, it doesn't matter how they get the color - a scammer is a scammer no matter how you look at it; no matter what colored yorkie they are trying to sell.
Best advise I can give you is, educate yourself on color genetics, get references on breeders, do your research on bloodlines (to see where the recessive color gene is coming from), look at the parents and grown siblings of the off colored pup before you buy (a line of unattractive dogs will probably
not stop at the pup your looking at buying) and don't rush into buying something until you are sure that you are not blinded by color.