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Originally Posted by EnchantedToi  I'm not sure if this would be helpful information for anyone researching information. However, I thought I would contribute this .
When I was first getting involved with the Yorkshire Terrier and researching Biewers, I had the privilege of conversing with Terri Shumsky. She was a lovely lady and so very gracious to share her wealth of information and knowledge. Here is some information she shared with me.
terri shumsky wrote:
However, that said, there are a few breeders in United States that are breeding and registering Parti color yorkies and have been doing so for three generations.
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The AKC Rep, Florence Males, investigated the parti colors and she found that in the 70s AKC asked the parent club education chairman, Joan Gordon, if this was a possible color and Joan told them that she had come up with a tri color from breeding two normal color yorkies.
They have been registering them as Parti colors since then. I really don’t see anything wrong with it and they could always “show” them in a Variety class like other breeds do when the colors are consistent. Florence told me that if enough of them are bred that AKC would “tell” the parent club that they have to accept a “variety”.
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They do look like yorkies and quite a few people I know now are breeding them. It’s not for me to say it’s right or wrong. It’s happened in other breeds. Apparently, according to Florence, it’s not just coming from one kennel. Europe has parti color yorkies too. |
Now thats the best post on partis I have seen yet! Thanks!
Of course no one has seen a parti in Europe and I am not talking about the biewer.
I just find it very hard to believe the logistics and statistics. I have seen with my own eyes how some partis are bred, registrations falsified, and AkC registered but they were actually a mix breed. Statistically there would be tons of partis being born to almost all of the exhibitor/hobby breeders in the U.S. and Canada. So where are these puppies? It seems funny that only the non exhibitor/hobby breeders have partis in frequent numbers. The numbers just dont add up.