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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  Actually I would make it public and tell the breeders that bred the dog in question about the problem I think any reputable breeder would want to know this info! I know that I would want to know! And if it was actually found to be in, lets say, my CH. Rowdys line and he was the one that produced the color, I would have him and any offspring that he produced that I would eventually use for breed/show neutered and spayed. I dont sell on open registration, so any puppies that I may have sold would already be fixed. But in almost 30 years of breeding Yorkies, I have never come across this fault nor know any other people that have, be it show/hobby or bybr. With the exception of three back yard breeders and I know that one was registering mixes with AkC and the others had multiple breeds.
I see no reason to keep quiet when faults are being produced, be it color or patellas, etc.
Statistically speaking, if you are saying that the parti gene's culprit is Pompy then with the thousands of crosses to him over the years must have produced at least 1/4 parti colors. The frequency is just not there. |
I commend you for your honesty and integrity, theoretically, you've just lost a good portion of what you have worked so hard for over the last 30 years, and now you basically have to start over from square 1. I can assure you though, that not all breeders will have those same feelings if it happened to them.
We now have 2 separate sources saying that Wildweir told AKC that they produced parti, yet you still have doubts that it's possible? Maybe you or someone else you trust could find out how closely related was Pomp to the Wildweir parti pups?