From what I understand (and correct me if I'm wrong) a biewer is a full bred yorkie. The Biewer indicates a specific coloring. Biewers and yorkies are like black and yellow labs- they're both labs, but their coloring is different. Biewer yorkies weren't yorkies that were mixed with another breed to achieve the look they have. As any yorkie lover knows, you can end up with "red yorkies" (Like Julz's baby Mercedes) chocolate yorkies (I believe Rini has a chocolate), parti yorkies with lighter or white markings, etc. Yorkies with the biewer markings were bred to continue to achieve this look. As Rini mention, a German couple, Mr. and Mrs. Biewer, worked hard to consistently acheive this look. This is like choosing a dam and a sire to breed to acheive a certain "look" like a small, baby-doll face. Whereas the variations in color were once looked down upon, this specific variation was embraced. Again- correct me if I'm wrong, but Biewers aren't accepted by AKC only because of a technicality- I think foreign registry, not because of "unacceptable" colors. They have the same colors as some parti yorkies that are AKC registered.
I once spoke to a Biewer breeder who said that Biewers are on the larger side of the yorkie size range because the Germans haven't bred for the smaller yorkies like many American yorkie breeders have. |