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Originally Posted by SpayToday  Okay, I am SO SO SO confused about the whole parti Yorkies?! Does the AKC recognize them?! Can they be shown?! Why are they so darn popular?! According to the "old" Yorkie breed standard, I thought AKC registerable Yorkies had to be blue & gold in color?! So WHY WHY WHY are these BYB's messing with the standard?! Also, why are they so expensive?! It's a faulty WHITE Yorkie, for Pete's sake!!!! Sorry if this sounds like a rant but I am totally against people and their $$$ greed.... |
You just opened a big can of wormes, yah know!!LOL
The YTCA standard for the Yorkies has not changed except in 2008, they added a DQ for parti/odd colors to keep these faults out of the ring. This was because of some of the shady breeding practices that these "color" breeders have been known to do.(mixing breeds to get the parti color, only breeding for color at the expense of other health issues, etc) No ethical reputable breeder of Yorkies will breed for a known fault, being health or color.
AKC will register these off colors but they cant be shown. As for being expensive, I have seen these dogs commonly sell for more money than I paid for a finished champion. Kind of rediculas for a FAULT dont you think? The same can be said about the "T-Cup" breeders. Its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$.
There are many threads on this same subject. Just do a search for parti yorkies.